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117 athletes from India will participate in Paris Olympics 2024. The games are going to start from July 26. More than 10,000 athletes from all over the world will participate in Olympics 2024. Talking about Olympic history, India has a total of 35 medals so far.
India's best performance in Tokyo
India's best performance in terms of medals was at Tokyo 2020 where the team won a total of 7 medals including one gold. In such a situation, winning an Olympic medal is the dream of every Indian athlete. An Indian athlete has achieved the feat of winning two consecutive Olympic medals, but at present he is behind bars.
This champion player of India is in jail
Wrestler Sushil Kumar is a big name in Indian wrestling. Sushil Kumar holds the distinction of becoming the first Indian to win medals in two consecutive Olympics. With his success, Sushil became a role model for the country's young wrestlers. Sushil Kumar, who won a bronze medal in the 2008 Beijing Olympics and a silver medal in the 2012 London Olympics, is behind bars today. He is accused of murdering young wrestler Sagar Dhankhar. Due to which his sports career was completely ruined.
charged with murder
Olympian Sushil Kumar is in jail on charges of murdering wrestler Sagar Dhankhar. Sagar Dhankhar was murdered on 4 May 2021 at Chhatrasal Stadium in Delhi. Sushil Kumar was arrested by the police on 23 May. He has also accepted the charge of murdering Sagar. It is believed that success overpowered Sushil after winning silver in the 2012 Olympics. The sport of wrestling in India makes players very powerful not only on the mat but also outside it. Such is the personality of Sushil Kumar.
One of the most successful wrestlers of India
Wrestler Sushil Kumar won many big competitions during his career. He won the gold medal in the 1988 World Cadet Games. Apart from this, he also brought laurels to the country twice in the Olympics. He dominated the Commonwealth Games. He won gold medals in the 2010, 2014 and 2018 Commonwealth Games. After this, he also won the gold medal in the 2010 World Wrestling Championship. For this strong performance, he was awarded the Arjuna Award, Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award and Padma Shri. But today he is spending his life in jail.