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Tokyo Olympics 2020 and India
August 11 , 2021
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- The international multi-sport event was held from July 23 to August 08, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan.
- This was for the fourth time that Japan hosted the Olympic Games, after previously hosting the Tokyo 1964 (Summer), Sapporo 1972 (Winter), and Nagano 1998 (Winter) games.
- Apart from this, Tokyo is the first Asian city to hold the Summer Games twice.
- The United States has topped the overall medal table with 113 medals.
- Indian Contingent managed to win 7 medals comprising 1 Gold, 2 Silver and 4 Bronze Medals.
- The country stood at the 48th position in the medal table out of 86 countries.
- It is the highest ranking in over four decades.
- Bronze-medallist Bajrang Punia was the flag-bearer at the closing ceremony of the event.
Note
- The Indian Women’s Hockey team made history by reaching their first-ever semi-final at the Olympic Games.
- Aditi Ashok’s finished fourth in Golf.
- Rowers Arjun Lal Jat and Arvind Singh became the first Indian double sculls pair to reach the semi-finals at the Olympics.
- Bhavani Devi became the first Indian fencer to qualify for the Olympic Games.
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