Showstoppers 2024-25

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Showstoppers 2024-25

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By winning a bronze in the men’s freestyle 57 kg event at the Paris Olympics, wrestler Aman Sehrawat became India’s youngest medal winner at the Games

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With 17 wickets, Arshdeep Singh became the joint-highest wicket-taker in India’s victorious T20 World Cup campaign.

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Grandmaster Arjun Erigaisi started 2024 with a win at Menorca Open A. In December, he became the second Indian to reach an ELO rating of 2800.

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Avani Lekhara is the only Indian woman who won two golds in the Paralympics. At the 2024 Paris Games, the para-shooter defended her 10m air rifle medal

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Competing in the men’s club throw F51 event, Dharambir Nain bagged the gold by hurling the club to a distance of 34.92 m at the 2024 Paralympics

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At 18, D Gukesh became the youngest-ever chess world champion and only the second Indian to win the title after Viswanathan Anand.

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Divya Deshmukh was a saviour in crunch time at the Chess Olympiad in Budapest. She played every 11 rounds, remaining unbeaten to win historic team gold

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Harmanpreet Singh emerged as the highest goal-scorer of the Paris Olympics. The hockey skipper scored 10 goals and pocketed the second Olympic medal.

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Harvinder Singh won gold in the men’s individual recurve open event at the Paralympics 2024. His win brought the country its first-ever archery gold.

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Jasprit Bumrah was the Player of the Series in India’s T20 World Cup victory and is among the top 5 wicket-takers in the current Test Championship race

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Manika Batra became the first Indian to reach the round of 16 in Olympic singles at Paris and reached the quarters of the WTT Champions in Montpellier

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Manu Bhaker became the first Indian to win multiple medals in a single Olympics edition—10m women’s air pistol and 10m mixed air pistol categories.

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Navdeep Singh, who threw a 47.5-metre javelin at his personal best in September, won the Indian contingent a gold medal at the 2024 Paris Paralympics.

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Nitesh Kumar made history at the Paralympics by winning gold in the men’s singles SL3 category. The IIT graduate from Haryana is ranked world no. 1.

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Neeraj Chopra became India’s highest-placed medallist in the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, winning a silver in javelin with a throw of 89.45m.

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Three-time Olympian and 2x medallist Sreejesh was the indefatigable ‘wall’ for Indian hockey and crucial to India’s medal-winning feats at Olympics

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At the 2024 Paralympics, Praveen Kumar upgraded his silver medal to gold with a winning jump of 2.08 metres. He also set the new Asian record

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Rohit Sharma led India to T20 World Cup win—the second title after MS Dhoni’s team won in 2007. He was also India’s highest run scorer

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Sarabjot Singh teamed up with Manu Bhaker and earned India a bronze medal in the 10m air pistol mixed team event

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Sheetal Devi won bronze in the mixed compound archery team event at the Paralympics, making her India’s youngest Paralympic medallist.

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Smriti Mandhana became the first woman to score four ODI centuries in a year. She led Royal Challengers Bengaluru to their maiden WPL title.

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Sumit Antil won a gold medal in the javelin men’s F64 category in the 2024 Paralympics, becoming first Indian male para-athlete to defend his title.

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Swapnil Kusale became the first Indian shooter to bag a medal in the 50-metre Rifle 3 Position (3P) men’s event at the Paris 2024 Olympics.

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Vantika Agrawal was instrumental in the Indian women’s chess team winning its first-ever Olympiad gold in Budapest. She also won the individual gold.

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Yashasvi Jaiswal is the youngest Indian to score 1,000 Test runs in a calendar year. He ranks in top 5 in Tests and top 10 in T20Is in ICC’s rankings.