India concluded their Paris Olympics campaign with six medals—five bronze and one silver. This marks India's third-best performance at the Olympic Games. To wrap up India's journey at the Paris Olympics, WION Sports Editor Digvijay Singh Deo caught up with Chef de Mission Gagan Narang. Tune in to hear their insightful conversation.

Chef-de-Mission Gagan Narang reviews India's performance at Paris Olympics

The Paris Olympics are over with six medals. This was India's third-best outing at the Olympic Games India had also won six medals at the London Olympics but in 2012 the country secured two Silvers and four bronzes to sum up India's performance in the French Capital. WION caught up with Chief-de-Mission Gagan Narang for more.

Paris Olympics 2024: Gagan Narang on India's Paris campaign hits and misses

The Paris Olympics begins with an unprecedented opening ceremony along the river Seine on July 26. India's Chef-de-mission for the Paris games and 2012 London Olympics bronze medalist Gagan Narang spoke to WION Sports Editor Digvijay Singh Deo ahead of the start of the 33rd Summer Games.

Paris Olympics 2024: India's Chef-de-mission Gagan Narang speaks to WION

India Olympic Association (IOA) on Monday (July 8) announced star badminton player PV Sindhu as the female flag bearer for the Paris Olympic Games while table tennis star Sharath Kamal will do so for the men’s contingent.

Paris Olympics 2024: PV Sindhu, Sharath Kamal to be flag bearers; Narang replaces Mary Kom as Chef-de-Mission

The quest for an Olympic medal can break even the best. Gagan Narang had been India's most successful shooter at the world stage post 2006 but his journey to the Olympics in 2004 and 2008 ended in heartbreak. Those defeats had affected the health of his parents as well but the versatile shooter was determined to stand on the Olympic podium. Narang opens up on the turmoil within and how those dark days drove him to Olympic glory at London.

WION Broadband Olympic Edition: How Personal Turmoil Drove Narang to Olympic Glory?

London 2012 was India's most successful Olympics with India's sports persons winning a record haul of 6 medals. Indian Shooting's rich legacy at the Olympics continued with Gagan Narang overcoming personal turmoil to end his wait for that treasured spot on the podium and Vijay Kumar winning Silver in Rapid Fire pistol. Joydeep Karmakar stunned the top names in Prone as he finished 4th and narrowly missed out on a medal.

WION Broadband Olympic Edition: Indian Shooting's Legacy Continues at London

The margin between victory and defeat at the Olympics can range from one-hundredth of a second to something even more measurable as 0.9 millimetres. An Olympic medal leads to sporting immortality but not many remember those who miss out. At the London Olympics, Joydeep Karmakar defied the odds and form books to finish 4th in the Men's Prone. Dismissed as nothing more than a tourist by many in the Indian sporting circles, Karmakar delivered his best at the biggest stage in world sport. 8 years later he admits he broke down seeing others on the podium but had no regrets having performed to the best of his abilities.

WION Broadband Olympic Edition: Karmakar's Narrow Miss at London

2012 Olympic medalist and Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna awardee Gagan Narang has backed India's young Olympic hopefuls to negotiate the postponement of the Tokyo games and deliver a rich medal haul in 2021. Narang believes that the next generation does not look over their shoulders and instead have set their sights on winning multiple medals for India which is a huge change from the days when he was a mainstay of the Indian shooting team.

Gagan Narang: set short-term goals | WION Broadband Edition | WION Sports | WION Exclusive

Recipient of Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award and Olympic medallist, Gagan Narang in an exclusive interview with WION's Sports Editor, Digvijay Singh Deo, spoke on a lot of things ranging from the life in lockdown, postponement of Tokyo Olympics, financial struggles of sporting organisations, impact of lack of live action on young shooters, his future goals and more.

Gagan Narang: Olympic postponement won't hold back hungry new generation

India's Olympic bronze medalist winner at the London Olympics spoke to WION's sports editor Digvijay Singh Deo on winning the prestigious Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puraskar.

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India's Olympic bronze medallist has mixed feelings about changing men's shooting events to become mixed-gender, and he's not alone

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