Kenya topped the African medal count with 11 medals, which includes 4 gold. Algeria is in second place with 2 gold medals, and South Africa is third with 1 gold medal. Ethiopia completes the top four, also having 1 gold medal but with fewer silver medals. This year, the twelve African countries qualified for the competition performed even better, finishing just one medal ahead: the African continent won a total of 38 medals at the Paris 2024 Olympics. We highlight some of the competitors who left the African stamp in Paris.

Africans who made an impact at the Olympics

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

Turkish shooter Yusuf Dikec, who went viral for his shooting style, as he clinched a silver medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics, debuted on social media platform X and soon posed an interesting question to owner Elon Musk.

Viral Turkish shooter debuts on X, quizzes Musk 'can robots win medals at the Olympics'

Arjun Babuta speaks to WION's Sports Editor Digvijay Singh Deo after finishing fourth in the Men's 10m Air rifle final at the Paris Olympics. Watch in for more details!

Paris Olympics 2024: India's Arjun Babuta finishes fourth in the men's 10m air rifle

India's javelin star Neeraj Chopra scripted yet another historic feat as he clinched the country's first-ever silver medal at the World Athletics Championships 2022 on Sunday (July 24). Chopra won a silver medal in the men's javelin throw final with his best effort of 88.13m becoming only the second Indian after the great Anju Bobby George to bag a medal at the World Athletics Championships. The Tokyo Olympics gold medallist has now won medals at the Commonwealth Games, Asian Games, Olympics and the World Championships to complete an incredible set. Here is a look at his some of his memorable medal triumphs.

Neeraj Chopra's memorable medal triumphs

1 gold, 2 silver and 4 bronze medals, Tokyo 2020 has been India's best Olympics till date. How can India improve this tally in the next games? How do we keep the medals coming? Each one of us can help. Palki Sharma tells you how.

Gravitas Plus: India's Olympic haul and the road ahead

Britain's chef de mission Mark England hailed the team's achievement as the greatest in their Olympic history after the team matched their medals total from their home games in London in 2012 on the final day of competition in Tokyo.

Olympics 2020: British team hail 'miracle of Tokyo' after big medals haul

Having sat proudly on the medal table podium as a real sporting superpower at the last two Games, British success will be measured by a different metric in Tokyo, the country's leading Olympic and sporting officials said on Friday.

Olympics: Tokyo success about more than medals, say British officials

The medals for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics were unveiled on Wednesday with exactly one year to go until next year's Games.

Tokyo 2020 medals unveiled

The Centre may take back Kolkata Police chief Rajeev Kumar's medals, the news agency ANI quoted sources in the Ministry of Home Affairs as saying on Thursday. The current political crisis between the Centre and West Bengal started Sunday after the CBI turned up unannounced at Kumar's home, accusing him of slow-walking the investigations into the Saradha and Rose Valley ponzi schemes.

Centre may take back Kolkata Police chief's medals: Home ministry sources 

With 66 medals, India finished third in the medals tally at the Commonwealth Games 2018. The 66 were divided into 26 Gold, 20 Silver and 20 Bronze. Australia topped the chart with 198 medals and England was behind with 136.

India and its historic medals at Commonwealth Games 2018

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