Olympics 2012! The real heroes of India

London Olympics 2012 has remained highly memorable for Indians as our players made the country proud by winning 6 medals including 2 Silver and 4 Bronze. In fact, India has given best ever performance in Olympics since its first participation in 1900. While Sushil Kumar and Vijay Kumar won Silver Medal in Wrestling (Men’s 66 kg Freestyle)  and  Shooting (Men’s 25m Rapid Fire Pistol) respectively, Gagan Narang (Shooting – Men’s 10m Air Rifle), Saina Nehwal (Badminton – Women’s singles), Yogeshwar Dutt (Wrestling – Men’s 60 km Freestyle) and Mary Kom (Boxing – Women’s flyweight) won the Bronze medals. This is really a matter of proud that two Indian women brought medals for the country. 

Battering the Beijing Olympics 2008 performance where Indians have won 3 medals tally including one Gold and 2 Bronze medals this time the super six of India won the hearts of billion of countrymen. Beijing Olympics Bronze medalist Sushil Kumar who was flag barrier of London Olympics 2012 missed the Gold by whisker. However, he made the country crazy over by securing Silver Medal. Saina Nehwal won the first ever medal in Badminton for India in Olympics. Similarly Mark Kom made all proud by winning the tough game of Boxing. Little known Vijay Kumar and Yogeshwar Dutt turned out as ‘Dark House’ and won the valuable medals. Similarly, India’s top shooter Gagan Narang made the debut for India in medal’s tally.

Olympics 2012 also witnessed big upsets like the Beijing Olympics 2008 Bronze medalist Vijender Singh could not repeat his performance. Abhinav Bhindra, the only single event Gold medalist from India in Olympics failed to give his best performance in shooting this time in London. Disappointments also came in other sports like Tennis, Weightlifting and Hockey. In fact, the Indian hockey team failed to win a single game in the London Olympics 2012. 

The London Olympics 2012 is now concluded and we all are thankful to six medal winners of the country. You have really made us proud and took India in global map in the Olympics with best ever performance. However, the road doesn’t end here start preparation for 2016 Olympics Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. We except doubling of medals including Gold in the mega event four years from the now. All the Best in advance. At the meantime, I will request the Government of India to appoint good people in Indian Olympics Association (IOA) so that the deserving sportspersons get a chance to participate in Olympics 2016. All the necessary assistance should be provide to them especially to those who had performed very well in Olympics 2012. 

India's Performance in Olympics Till Date

Medal	Name/Team	Games	Sport	Event
Silver	Norman Pritchard	1900 Paris	Athletics	Men's 200 metres
Silver	Norman Pritchard	1900 Paris	Athletics	Men's 200 metre hurdles
Gold	National team	1928 Amsterdam	Hockey	Men's competition
Gold	National team	1932 Los Angeles	Hockey	Men's competition
Gold	National team	1936 Berlin	Hockey	Men's competition
Gold	National team	1948 London	Hockey	Men's competition
Gold	National team	1952 Helsinki	Hockey	Men's competition
Bronze	Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav	1952 Helsinki	Wrestling	Men's freestyle Bantamweight
Gold	National team	1956 Melbourne	Hockey	Men's competition
Silver	National team	1960 Rome	Hockey	Men's competition
Gold	National team	1964 Tokyo	Hockey	Men's competition
Bronze	National team	1968 Mexico	Hockey	Men's competition
Bronze	National team	1972 Munich	Hockey	Men's competition
Gold	National team	1980 Moscow	Hockey	Men's competition
Bronze	Leander Paes	1996 Atlanta	Tennis	Men's singles
Bronze	Karnam Malleswari	2000 Sydney	Weightlifting	Women's 69 kg
Silver	Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore	2004 Athens	Shooting	Men's double trap
Gold	Abhinav Bindra	2008 Beijing	Shooting	Men's 10m Air Rifle
Bronze	Vijender Singh	2008 Beijing	Boxing	Men's 75 kg
Bronze	Sushil Kumar	2008 Beijing	Wrestling	Men's 66 kg Freestyle
Bronze	Gagan Narang	2012 London	Shooting	Men's 10m Air Rifle
Silver	Vijay Kumar	2012 London	Shooting	Men's 25 Rapid Fire Pistol
Bronze	Saina Nehwal	2012 London	Badminton	Women's singles
Bronze	Mary Kom	2012 London	Boxing	Women's flyweight
Bronze	Yogeshwar Dutt	2012 London	Wrestling	Men's 60 kg Freestyle
Silver	Sushil Kumar	2012 London	Wrestling	Men's 66 kg Freestyle