So far, India has only won 28 medals in the 24 Olympic Games that it has participated in since 1900. Of these, 9 were gold, 6 silver, and 11 were bronze. In 2016, India, with more than a billion population, only managed to win two medals—none of them gold—at the Rio Games.
Despite the debacle in 2016, the future looks bright as our entire country is finally waking up to sports, besides Cricket. A lot of new medal prospects have emerged in the last few years, and we are going to look at top eight medal prospects for Tokyo Olympics 2020.
1PV Sindhu (Badminton)
Rio Silver Medalist PV Sindhu. Image Source: Deccan Chronicle
2Indian Men’s Hockey Team
Indian Hockey Men’s Team. Image Source: Twitter
3Shiva Thapa (Boxing)
High hopes from Shiva Thapa at Tokyo Olympics. Image Source: Scoopwhoop
4Shooting
Manu Bhaker is the new shooting sensation of India. Image Source: Rediff
5Saikhom Mirabai Chanu
Saikhom Mirabai Chanu. File Image Source: ScoopNest
6Vinesh Phogat
Vinesh Phogat, the powerhouse in wrestling. Image Source: Twitter
7Hima Das
The strongest prospective in Tokyo Olympics, Hima Das. Image Source: HT
8Neeraj Chopra
Neeraj Chopra in action. File Image Source: India Today
Bajrang Punia should be included in this list. He is doing well at the international circuit.
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Indian mens hockey team—Let them get qualified first.
Hima das— best timing of 50.79 is 23rd in list of 400m runners in 2018
Shiva thapa– may not even go to olympics he hasnt even been india’s official entry to recent tournaments manish kaushik holds better chance.
Hi Anur!
Thanks for taking out time to go through our list. Ours one is just a perspective and we will be glad if any more or some of these mentioned in the list, turn out medals for the country in Olympics.
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1. Bajrang Punia contender for Gold in Olympic
2. Mary Kom is working hard and she will win medal in 2020
Saurabh Chaudhary in 10 meter air pistol
and 100% sure Bajrang Punia definitely win ? in Tokyo 2020
India also done very well in 10 mitre air rifle women they have won medals in all the issf tournament they have played
Yes, Sagar. And we hope this medal streak continues in the upcoming Olympics as well. Stay tuned with us for more interesting content around Indian sports. Thanks.
Bajrang punia surly win he will win gold medal basec on latest world rankings.He is world no.1 right now
Youth boxer zareena. Triple jump arpinder. Javleen neerj.hima das work hard to reduce time 48 second. Sourab chowdary. Manu bhakar. Shooting minimum 4 medals.badminton sai praneeth sameer varma. Now poor performance by sindu saina good. Archery abhishek varma. Field hokey both men women. Wrestling 2 to 3 medal minimum.