Indian Sports In 2024: Year Of Monumental Victories, Breakthroughs, And Near Misses

Year 2024 gave the average Indian sports fan unprecedented reasons to celebrate as peaks outnumbered the valleys in a confident march towards a promising future.

Shooter Manu Bhaker opened India's medal tally at the Paris 2024 Olympics, making history by securing third place in the women's individual 10m air pistol event.

There was plenty of action over the last 12 months that kept the loyal Indian fan interested.

Not many sports are inseparably linked with an individual, but Mirabai Chanu has been that one name in Indian weightlifting for several years now and 2024 was no different as she carried the weight of the nation's aspirations for Olympic glory once again.

Indian boxing endured a turbulent year marred by coaching turmoil, crushing defeats, and a medal-less Paris Olympics campaign, all of it made worse by the national federation's negligence that brought unprecedented embarrassment to the country

Back-to-back Olympic medals after a hiatus of 50 years and the revival of the much-awaited HIL lit up the year for Indian hockey which also saw one of its biggest stars walk into sunset after a glorious career.

In 2024, football's uncertainty reached a height it hasn't scaled in many years.

A lot can happen in 12 months, and it did for Indian cricket in 2024

Manu Bhaker missed a historic hat-trick at Paris Olympics 2024, finishing fourth in the women's 25m sports pistol event after a heroic performance.

Gold eluded him and so did the 90m mark but Neeraj Chopra was the undisputed star of Indian athletics for yet another year

The year 2024 was one to remember for Kolkata Knight Riders as they clinched their third Indian Premier League title and first in the last 10 years.

In an ideal world, politics and sport are not meant to be mixed. But then the world of Indian wrestling was far from ideal in 2024 with Vinesh Phogat's Olympic dejection and the never-ending administrative chaos pulling down a once flourishing sport

Indian chess has been on the upward trajectory for the past two years or so, but no one can deny that 2024 has been the year for the country in the sport.

As far as results are concerned, 2024 was arguably the worst year ever for the Indian men's football team.

India's Paris 2024 journey remained mixed as Paralympics punched above their weight to ease some of the pain caused by Olympians near-misses.