India was dealt a heartbreaking 1-0 loss against Pakistan in the final, but it was the fourth successive campaign that they had won a medal.
Indian shooter Vijay Kumar’s silver medal at the 2012 London Games was India’s first-ever Olympic medal in a pistol event.
Fans were over the moon with the 1948 success but there were doubts regarding whether the nation could repeat the 1928-1936 hat-trick.
A young Paes defied the odds to win bronze in the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, becoming India’s first individual Olympic medal winner in 44 years.
Mirabai Chanu became the first siver medalist in weightlifting as she achieved the feat in 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
They had won the silver medal in the previous edition, and three successive gold medals at the three editions before that.
MC Mary Kom was no unknown by the time she did finally make it to the Olympics. But her bronze medal win at London 2012 was long overdue.
Gagan Narang was unlucky to miss out on a medal at the Beijing Olympics in 2008. However, there was no denying him four years later.
Dipa, who is one of five women gymnasts in the world to have successfully executed the highly difficult Produnova vault, finished fourth to narrowly miss out on a medal at 2016 Rio...
With a historic silver medal at 2012 London Games, Sushil Kumar becomes the only Indian to win two individual Olympic medals.