Fouaad Mirza made history by qualifying for the Individual Jumping Final in his first Olympic. He finished with 59.60 penalty points to end Individual Eventing campaign. Fouaad Mirza becomes the first Indian to reach Equestrian Individual Eventing Final.

Mirza stood in 22nd position with 39.20 points before the show jumping stage. However, anything can happen at the venue as one saw in the cross country stage with Germany's double gold medalist Michael Jung. Despite a good run through the course. Chipmunk amassed penalties on the obstacles which pushed him from the summit of the standings to 10th place. Fouaad Mirza becomes the first Indian to reach Equestrian Individual Eventing Final. Seigneur Medicott also qualifies for the Finals.

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Round one : Dressage

Mirza and Medicott finished the dressage stage of equestrian eventing at the Tokyo Olympics placed ninth on Saturday. The pair had amassed 28.00 penalty points in dressage on Friday, breaking into the top 10 at sixth position. The pair eventually ended the day tied seventh with Sweden's Louise Romeike and her horse Cato 60 on points (28.00), before ending at ninth after the third and final session. In dressage, lower the penalty score, higher the rider and horse place in the standings. Mirza and Medicott placed ninth in a 62-pair field (one less than the original 63 after Austria's Katrin Khoddam-Hazrati withdrew from the event.

Round two: Cross country

After finishing the dressage phase of equestrian eventing in an impressive ninth place. Mirza and Seigneur Medicott stand in 22nd place after completing the cross country course with 11.20 points on Sunday. Mirza and Medicott finished just outside the permitted 7:45 minute mark, completing the course in 8.13 seconds to amass 11.20 penalty points at the Olympics.com. Medicott was sublime on the jumps but exceeded the time limit by 35 seconds and incurred the penalty points.

Every four years, the Olympic Games generate high expectations not only to see which athletes will climb onto the podium but also to see what Olympic records can be achieved, both at the world and Olympic level. Paris Olympics 2024 is no exception and after fifteen days of activity, there are 35 new Olympic records.

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Difference between world records and Olympic records

As the name suggests, the basic difference between the two is the context in which they are recorded. In the case of the world record, it is the best performance recorded globally in a specific discipline. These records are approved by the corresponding international federations and are obtained in official competitions such as World Cups, World Championships, qualifiers, etc. For this reason, they can be constantly updated since they are not limited to the frequency of the event and can be set at any time. 

An Olympic record, on the other hand, is only set during the Olympic Games, so the possibility of breaking it occurs every four years. So, although an Olympic record may sometimes be lower than a world record, it carries with it a very specific prestige. 

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Olympic Records created at the Paris Olympics 2024

Athletics is one of the traditional disciplines of the modern Olympic Games, having its first appearance in the first edition of the games in Athens in 1896. When talking about Olympic records in athletics, we must take into account the difference between a world record and an Olympic record, since the latter only refers to marks achieved during a Games. An Olympic record can also be a world record. Olympic records are the best marks ever achieved in the history of the Olympic Games and can only be broken every four years.

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Oldest Olympic Records in Athletics

Even today there are several Olympic records that are still valid, some like that of Bob Beamon and his 8.90m in the long jump in the now distant time of Mexico 68 or that of the Soviet Sergey Litvinov and his 84.80m in the hammer throw event in Seoul 88.

In the women's category, there are seven Olympic records that have survived since Seoul 88. The most notable is the American Florence Griffith, who set two records in the 100m and 200m, 10'62 and 21'34s respectively, which are considered impossible to beat. The oldest, however, dates back to Moscow in 1980, when the Soviet Nadezhda Olizarenko set the 800m in 1:53.43.

However, since Seoul 1988, an Olympic record has always been broken in athletics, with a whopping five in the men's section and three in the women's at the last Games in Rio 2016.

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Men's Olympic Records in Athletics

In the men's 100m and 200m, the champion is Jamaican Usain Bolt, with a time of 9.63 and 19.30 seconds respectively, set in 2012 and 2008. Curiously, the legendary sprinter holds world records that are lower than the Olympic ones: 9.58s and 19.19s, both achieved in 2009. 

Alpine skier Mohammad Arif Khan has become the first Indian to compete at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics in the slalom event.

Mohammad Arif Khan, from the state of Jammu & Kashmir, primarily takes part in the slalom events. Although he has also competed in the giant slalom in the past.

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Alpine skiing consists of five events: downhill, super G, slalom, giant slalom and combined.

Slalom Skiing is the shortest alpine event, involving skiing between poles or gates. Here skiers need to perform fast turns and rapid changes of direction. Two rounds are held and ranking is established by adding the times of the two runs.

To qualify for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics the average of five best results in the event between the period of July 1, 2019, to January 16, 2022.

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For alpine skiers who have competed in less than five events during this period. They added an extra 20 per cent of the average points . It's added to the International Ski Federation (FIS) points list.

Arif Khan finished ninth, 10th and twice finished 11th in four slalom events over the past week at the Ski Dubai.

The four slalom events in Dubai were the only four competitions. And Mohammad Arif Khan has taken part in during the qualification period.

India had two representatives at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. Jagdish Singh competed in the 15km freestyle event. The event of cross-country skiing while Shiva Keshavan took part in the luge.

The Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics will take place from February 4 to 20. The men's slalom event will held on February 16.

Indian men's hockey team drag-flicker Harmanpreet Singh was on Monday nominated for the FIH Player of the Year awards. Although, as the country made the short-list of all the categories on the back of its stupendous performance at the Olympics. Veteran India custodian P R Sreejesh was among three short-lists for Goalkeeper of the Year award for men. Moreover, while Savita Punia was among three short-listes in the women's category. The Indian men's team head coach Graham Reid and women's team counterpart Sjoerd Marijne were among three nominees for FIH Coach of the Year award for men and women.

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Harmanpreet Singh had scored a whopping six goals from eight matches from his drag-flick to help the Indian men's team clinch a historic bronze. Moreover, its first Olympic medal in 41 years. Argentine players Agustina Albertarrio and Agustina Gorzelany. And Dutchwomen Eva de Goede, Frederique Matla and Maria Verschoor were the others nominated for the FIH Player of the Year for women.

Besides Harmanpreet, Arthur van Doren and Alexander Hendrickx from gold winners Belgium. And Jake Whetton, Aran Zalewski and Tim Brand of silver winners Australia were nominates for FIH Player of the Year for men. Apart from Sreejesh, Vincent Vanasch of Belgium and Andrew Charter of Australia were nominates for Goalkeeper of the Year Award for Men.

Votes from National Associations count for 50 per cent of the overall result.

Among women, Maddie Hinch of Great Britain and Belen Succi of Argentina were nominates for the Goalkeeper of the Year Award, along with Savita. India's Sharmila Devi was also nominates for FIH Rising Star of the Year Award for women. Along with Fiona Crackles (Great Britain) and Valentina Raposo (Argentina). While Vivek Prasad names were also came along with Mustaphaa Cassiem (South Africa) and Sean Findlay (New Zealand) among men.

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Reid was also nominates along with Shane McLeod (Belgium team) and Colin Batch (Australia). Also while Sjoerd Marijne was also shotlists along with Alyson Annan (Netherlands team) and Mark Hager (Great Britain team) for their roles in charge of their respective women's teams. Players, coaches, media and fans can register their votes for the nominees. However, they can cast their vote in the respective women's and men's player, goalkeeper, rising star and coach of the year categories. They can register their votes from Monday (August 23) to September 15, the FIH said in a release.

Each NA will grant two votes per gender, which will come from the national team captain and head coach. Votes from the media counts for 25 per cent of the overall result. While votes from fans/players counts for 25 per cent of the overall result. The winners will be announced either next month or early October. With no Hockey Stars Awards in 2020 due to the impact of the COVID-19 global health pandemic. But, this year's awards cover the period from January 2020 through to the conclusion of the Tokyo Olympics.

With Olympics fever still high after India's best-ever performance at the Olympics. However, it is now time to turn our heads towards the Tokyo Paralympics 2020. There is no doubt that an athlete has to give his all to compete at the top level such as the Olympics. Also only the ones who are at the top of their game are able to win a medal. Similarly, Paralympic athletes deserve more respect as they battle against all the odds to rise to such a level.

Meanwhile, India bagged seven medals at Tokyo Olympics 2020. Moreover, the Paralympic contingent will also aim to follow suit. In fact, the Paralympic team of India had come up with their best-ever performance in the previous edition. The Edition was hosted in Rio, Brazil. India had won a total of four medals, out of which two were Gold.

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Tokyo Paralympics 2020 will start on 24th August 2021 and will continue till 5th September 2021.However, India will be participating in nine sporting events and 43 athletes will represent the country.

Let's take a better look at the schedule of Indian Athletes in the Paralympic 2020.

India's Schedule at Tokyo Paralympics 2020:

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The Paralympic was delayed due to the coronavirus pandemic in 2020 and will now be played from August 24th to September 5th in Japan's capital, Tokyo. The disabled athletes will take part in 28 sporting events as Badminton and Taekwondo will make their debut in the games.