So, just how much fun was that? We wept, we shouted, we laughed, we hugged each other, and we went to bed thinking 'what if'. For 15 days, we were on edge as we celebrated and lamented and got utterly swept up in the emotion that is the Olympic Games. INDIA'S OLYMPIC MEDAL TALLY | INDIA AT PARIS OLYMPICS | LATEST OLYMPIC NEWS | KEY DATES AT PARIS 2024 We became invested in the Manu Bhaker redemption tale and were awestruck by the champion will of this 22-year-old.
We were carried to dizzying heights by the inimitable Vinesh Phogat when she showed to the world that an Indian can in fact beat the unbeatable . We spoke amongst ourselves of battles fought off the mat that we had carefully chosen to ignore, because it was no longer ignorable. When it ended the way it did, we raged at the world on her behalf.
'100 grams? HOW DARE YOU'. Wrestling laws were attacked, the brutality of a weight cut dissected to the minutest detail . When Neeraj Chopra and Arshad Nadeem played out the single greatest 1-2 in South Asian Olympic history , we were reminded of our innate bonds with Pakistan, and we basked in the reflected glory of these two great outliers.
Editor's Picks India's greatest? They'll all have to be measured on the Chopra scale 5d Sharda Ugra India at Paris Olympics 2024 grades: Badminton D, athletics F and A+ 4d Sunaadh Sagar Paris Olympics: How India's six medals were won 4d Zenia D'Cunha It wasn't just the winners or the high-profile names, either. When the archers struck out.