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7 Indian Players Who Won An Olympic Medal At The Tokyo Olympics 2020

There is no doubt that the   Tokyo Olympics   2020 was one of the best performances delivered by India. The  Tokyo Olympics  2020 started on 23rd July 2021 and ended on 8th August 2021, and Indian players made sure that this Olympics is counted. The Olympic games are held in summer and winter, and it's a pride for any country to win even a single  Olympic Medal.  The first Olympic games were held on 6th April 1896 in Athens, Greece. The modern Olympic games revival was done by a French educator Baron Pierre de Coubertin, who presented the idea of conducting Olympic games in Paris in 1894, which was accepted unanimously. Greece is also known as the homeland of the ancient Olympic games since it is believed that the 'Olympiad' was held in the Olympia region of Greece, 2,800 years ago.    While there are a lot of opinions about the origins of the ancient Olympic games, the one that is widely believed is that there was an artistic and athletic festival which ended in 393 AD. Th