Consider the following statements about India at Paris Olympic: 

1. Manu Bhaker became the first Indian shooter to win an Olympic medal.

2. PV Sindhu and Sharath Kamal were the flag bearers of India in the Opening ceremony.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Correct option is B

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• Recently, Manu Bhaker became the first Indian female shooter to win an Olympic medal after bagging the women's 10m air pistol bronze.

• She (Belongs to Haryana’s Jhajjar) became the first Indian woman to win a medal in shooting at the Olympics.

• The 22-year-old Manu Bhaker shot 221.7 to finish third in the eight-woman final. 

• Oh Ye Jin of the Republic of Korea won the gold medal with a new Olympic record of 243.2

• With this medal she joined an exclusive club of Indian Olympic medalists, which previous had just four male shooters.

• Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore won the India's first Olympic medal in shooting with a silver medal in the men's double trap at Athens 2004. 

• Abhinav Bindra won the India's only gold medal in shooting in the men's 10m air rifle at Beijing 2008.

• Gagan Narang (men's 10m air rifle) and Vijay Kumar (men's 25m rapid fire pistol) won the silver and bronze medal respectively at the London 2012 Games.

• Two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu (Badminton) and four-time Olympian Sharath Kamal (table tennis player) were the flag bearers of India.

• Four-time Olympian and 2012 men's 10m air rifle bronze medallist Gagan Narang replaced Mary Kom as the Chef-de-Mission of India's Paris 2024 Olympics contingent.

• The 2024 Summer Olympics (33rd) in Paris are scheduled  from July 26 to August 11, 2024. 

• This will be followed by the Paralympic Games, which will be held from August 28 to September 8, 2024.

•  Les Phryges are the Paris 2024 mascots. Phryge represents one of the great symbols of France, strongly associated with the French Revolution.

• The 2024 Paris Olympics will feature 32 sports, including 4 new additions - breaking, sport climbing, skateboarding, and surfing.

• Breaking will make its Olympic debut, while sport climbing, skateboarding and surfing are all set to appear at the Games for just the second time after featuring at Japan Olympics

Next up after Paris 

2026 Winter Olympics- Italy 

2028 Summer Olympics-Los Angeles, CA

2030 Winter Olympics-Nice, France (French Alps)

2032 Summer Olympics-Melbourne, Australia

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