Neeraj Chopra, India’s first field athlete to secure a gold medal at the Olympics, will start as favourite to add another gold in the men's javelin throw final event at the Paris Olympics. On August 7, 2021, Neeraj had already made history by clinching India’s first-ever gold medal in athletics at the Tokyo Olympics.

Indian badminton player and former world junior No. 1, Lakshya Sen played a pivotal role in India’s victory at the Thomas Cup and clinched his first Commonwealth Games gold medal in Birmingham. In 2023, Sen added to his accolades by winning the Canada Open title and winning the Asian Games 2023 gold medal.

PV Sindhu, a two-time Olympic medallist for India in badminton, clinched her first medal - a silver - at the 2016 Rio Olympics and followed it with a bronze at Tokyo 2020. As she prepares for her third Olympics, Sindhu is aiming for a historic achievement: winning India's first badminton gold.

An unfortunate injury at Rio Olympics robbed her a podium finish in 2016, and a shock defeat in Tokyo cut her journey short in 2021. This time around this, with all the controversy behind her, Vinesh Phogat is all set to hit the ground running in pursuit of her first Olympics medal.

In 2023, Nikhat successfully defended her world championship title, joining Mary Kom as the only Indian to win multiple world championship golds. She also won gold at the CWG 2022 in and followed it with a bronze at the Asian Games 2023. No better way to better it than an Olympic medal.

She made history with an Olympic bronze medal at Tokyo 2020. She won gold at the 2022 Asian Championships and silver at the 2023 Asian Games, and secured a place at Paris by becoming world champion in New Delhi.

Antim Panghal is India's first-ever U-20 world wrestling champion. Panghal won silver at the 2023 Asian Championships and a bronze at the world championships later that year. Having performed extraordinarily at the Asian Games, she secured a quota for India at the Paris 2024 Olympics in women's 53kg wrestling.

He had participated in the 2022 World Equestrian Games, becoming one of the first Indian dressage riders alongside Shruti Vora to compete in Dressage World Championships. At the 2023 Asian Games, Agarwalla clinched gold medal in team event and a bronze medal in individual dressage event.

In 2017, during the national shooting championships, Manu Bhaker made headlines by defeating Olympian Heena Sidhu. Bhaker won the women's 25m pistol silver at the 2022 Cairo World Championships and a gold in the same event at the 2023 Asian Games.

Avinash Sable won the silver medal at the 2022 Commonwealth Games with a new national record time of 8:11.20. In 2023, he made history at the Asian Games by winning the first gold medal for India in the steeplechase and a silver medal in the 5000 meters.