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Greece, the birthplace of Olympics hosted the 28th Olympics games, the biggest ever-sporting event.The first Olympics of the millennium commenced on 13th August 2004 in a magnificent opening ceremony in Athens.

A grand opening ceremony of Athens Olympics

A grand opening ceremony of Athens Olympics

Competitive action will unfold as 202 countries and 11,000 athletes will fight it out for the top honours.The powerhouses USA, Russia France, Australia and China are expected to be major players in the battle to glory.

India is represented by a 75 strong contingent, which includes medal hopefuls like Anju Bobby George, Karnam Malleswari, Leander Paes, Abhinav Bindra, and Anjali Bhagwat.

This spotlight created by Indiainfo.com will provide daily updates on the Olympic action.

Events	Participant	Result
Shooting	Men: Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore (Double Trap) Abhinav Bindra (10m Air Rifle) Mansher Singh (Trap) Manavjit Singh Sandhu (Trap) Gagan Narang (10m Air Rifle) Women: Anjali Bhagwat (10m Air Rifle and 50m Rifle 3 Positions) Suma Shirur (10m Air Rifle) Deepali Deshpande (50m Rifle 3 Positions)	Silver Lost Lost Lost Lost Lost Lost Lost
Badminton	Men: Abhin Shyam Gupta Nikhil Kanetkar (Both Singles) Women: Aparna Popat (Singles)	Lost Lost Lost
Boxing	Diwakar Prasad (54 Kg) Akhil Kumar (51 Kg) Jitendra Kumar (81 Kg) Vijender Kumar (64 Kg)	Lost Lost Lost Lost
Tennis	Leander Paes- Mahesh Bhupati (Both Doubles) Table Tennis Achanta Sharath Kamal(Singles) Mouma Das (Singles)	Lost in Semi Finals Lost Lost
Weight lifting	Karnam Malleshwari(63 Kg) Prathima Kumari (63 Kg) Kunjarani Devi (48 Kg) Sanamacha Chanu (53 Kg)	Lost Lost Lost Lost
Judo	Akram Shah (60Kg)	Lost
Rowing	P T Paulose (Single Scull, Mix)	Lost
Archery	Satyadev Prasad Sumangala Sharma Reena Kumari Dola Banerjee Tarundeep Rai	Lost Lost Lost Lost Lost
Swimming	Shikha Tandon (50m Free Style and 100m Free Style)	Lost
Yachting/Sailing	Manav Shroff Sumeet Patel (Both Double Handed Dinghy, 49er)	Lost Lost
Youth Camp	Umamaheswari Devi (Athletics) Ronak Pandit (Shooting)	Lost Lost
Wrestling	Yogeshwar Dutt (55 Kg) Sushil Kumar (60Kg) Ramesh Kumar (66Kg) Sujeet Maan (74 Kg) Anuj Kumar 84 Kg) Palwinder Singh Cheema (120 Kg) (all free styles) Mukesh Khatri (55 Kg Greco-Roman)	Lost Lost Lost Lost Lost Lost Lost
Athletics	Men: Amritpal Singh (Long Jump) Binu Mathew (400m) Bahadur Singh (Shot Put) Vikas Gowda (Discus) Anil Kumar (Discus) Women:- Anju Bobby George (Long Jump) J J Shobha (Heptathlon) Manjit Kaur (400m and 4x400m relay) Chitra Soman (400m and 4x400m Relay) Neelam J Singh (Discus) Seema Antil (Discus) Harwant Kaur (Discus) Bobby Aloysius (High Jump) Soma Biswas (Heptathlon) Saraswati Saha (200m) Rajwinder Kaur K M Beenamol S Geeta Sagardeep Kaur/Manjit Kaur/Chitra Soman (all 4x400m Relay Team).	Lost Lost Lost Lost Lost Lost Lost Lost Lost Lost Lost Lost Lost Lost Lost Lost Lost Lost Lost

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