De Lakshya a Bhaker, lista de atletas 'infelizes' que perderam medalhas ao terminar em 4º lugar nas Olimpíadas de Paris

O sonho de todo atleta é competir nas Olimpíadas e levar uma medalha para casa. Terminar apenas um passo atrás pode ser extremamente desanimador para indivíduos que simplesmente perdem a medalha.

The Paris Olympics have reached the halfway point, and India has won only 3 medals so far. The total could have been 8 if not for the unfortunate near-misses, with five Indian athletes finishing 4th in their respective events, just one step away from the podium.

Lakshya Sen, Maheshwari Chauhan, and Anant Jeet Singh Naruka have joined the list of athletes who narrowly missed winning a medal, finishing just short of the podium. In this edition, Manu Bhaker, Arjun Babuta, and the duo of Dhiraj Bommadevara and Ankita Bhakat also finished in 4th place in their respective events.

List of Indian athletes who have finished fourth at Paris Olympics

Athletes	Event
Manu Bhaker	Women’s 25m pistol
Arjun Babuta	Men’s 10m Air Rifle Shooting
Dhiraj Bommadevara/ Ankita Bhakat	Mixed Team Archery
Lakshya Sen	Men’s Singles Badminton
Maheshwari Chauhan/ Anant Jeet Singh Naruka	Skeet mixed team

List of Indian athletes who have finished fourth at Olympics

Athletes	Olympics	Event
Randhir Shinde	Antwerp 1920 Olympics	men’s 54kg freestyle wrestling
Keshav Mangave	Helsinki 1952 Olympics	men’s 62kg freestyle wrestling
India	Melbourne 1956 Olympics	men’s football
Milkha Singh	Rome 1960 Olympics	men’s 400m athletics
Prem Nath	Rome 1972 Olympics	men’s 57kg freestyle wrestling
Sudesh Kumar	Munich 1972 Olympics	men’s 52kg freestyle wrestling
PT Usha	Los Angeles 1984 Olympics	women’s 400m hurdles athletics
Rajinder Singh	Los Angeles 1984 Olympics	men’s 74kg freestyle wrestling
Leander Paes/Mahesh Bhupati	Athens 2004 Olympics	men’s doubles tennis
Kunjarani Devi	Athens 2004 Olympics	women’s 48kg weightlifting
Joydeep Karmakar	London 2012 Olympics	men’s 50m rifle prone shooting
Abhinav Bindra	Rio 2016 Olympics	men’s 10m air rifle shooting
Sania Mirza/Rohan Bopanna	Rio 2016 Olympics	mixed doubles tennis
Dipa Karmakar	Rio 2016 Olympics	women’s vault gymnastics
Aditi Ashok	Tokyo 2020 Olympics	women’s golf
India	Tokyo 2020 Olympics	women’s hockey
Arjun Babuta	Paris 2024 Olympics	men’s 10m air rifle shooting
Dhiraj Bommadevara/ Ankita Bhakat	Paris 2024 Olympics	mixed team archery
Manu Bhaker	Paris 2024 Olympics	women’s 25m pistol
Lakshya Sen	Paris 2024 Olympics	men’s Singles Badminton
Maheshwari Chauhan/ Anant Jeet Singh Naruka	Paris 2024 Olympics	skeet mixed team

Milkha Singh men’s 400m race, 1960 Rome Olympics

After a disappointing debut at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics, Milkha Singh worked tirelessly towards the Rome Olympics. After advancing through the heats and semifinals, Milkha was ready for the final. Starting in lane five, he led the first 200 meters but a split-second decision to slow down at 250 meters proved costly. He missed a medal by micro sec to finish 4th in 1960.

Dipa Karmakar, gymnastics, Rio Olympics 2016

Though, Dipa Karmakar did not win a medal in Rio Olympics, but her fourth place finish was a achievement in India as she was the first first Indian women gymnast to compete in the Olympics.