Tokyo Olympics 2020 (Held in 2021)

Miraitowa- Official Mascot

1) From 23rd July 2021 to 8th August 2021

Motto - United by Emotions

2) Official Mascot - Miraitowa

3) Japan hosted this olympics for the fourth time (1964 and 2020- Summer Olympics; 1972 and 1998- Winter Olympics)

Participants from 206 Nations (11,500+ participants) participated in 339 events in 33 sports.

4) United states has topped with 113 Medals ( 39 Gold, 41 Silver and 33 Bronze Medals)

China at 2nd Position with 88 Medals (38 Gold, 32 Silver and 18 Bronze Medals)

5) India at 48th Position with 7 Medals (1- Gold, 2- Silver and 4- Bronze Medals)

6) Flag Bearers in the Opening and Closing Ceremonies of Tokyo Olympics-

Opening Ceremony-

Manipur's boxer MC Mary Kom and Men's Hockey Team Captain- Punjab's Manpreet Singh (1st time a male and a female flag bearers- to ensure gender parity)

Closing Ceremony - Haryana's Wrestler Bajrang Punia

7) Olympic Torch Bearer-

Japanese Tennis Player Naomi Osaka

8) 126 Players From India participated in 18 sports out of 33 sports in Tokyo Olympics

(31 players from Haryana)

12+1(Reserve Player) from Tamil Nadu

Haryana's Neeraj Chopra (23 yrs)	Men’s Javelin Throw- 87.58m	Gold
Manipur's Mirabhai Chanu (26 yrs)	Women’s 49kg Weightlifting - Lifted 202 kg	Silver
Haryana's Ravi Kumar Dhahiya (23 yrs)	Men’s 57 kg Freestyle Wrestling (against Zaur Uguvev-ROC)	Silver
Assam's Lovlina Borghain (23 yrs)	Women’s Welterweight Boxing	Bronze
Hyderbad's PV Sindhu (26 yrs)	Women’s Singles Badminton (against China's He Bingijiao)	Bronze
Haryana's Bajrang Punia (27 yrs)	Men’s Freestyle Wrestling	Bronze
Men’s Hockey Team	Men’s Hockey	Bronze

Neeraj Chopra- Throw 87.58 m

Won the first ever Gold Medal in Olympic Track and Field Event

Second Medal after Abhinav Bindra to win a gold medal in any individual games for India.

Mirabhai Chanu

Second Indian weightlifting Medal after Karnam Malleshwari at Sydney Olympics 2000

PV Sindhu

First Indian Woman to win two consecutive Individual Olympics Medals (2016 Rio Olympics- Silver and 2020 Tokyo Olympics- Silver)

Men’s Hockey Team

Created a History by defeating Germany and won a bronze Medal. (5-4)

Simranjit Singh scored two goals.

Hardik, Harmanpreet and Rupinder Pal Singh scored each one goal.

9) President of Tokyo Olympics

Seikho Hashimoto (Japanese Speed Skater and Cyclist- Appeared in 7 Olympics)

10) Olympics Theme Song of India-

"Tu Haan le.. lakshya Thera Samne Hai"- Composed and sung by Singer Mohit Chauhan

launched by Kiren Rijiju (Sports Minister at that time)

Official Theme Song of Tokyo Olympics- "Colourful"- by J Pop

11) Olympics Cheer Song of India-

"Hindustani Way"- Sung by AR Rahman and Ananya Birla

12) Introduction of New Sports in Tokyo Olmpics-

Baseball / Softball- Reinstated after 2008

Karate

Skate Board

Sports Climbing

Surfing

13) International Olympic Committee (IOC)

Established on : 23rd June 1894 (23rd June- Olympic day)

Established by : Pierre De Coubertin with Demetrios Vikelas (1st president)

Established at : Paris, France

Headquarters : lausanne, Switzerland

Current President : Thomas Bach (Germany)

Motto : Since 1894 " Faster, Higher, Stronger" (latin : "Citius, Altius, Fortius")

and now "Faster, Higher, Stronger, Together" (latin : "Citius, Altius, Fortius, Communiter")- to reflect solidarity across the world at the time of COVID-19

14) Indian Olympic Association/ Committee(IOA/IOC)

Formed in 1927

Founding President - Si Dorab Tata

Recognized by Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports

Currently has 32 member Executive Council and Now the president-Dr. Narinder Dhruv Batra

and Secretary- Rajeev Matra

15) Host Countries

Summer Olympics

2016 - Rio De Janeiro, Brazil

2020 - Tokyo, Japan

2024 - Paris, France

2028 - los Angeles, USA