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ThePrint Quiz, 18 August, 2024: As Paris Olympics conclude, test your knowledge of India at the games

The 2024 Paris Olympics have concluded. In this edition of ThePrint Quiz, let's test your knowledge of trivia of India's showing at the Olympic games.

Wrestler Antim Panghal, team to be deported from Paris following major disciplinary breach

Panghal handed her official accreditation card to her sister who was caught for 'impersonation' by security while leaving the Games Villa.

Jogging, cycling, cutting hair & shortening clothes — wrestler Vinesh Phogat gave it all for Olympics

Vinesh was hospitalised Wednesday after she fainted soon after she learnt about her disqualification. Tributes poured in as the shocker seeped in among countrymen.

WFI suspension: Indian Olympic Association forms 3-member panel to run wrestling body

Sports ministry suspended Wrestling Federation of India's executive body Sunday, three days after Sanjay Singh, a close aide of Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, was elected its president.

IOA panel to send report to PM Modi in 8-10 days, says former wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt

Dutt is a part of the IOA's seven-member committee along with Olympic medallist Mary Kom, to probe sexual harassment allegations against WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh.

PT Usha becomes first woman President of Indian Olympic Association

Usha was elected unopposed in the polls. She is the first Olympian and first international medalist to head the IOA in its 95-year-old history.

Xi skilled in coercion but won’t be able to shoot his way out of the ongoing protest

ThePrint view on the most important issues.

Polls to Indian Olympic Association executive council on 10 December

The Supreme Court has approved a fresh timeline submitted by the Justice (retd) LN Rao committee for the holding of elections.

IOA to amend constitution for elections, after ‘fruitful’ meeting with IOC

The International Olympic Committee had called for a meeting with the Indian Olympic Association after it issued a warning to the latter to hold elections by December or face ban.

In relief to Indian Olympic Association, Supreme Court stops CoA from taking over

The order comes after Solicitor General Mehta appealed to the court saying the order could have negative repercussions on the nation. SC's will next hear the IOA's appeal on 22 August.

On Camera

No competition, have to deliver faster & reliably, says Amazon India V-P of operations

Diving into workings of Gurugram fulfilment centre, Abhinav Singh, V-P (Ops) at Amazon India, offers insights into how company manages logistics, in conversation with ThePrint Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta.

From non-delivery of fighters to constant delays & ‘black sheep’, IAF chief speaks out

Air Chief Marshal A.P. Singh said IAF was mostly outward looking when it came to procurements but a 'rap on the knuckles' made it look inwards, adding that 'atmanirbharta' is key.

There’s an all-new N-word now. And India’s soft power has become its hard liability

India is better positioned in the world than at any point post-Cold war. We have to decide if global opinion matters to us or not. If it does, we must engage with their media, think tanks, civil society.