Before the start of Paris Olympics 2024, the International Olympic Committee has announced to honour India's shooting legend Abhinav Bindra with the 'Olympic Order' for his contribution to the Olympic campaign. He will be awarded this award on August 10 before the closing ceremony. He is the first Indian to receive this award. Let us tell you that this is the highest honour given to any athlete by the IOC. After Abhinav Bindra was honoured, PM Modi expressed happiness and also praised him a lot.

What did PM Modi say?

Abhinav Bindra was given the 'Olympic Order' two days ago. Now the Prime Minister of the country has congratulated him and said that the whole country is proud of this success. He has made a significant contribution to sports and the Olympic movement first as a sportsperson and then as an athlete. Let us tell you that Abhinav Bindra made the country proud by winning the gold medal in the Beijing Olympics. After 28 years, India had the privilege of seeing a gold medal in the Olympics. Before this, the Indian hockey team had won the gold medal in 1980. Not only this, with this victory, he became the first Indian to win gold in an individual event.

It makes every Indian proud that @Abhinav_Bindra has been awarded the Olympic Order. Congratulations to him. Be it as an athlete or a mentor to upcoming sportspersons, he has made noteworthy contributions to sports and the Olympic Movement.

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) July 24, 2024

Bindra ran in the Olympic torch relay

A torch relay was organised before the Paris Olympics opening ceremony. India's Olympic gold medal winner Abhinav Bindra also took part in it. He ran among the people carrying the Olympic torch.

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Watch India's first Olympic gold medalist, Abhinav Bindra, grace the #Paris2024 Olympic Torch Relay event! pic.twitter.com/VQCEk0RgG2

— Olympic Khel (@OlympicKhel) July 24, 2024

Leander Paes received this honor

Apart from Abhinav Bindra, former Indian tennis player and winner of 18 Grand Slams, Leander Paes and Vijay Amritraj were recently inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame. Both the players are the first Asians to be inducted into it. Paes has been inducted in the category of player and Amritraj in the category of contributor.