{"id":167980,"date":"2024-09-21T14:28:07","date_gmt":"2024-09-21T08:58:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/?p=167980"},"modified":"2024-09-21T14:28:08","modified_gmt":"2024-09-21T08:58:08","slug":"abhinav-bindra-awarded-prestigious-olympic-order-by-ioc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/abhinav-bindra-awarded-prestigious-olympic-order-by-ioc\/","title":{"rendered":"Abhinav Bindra Awarded Prestigious Olympic Order by IOC"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has honored Abhinav Bindra<\/strong>, India\u2019s first individual Olympic gold medallist,<\/strong> with the prestigious Olympic Order. This recognition will be formally presented during the 142nd IOC Session in Paris on August 10, 2024<\/strong>, a day before the closing of the <\/strong>Paris Olympics.<\/strong> The Olympic Order, the <\/strong>IOC<\/strong>\u2019<\/strong>s highest award,<\/strong> acknowledges distinguished contributions to the Olympic Movement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Key Achievements<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Olympic Gold Medal<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bindra won the men\u2019s 10-meter air rifle event at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, becoming the first Indian to secure an individual Olympic gold.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

IOC Athlete Commission<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since 2018, Bindra has been a member of the IOC Athlete Commission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Award Details<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Award Presentation<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Olympic Order will be awarded to Bindra at the 142nd IOC Session in Paris.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Award Significance<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This accolade is given for notable contributions to the Olympic Movement, recognizing remarkable merit in sports or significant services to the Olympic cause.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reactions and Tributes<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sports Minister\u2019s Statement<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Youth Affairs and Sports Minister Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya<\/strong> congratulated Bindra, highlighting that his achievement has instilled national pride and inspired future generations of athletes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

IOC Recognition<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The award acknowledges Bindra\u2019s exceptional service and contributions to the Olympic ideals and sports development.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has honored Abhinav Bindra, India\u2019s first individual Olympic gold medallist, with the prestigious Olympic Order. This recognition will be formally presented during the 142nd IOC Session in Paris on August 10, 2024, a day before the closing of the Paris Olympics. The Olympic Order, the IOC\u2019s highest award, acknowledges distinguished contributions to the Olympic Movement. Key Achievements Olympic […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":419,"featured_media":167986,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[5240],"tags":[4925],"class_list":["post-167980","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-current-affairs-july-2024","tag-awards-honours-current-affairs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167980","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/419"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=167980"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167980\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":167987,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167980\/revisions\/167987"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/167986"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=167980"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=167980"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=167980"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}