Abhinav Bindra has been selected as torchbearer for the 2024 Paris Olympics
- Abhinav Bindra has been selected as torchbearer for the 2024 Paris Olympics.
- Abhinav Bindra will be part of the Olympic torch relay to be held from April 16 to July 26.
- The Olympic torch relay will start from April 16 and then travel from the Peloponnese to Athens.
- The torch relay will cover 65 territories, including five overseas territories.
- 10,000 will participate in the Olympic Torch Relay and 1,000 in the Paralympic Torch Relay.
- He is a member of the Athletes Commission of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
- Abhinav Bindra is the first Indian to win a gold medal at the Olympic Games at the individual level.
- He won the gold medal in the men’s 10m air rifle event at the Beijing Olympic Games in 2008.
- The Paris Olympics is scheduled to take place from July 26 to August 11.
