Abhinav Bindra: 1st Indian to be Honoured with Olympic Order by IOC

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has awarded its prestigious Olympic Order to the ace Indian shooter Abhinav Bindra. The award, which recognises Abhinav Bindra’s outstanding service to the Olympic movement, will be bestowed on him on 10 August 2024 during the 142nd IOC Session in Paris, France.

Paris will host the 33rd Summer Olympics from 26 July to 11 August 2024. 

About Abhinav Bindra and the Olympics 

• Abhinav Bindra was the first Indian athlete to win an individual gold medal in the olympics. 
• He won a gold medal in the men’s 10-metre air rifle event at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. 
• Before Bindra, India had won gold in the Olympics, but only in the men’s hockey event.
• Abhinav Bindra was the first Indian athlete to donate his gold medal-winning sports equipment to the Olympic Museum in Lausanne, Switzerland.
• Neeraj Chopra is the second Indian to donate his gold-winning Javelin to the Olympic Museum. Neeraj Chopra won the gold medal in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in the javelin event.

Charlie Cassell set a world record with Seven wickets in ODI Debut

Scotland’s fast bowler Charlie Cassell broke the world record for taking maximum wickets in a One Day internationals (ODI) debut match. In an ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup League 2 Match played at Dundee in Scotland, Cassell took 7 wickets for 21 runs in 5.4 overs against Oman

He broke the record of Kagiso Rabada of South Africa, who took 6 wickets for 16 runs against Bangladesh in his ODI debut match in Dhaka, Bangladesh, in July 2015. 

Batting first, the Oman team was dismissed for 91 runs in 21.4 overs. Scotland scored the necessary runs with eight wickets and 196 balls to spare. 
Sri Lankan fast bowler Chaminda Vaas has the best bowling figure in an ODI match with 8 wickets for 19 runs against Zimbabwe in Colombo, Sri Lanka, in December  2001.