India's sixth medal of the 2012 Olympics

London: The 29-year-old, Wrestler Sushil Kumar on Sunday created history by becoming the first Indian to win back-to-back Olympic medals when he assured himself a silver by  storming into the final of the men`s freestyle 66 category in a dramatic fashion at the Excel arena.

He ended India’s campaign at the London Olympic Games on a bright note by securing a sixth medal on the final day.

With the addition of Sushil's silver medal, India completed their engagements in the 30th edition of the Olympics with a record haul of six medals -- two silver and four bronze -- but the gold medal could not be won by any one.

"It was bronze in Beijing, and now it's a silver. So we are gradually going up and may be in the next Olympics, I will be able to win the gold medal," Sushil said.

"I had a stomach problem just after the semi-final, because of the dehydration. I lost weight and was feeling a little weak. But we have got a silver medal and we will try for gold medal in the next Olympics," Sushil said after the medal ceremony.

"I had said about 15 days ago that we will do well. It was a question of what will be the colour of medals. I am happy that Yogeshwar won a bronze and our performance will keep improving," he said.

India's fifth medal of the 2012 Olympics

London Olympics 2012 Wrestling

Yogeshwar Dutt won bronze medal in Men's 60kg freestyle category wrestling.

Yogeshwar Dutt won India's fifth medal and fourth bronze at London Olympics.

Indian wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt won bronze medal in the men’s 60 kg freestyle category in his third Olympic  appearance at London.

In London, Dutt defeated Jong Myong Ri of DPR Korea for the bronze medal after he had won two repechage rounds. After losing his second round match to Besik Kudukhov of Russia Dutt won two repechage rounds and then the bronze medal match. 

Yogeshwar Dutt defeated Masoud Esmaeilpoorjouybari of Iran 3-1 in the second repechage round to book a place in the bronze medal bout. 

Yogeshwar Dutt won his first repechage round against Franklin Gomez Matos of Puerto Rico 3-0.

India's fourth medal of the 2012 Olympics

August 8, 2012

Mary Kom became the first Indian women boxer to claim an Olympic medal.

Flyweight (51 kg) category semifinal

Mary Kom vs Nicola Adams

MC Mary Kom lost 6-11 to Nicola Adams of Great Britain in the flyweight (51 kg) category semifinal bout and added a bronze medal for India at London Olympics.

Medal count

Event           G     S    B            Total

Shooting        0     1     1              2

Badminton     0     0     1              1

Boxing           0     0     1              1

Total              0     1     3              4

India's third medal of the 2012 Olympics

August 4, 2012

Saina Nehwal created history by becoming the first Indian to win an Olympic Games bronze medal in badminton. The 22-year-old Saina Nehwal was trailing 18-21, 0-1 in the bronze medal play-off match when her second seeded opponent Xin Wang retired hurt, giving India an unexpected medal. Saina also became the second Indian woman to win an Olympic medal, after Karanam Malleswari's weightlifting bronze in 2000 Sydney Olympics.

India's second medal of the 2012 Olympics

August 3, 2012

Army sharp shooter Vijay Kumar has won India's second medal of the 2012 Olympics. He won a silver medal in the men's 25m Rapid Fire Pistol event. The 26-year-old army subedar from Himachal Pradesh found the target 30 times of 40 attempts in the series comprising eight rounds of five shots each.

India's first medal of the 2012 Olympics

July 30, 2012

 Gagan Narang has won India's first medal of the 2012 Olympics, a bronze in the 10-meter air rifle event. This was also the country's third medal in shooting Olympic history. The other medal winners are Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore (silver in 2004 Athens) and Abhinav Bindra (gold in 2008 Beijing).