A total of 118 athletes, including 48 women athletes, across 16 sports disciplines are set to participate in the Paris Olympics 2024 which is set to begin from July 26.
Paris Olympics, the 33rd edition of the Summer Games, is set to begin from July 26. A total of 118 athletes, including 48 women athletes, across 16 sports disciplines are set to participate in the Paris Olympics. Out of the total of 118 Paris-bound athletes, 26 participants hail from the Khelo India program, and 72 of the athletes are gearing up for their exciting Olympic debut. Ahead of the grand event, here are the five most successful female gymnasts of all time.
1. Gina Gogean
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Hailing from Romania, Gina Gogean was a prominent gymnast during the 1990s. During her career, She won a total of five medals throughout her Olympic career including two silver and three bronze. Gogean rose to prominence with her major triumphs at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, where she bagged 15 medals which included nine gold medals.
2. Ludmilla Tourischeva
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Russia's Ludmilla Tourischeva is hailed as one of the greatest athletes in the world of gymnastics. Turishcheva is known for having won nine Olympic medals, four of them gold, three silver, and two bronze.
3. Svetlana Khorkina
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Svetlana Khorkina has won a total of 27 medals across Olympic and World Championships. The Former Russian gymnast has won two gold, four silver and one bronze medal at the Olympics.
4. Larisa Latynina
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One of the greatest athletes during the soviet union era, Larisa Latynina has won a total of 32 medals, of which 18 were secured at the Olympics. She was the first woman athlete to win nine Olympic gold medals.
5. Simone Biles
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Simone Biles, hailing from the United States, is widely known as one greatest gymnast of all time. She's got an impressive collection of seven Olympic medals under her belt, four of which are gold.
