The 17-day carnival of the summer games at the London Olympics 2012 comes to an end, the closing ceremony was held on Sunday. It was a sad end for global athletes who shared the athletic village at London. Most lived in harmony the last fortnight like brethren and this departure was painful. 10,500 sports persons from 200 or more countries took part in 300+ events and had a eventful time at the London Olympics. But as curtains came down it was a sad end to a tumultuous 17-day journey for the sports fraternity.

The journey had been filled with joy and remorse equally, anticipations, dilemma, achievements and pit falls all-in-one making the perfect script to a wonderful blockbuster  Bollywood film. Well the Indians could not ask for more at the end of the day. India grabbed honours at the London Olympics 2012 with a six medal haul, of which 4 were bronze and 2 silver. Though the pitfalls were Indian Hockey team's miserable failure and the gold haul that eluded us.

Now lets get back to our six-pack of honours who have contributed significantly to our pride, by winning the medals. India had doubled its medals tally at the London Olympics 2012. in Beijing 2008 we had only three with a gold by Abhinav Bindra and two bronzes by Susil Kumar and Vijender Kumar.

In London Olympics 2012 Indian athletes made it big by getting 2 silver and 4 bronze. Lets take a deeper look at the stalwarts who brought honour to Mother India. Indian wrestler Sushil Kumar was defeated by his Japanese opponent Tatsuhiri Yonemitsu in the final bout at ExCel Arena on Sunday. He lost 1-3 owing to health issues. However he was awarded silver in the 66Kg freestyle Wrestling event. With this personally the flag bearer at the opening ceremony for India achieves a rare distinction for gaining back to back medals in two consecutive Olympics.

In shooting India's ace shooter Vijay Kumar surpasses in the men's 25 metre rapid pistol firing event. He claimed his silver at Royal Artillery Barracks, on August 06. The Himachal Pradesh Army subedar hit the target thirty times of his 40 rounds of firing in the eight rounded series of five shots each. Vijay Kumar a relative underdog in the iNdian contingent gained limelight with his splendid and sharp shooting prowess.

Another medal in the shooting was claimed by Gagan Narang in the riffle's event. Gagan  was always in the shadow of Abhinav Bindra, India's only gold medalist in the event at Beijing. The Hyderabad lad this time surpassed and claimed his bronze at the 10m Air Rifle event. Inspite of an unpredicted exit of the later, Gagan sprang to the moment to grab the lime light with his meticulous planning at the  Royal Artillery Barracks on July 30. He scored 701.1 to claim his bronze. With this the Hyderabadi has achived his dream run for an Olympian medal which eluded him in Beijing.

Another wrestler who claimed limelight was Yogeswar Dutt, who grabbed the bronze inspite of  severe bruise on his eyes, at the ExCel Arena in the 60kg freestyle wrestling event. Yogeswar on August 12 lost his bout with Russia's Besik Kudukhov, and hence was contended with a bronze. The villagers of Bhainswal in Sonipat celebrated the grappler  victory the whole night.

For the first time ever in the history of Olympics, women boxing was introduced in the London Olympics 2012. India's ace women boxer MC Mary Kom, a mother of twins claimed her bronze at the ExCel Arena. However the Manipuri was pitching her hopes on a higher medal, nevertheless bronze is equally great at the London Olympics 2012. Mary Kom was defeated by her British opponent Nicola Adams. The Briton restricted the Indians dream run by 11-6 in the semis on August 09.

Ace badminton champ Saina Nehwal was gifted bronze in the women's singles badminton tournament on August 05, at the Wembley Arena. Saina was gifted because after losing her match on Friday she has ended up for a bronze combat with  Xin Wang of China. And though Saina was not at her best, the Chinese retired hurt giving way for Saina to grab the honours. That was pretty lucky of Saina who promised a Olympic medal to her fans, back home. The Hyderabadi was honored by the nation on her return.

Wishesh admires and salutes the six gems of India who brought fame to the nation fulfilling aspirations of a billion fans, back home. Wishesh also admires the profound efforts of the Indian contingent for the London Olympics 2012. all of you are equally important behind the success of the six. (With inputs from internet-AW AarKay)