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TOKYO OLYMPICS : A look at India’s swimming contingent

The Indian swimming contingent, which will be heading to Tokyo, created history by becoming the first ever Indian swimmers to qualify for the Olympic Games. Let us learn a bit about our swimmers heading to Tokyo this summer!.   Sajan Prakash – (Men’s 200m butterfly) Sajan Prakash will go down in history as the first...
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Tokyo Olympics : A look at India’s sole Judo representative

Manipur has been producing several sportspersons who have gone on to win medals at various national and international events, bringing laurels to the state as well as the nation. The 26-year-old Sushila Devi Likmabam became the fifth athlete from Manipur to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics after legendary boxer M.C. Mary Kom, medal hopeful weightlifter...
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Tokyo Olympics: A look at India’s lone Equestrian Fouaad Mirza

Fouaad Mirza will become the first Indian to participate in an equestrian event at the Olympics for the first time in over 20 years. After Indrajit Lamba at the 1996 Atlanta Games and Imtiaz Anees at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, Fouaad Mirza will become the third equestrian to represent India at the Olympics. Mirza created...
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Tokyo Olympics: Sania Mirza and Ankita Raina India’s only hope in Tennis

Sania Mirza is back to take care of some unfinished business from Rio 2016. And this time she has a partner in Ankita Raina, who herself is no slouch either. While Raina will be taking part in her first Olympics, Sania will be taking part in her record fourth. Sania Mirza, a former World No....
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Tokyo Olympics : A look at India’s Badminton Contingent

From Saina Nehwal’s bronze in London 2012 to P.V. Sindhu‘s silver in Rio 2016, badminton has been one of India’s strongholds since the turn of the millennium. Considering the talent and potential the Indian shuttlers possess, badminton remains one of India’s best bets for a medal at the Tokyo Olympics. The Indian contingent will be...
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Tokyo Olympics : A look at India’s fencing star CA Bhavani Devi

Bhavani Devi will become the first fencer ever to represent India at the Olympic Games. En route to realising her dream of Olympic qualification, the Chennai-born fencer was impeded by cultural norms, economic strains and, to some extent, anatomy. Chandalavada Anandha Sundhararam Bhavani Devi’s fencing career started with a lie. Young Bhavani was still in...
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Tokyo Olympics : A look at India’s lone gymnast Pranati Nayak  

Pranati Nayak became the second-ever Indian gymnast to qualify for the Olympics when she made the cut to the Tokyo Olympics via continental quota. Dipa Karmakar’s meteoric rise and performance at the 2016 Rio Olympics sent the whole nation into a frenzy. Despite her narrowly missing out on an Olympic medal, her story was one...
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Tokyo Olympics : A look at India’s Golf contingent

Along with Anirban Lahiri and Aditi Ashok, Udayan Mane makes it a team of three that will be heading to Tokyo as India’s golf representatives. While Anirban sealed the final qualification spot of the 60-man list, Aditi was comfortably inside the cut for the Tokyo Games and was ranked 45th when the list was announced...
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TOKYO OLYMPICS: INDIAN ARCHERY CONTINGENT

The Indian five-member archery contingent is raring to go. With the Olympics knocking on the door, the final four (three men’s and one women’s) quota places for the Olympics were finalised following the national trails in March 2021. The team consists of Atanu Das, Pravin Jadhav, Tarundeep Rai and Deepika Kumari. Having never won an...
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TOKYO OLYMPICS: INDIA’S SAILING CONTINGENT

For the first time in Indian Olympic history, India will be sending four sailors to the Games. Nethra Kumanan, Vishnu Saravanan, Ganapathy Chengappa K. and Varun Thakkar qualified for the Tokyo Olympics post their strong show at the Mussanah Open Sailing Championships. Kumanan also made history by becoming the first Indian to qualify for the...
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