Tokyo Olympics 2021
Tokyo Olympics: A look at India’s Hockey Contingent
Will India’s four-decade-long wait for that Olympic medal in Hockey end this year? Or will it be another year of toil and near misses? Let’s take a look at how the Indian hockey contingent is gearing up ahead of the Tokyo Olympic Games. After its record eighth gold at the 1980 Moscow Games, the Indian...
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...
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...
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 : 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...
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...
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...
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...
TOKYO OLYMPICS: INDIA’S TABLE TENNIS CONTINGENT
Four paddlers will be representing India at the Tokyo Olympic Games this year in the table tennis competition. While ace paddler Sharath Kamal Achanta will be heading the team, he will be joined by Manika Batra, Sutirtha Mukherjee and Sathiyan Gnanasekaran in Tokyo. Sharath Kamal Achanta – (Men’s Singles & Mixed Doubles) Making his...