National Games 2022: Divya Kakran wins wrestling gold; Jayanta Talukdar tops men’s recurve ranking round
2 years, 2 months ago

National Games 2022: Divya Kakran wins wrestling gold; Jayanta Talukdar tops men’s recurve ranking round

The Hindu  

Two-time Commonwealth Games bronze medallist in 68kg, Divya Kakran made light of less time on the mat to claim her maiden gold medal in the new 76kg category in the wrestling arena of the National Games here on Friday. Divya got past veteran Gursharanpreet Kaur, youngster Reetika and Rohini Shivani before pinning Himachal Pradesh’s Rani in the final to emerge as the champion. Commonwealth Games bronze medallist Deepak Nehra rallied from 0-2 to beat Sahil of Punjab ‘by fall’ in the final to claim the men’s freestyle 97kg crown. ARCHERY Seasoned archer Jayanta Talukdar gathered 681 points to top the ranking round in the men’s recurve ranking at the Sanskardham archery ground of the National Games here on Friday.

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National Archery C’Ships: Olympians Dhiraj, Deepika clinch recurve title on final day, also claim team medal
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National Archery C’Ships: Olympians Dhiraj, Deepika clinch recurve title on final day, also claim team medal

The Hindu  

Olympians B. Dhiraj and Deepika Kumari asserted their class to emerge as the champions in recurve men and women categories, respectively, on the concluding day of the National archery championships at the Gopal Maidan here on Friday. Donning the Petroleum Sports Promotions colours, Deepika combined with her husband Atanu Das to beat the Punjab duo of Simranjeet Kaur and Aditya …

National archery championships: Parneet Kaur records best showing, claims two golds and a bronze
5 days, 15 hours ago

National archery championships: Parneet Kaur records best showing, claims two golds and a bronze

The Hindu  

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National archery championships: Maharashtra archers bounce back to reach team compound finals
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National archery championships: Maharashtra archers bounce back to reach team compound finals

The Hindu  

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National archery championships: Policeman Neeraj breaks Tarundeep’s record to top individual ranking; Deepika-Atanu enters mixed team final

The Hindu  

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National archery championships: Abhishek, Parneet top compound individual ranking round across categories
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National archery championships: Abhishek, Parneet top compound individual ranking round across categories

The Hindu  

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Ludhiana: Judoka Sahil wins gold Punjab at National School Games

Hindustan Times  

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Guwahati Masters: M Tharun, K Satwik Reddy and Vaishnavi Khadkekar upset top seeds to reach quarters
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Guwahati Masters: M Tharun, K Satwik Reddy and Vaishnavi Khadkekar upset top seeds to reach quarters

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Indian sports wrap, November 27: Samriti Punyani upsets Saily Thakkar in AITA ranking tournament quarters
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Indian sports wrap, November 27: Samriti Punyani upsets Saily Thakkar in AITA ranking tournament quarters

The Hindu  

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Indian Sports Wrap: India Bags 14 Medals in Asia Pickleball Games

The Hindu  

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India Secures Sixth Medal at Under-23 Wrestling World Championships 2024
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India Secures Sixth Medal at Under-23 Wrestling World Championships 2024

The Hindu  

Abhishek Dhaka secured India's sixth medal at the Under-23 Wrestling World Championships 2024 in Tirana, Albania. He won the bronze in the men's freestyle 61kg category, defeating Mykyta Abramov of Ukraine 3-1. India is yet to win a gold in this edition of the tournament, but they have secured a total of 6 medals so far.

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Hindustan Times  

World champion shot-putter Sachin Sarjerao Khilari smashed the Asian record en route a silver on Wednesday as India's track-and-field athletes continued to surpass expectations in what is turning out to be the country's best ever performance at the Paralympics here. Sachin Sarjerao Khilari's silver on Wednesday was medal number 21 for the nation, which is currently placed 19th in the …

Nitesh Kumar reaches men's singles SL3 final in Paris Paralympics badminton, secures maiden medal
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Nitesh Kumar reaches men's singles SL3 final in Paris Paralympics badminton, secures maiden medal

Hindustan Times  

Top-seeded Indian para shuttler Nitesh Kumar secured a maiden medal in men's singles SL3 category after reaching the finals with a commanding straight-game win over Japan's Daisuke Fujihara in their last four clash at the Paris Paralympics here on Sunday. India's para-shuttler Nitesh Kumar The 29-year-old, who overcame permanent leg damage from a 2009 accident, showed his dominance with a …

Under-17 World Wrestling Championships 2024: India wins four gold medals in women’s freestyle
4 months ago

Under-17 World Wrestling Championships 2024: India wins four gold medals in women’s freestyle

The Hindu  

Indian women wrestlers Aditi Kumari, Neha, Pulkit, and Mansi on Thursday became the Under-17 World champions in their respective categories, stamping their class in the prestigious Cadets event, here. Frolova made a desperate attempt to get the winning move but Pulkit defended well in the final 20 seconds to claim the title. Mansi Lather clinched the top podium spot after …

Rivalry with Neeraj is good, it's inspiring youngsters in both India, Pakistan: Nadeem
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Rivalry with Neeraj is good, it's inspiring youngsters in both India, Pakistan: Nadeem

New Indian Express  

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India Today  

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The Hindu  

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Indian sports wrap, May 26: Srihari wins silver in Mare Nostrum swimming
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Indian sports wrap, May 26: Srihari wins silver in Mare Nostrum swimming

The Hindu  

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Archery World Cup Stage 2: Indian women’s compound archery team strikes gold; mixed team settles for silver
7 months ago

Archery World Cup Stage 2: Indian women’s compound archery team strikes gold; mixed team settles for silver

The Hindu  

The Indian trio of Jyothi Surekha Vennam, Parneet Kaur and Aditi Swami grabbed their third successive Archery World Cup gold medal, beating Turkey 232-226 in a lopsided compound women’s team final at the stage two event here on Saturday. The world number one Indian compound women’s team dominated Turkey’s Hazal Burun, Ayse Bera Suzer and Begum Yuva right from the …

Boxing World Qualifiers: Siwach outpunches Mukuka to give India winning start
7 months ago

Boxing World Qualifiers: Siwach outpunches Mukuka to give India winning start

The Hindu  

National champion Sachin Siwach produced an attacking display to register a dominant win over Alex Mukuka of New Zealand in the opening round of the 2nd Boxing World Qualifiers for the Paris 2024 Olympics here on Friday. Siwach, a Strandja Memorial gold medallist, kept up the pressure over his opponent throughout the bout, ensuring a unanimous 5-0 verdict from the …

Deeksha breaks 1500m National Record at competition in Los Angeles
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Deeksha breaks 1500m National Record at competition in Los Angeles

The Hindu  

Asian Games champion Annu Rani opened her season with a decent 60.68m effort while finishing sixth in the Hylo Javelin Throw Meeting in Offenburg, Germany, on Sunday. Deeksha bettered her personal best by more than a second as she broke Harmilan Bains’ three-year-old 1500m national record at the Sound Running Track Fest in Los Angeles. The 25-year-old from Madhya Pradesh, …

ASIAN U-20 ATHLETICS | Gold for Ranvir, Ekta and Anurag
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ASIAN U-20 ATHLETICS | Gold for Ranvir, Ekta and Anurag

The Hindu  

Ranvir Kumar Singh and junior National record-holder Ekta Pradeep Dey won the men’s and women’s 3000m steeple chase gold at the Asian under-20 athletics championships in Dubai on Thursday. Nikita Kumari, the junior Federation Cup women’s discus throw champion with 50.17m in Lucknow last month, was fourth with 46.84m. There were two bronze medals too, from Aman Chaudhary in the …

Wrestling Olympic Qualifiers: All 6 of India’s Greco-Roman Wrestlers Draw Blank
8 months ago

Wrestling Olympic Qualifiers: All 6 of India’s Greco-Roman Wrestlers Draw Blank

The Quint  

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Vinesh, Anshu and Reetika earn three Olympic quota places - The Hindu
8 months ago

Vinesh, Anshu and Reetika earn three Olympic quota places - The Hindu

The Hindu  

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World Olympic qualifier India squad: Amit Panghal makes comeback amidst drastic changes
8 months, 1 week ago

World Olympic qualifier India squad: Amit Panghal makes comeback amidst drastic changes

The Hindu  

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Indian sports news wrap: March 23
9 months ago

Indian sports news wrap: March 23

The Hindu  

BOXING Uttarakhand, Delhi storm into quarterfinals Aditya Mehra, along with four other boxers from Uttarakhand and Arti Kumar, among six Delhi pugilists, stormed into the quarterfinals on day four of the third Sub Junior National Championship at the Shaheed Vijay Singh Pathik Sports Complex in Greater Noida. -Stan Rayan BADMINTON Divecha shines with 2 gold at Indian Masters National Badminton …

India Open Jumps | Nayana bags long jump gold with personal best mark
9 months ago

India Open Jumps | Nayana bags long jump gold with personal best mark

The Hindu  

Kerala’s Nayana James recorded a personal best mark, leaping 6.67m to secure the women’s long jump gold at the 3rd Indian Open Jumps Competition held at the Anju Bobby George Foundation here on Wednesday. On a day when no athlete threatened the 2024 Paris Olympics qualification mark, the 28-year-old’s effort stood out, coming nearly seven years after her previous best …

Indian sports wrap, February 25
9 months, 4 weeks ago

Indian sports wrap, February 25

The Hindu  

TENNIS ITF Women’s Open: Harshini, Sharmada through to second round of qualifying Harshini Viswanadh and Sharmada Balu entered the second and final round of qualifying at the Federal Bank ITF Women’s Open Gurugram W35 in contrasting styles. Results Singles Qualifying 1 st Round Siri Patil bt Mahi Trivedi 6-4, 6-4; Riya Sachdeva bt Suhani Gaur 7-5, 6-2; Richa Dadasaheb Chougule …

Budget 2024: Nirmala Sitharaman lauds India's sportspersons, says country is proud of our youth
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Budget 2024: Nirmala Sitharaman lauds India's sportspersons, says country is proud of our youth

India TV News  

India's Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the budget of the Modi government, the final one, of this term ahead of the Loksabha elections. During her speech she lauded India's sportspersons for their massive achievement especially last year as she pointed out India's Chess prodigy R Praggnanandhaa who became world number one and India athletes in Asian and Para-Asian Games who …

Saravanan qualifies for second successive Olympics
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Saravanan qualifies for second successive Olympics

Hindustan Times  

Asian Games bronze medallist Vishnu Saravanan has become the first Indian sailor to qualify for successive Olympics by making the cut for Paris Games. Indian sailor Vishnu Saravanan with team manager Col Utpal More and foreign coach Milan Vujasinovic after qualifying for Paris Olympics A Subedar from the Mumbai-based Army Yachting Node, Saravanan had finished 20th overall among 35 competitors …

Indian sports news wrap, January 31
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Indian sports news wrap, January 31

The Hindu  

GOLF Amandeep drops late triple as Khushi takes lead in 3rd leg of Hero WPGT Khushi Khanijau, playing in the opening group, birdied her final hole to grab the sole lead after first round of the third leg of 2024 Hero Women’s Pro Golf Tour at the Tollygunge Club here on Wednesday. -Stan Rayan TENNIS ITF women’s tennis: Rina Saigo …

6th Khelo India Youth Games: More meet records as TN dominate
10 months, 4 weeks ago

6th Khelo India Youth Games: More meet records as TN dominate

New Indian Express  

CHENNAI: Haryana’s thrower Deepika and middle distance runner Paras Singhal set two new meets records in girls’ javelin throw and boys’ 2000m steeplechase on a day the race for the top three spots in the medal tally heated up in the 6th Khelo India Youth Games 2023. With just six days competition left in the Khelo India Youth Games 2023, …

TN bag five medals in squash
11 months ago

TN bag five medals in squash

New Indian Express  

CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu’s R Pooja Arthi and Tavneet Singh Mundra of MP emerged as the women’s and men’s individual champions, respectively in squash at the Khelo India Youth Games here on Tuesday. In the women’s singles final, top-seed Pooja lived up to her billing to edge out Maharashtra second seed Nirupama Dubey 11-6, 7-11, 11-8, 9-11, 11-6 in a thriller …

India’s gold rush continues in Jakarta as Yogesh wins double
11 months, 1 week ago

India’s gold rush continues in Jakarta as Yogesh wins double

The Hindu  

Indian shooters’ gold rush continued in the Asia Olympic Qualifiers with Yogesh Singh winning the top prize in individual as well as team event of the men’s 25m centre fire pistol competition here on Monday. The Indian trio of Shreyasi, Manisha Keer and Bhavya Tripathi, however, won the silver medal in the women’s trap team event with a total of …

National Boxing Championships: Simranjeet Kaur, Jaismine Lamboria Set up Finals Clash
11 months, 4 weeks ago

National Boxing Championships: Simranjeet Kaur, Jaismine Lamboria Set up Finals Clash

News 18  

Tokyo Olympian boxer Simranjeet Kaur cruised to the 60kg National Championships final, eking out a narrow win over Manisha Moun in the battle of the World Championship medallists on Tuesday. The 28-year-old from Punjab, who won the bronze medal in the 2018 Worlds, registered a 4-3 split decision win in a fiery semifinal over 2022 Worlds’ medallist Haryana’s Manisha, who …

Gurdeep signs off in 12th spot at International Weightlifting Federation Grand Prix II
1 year ago

Gurdeep signs off in 12th spot at International Weightlifting Federation Grand Prix II

The Hindu  

Commonwealth Games medallist weightlifter Gurdeep Singh finished an underwhelming 12th in the men’s +109kg category at the IWF Grand Prix II here. The two-time Commonwealth Championships bronze medallist, who has been out of action this year due to a wrist injury, lifted 145kg in the snatch section followed by a best effort of 195kg in clean and jerk. While Tokyo …

VIDEO: Tushar Shelke wins National Archery men’s title, hopes for Olympic glory
1 year ago

VIDEO: Tushar Shelke wins National Archery men’s title, hopes for Olympic glory

The Hindu  

Tushar Shelke and Sangeeta claimed the recurve men and women titles in the National archery championships at Ayodhya on Wednesday. Tushar Shelke on way to win gold medal match against Mrinal Chauhan in the senior Recurve men event in the National Archery tournament, in Ayodhya on Tuesday NOVEMBER 29, 2023. PHOTO SANDEEP SAXENA | Photo Credit: SANDEEP SAXENA The results: …

Indian sports news wrap, November 26
1 year ago

Indian sports news wrap, November 26

The Hindu  

TENNIS Rashmikaa grabs maiden ITF title at Bowring Institute ITF Women’s World Tennis Tour Shrivalli Rashmikaa Bhamidipaty graduated from being a National champion to an international champion when she annexed her maiden ITF title with the Bowring Institute ITF Women’s World Tennis Tour honours defeating Zeel Desai. Results - Women’s singles Shrivalli Rashmikaa Bhamidipaty bt Zeel Desai 6-0, 4-6, 6-3 …

National Archery Championship 2023: Top Indian archers will look to maintain consistency ahead of Paris Olympics
1 year, 1 month ago

National Archery Championship 2023: Top Indian archers will look to maintain consistency ahead of Paris Olympics

The Hindu  

Olympic qualification berth winner B. Dhiraj, Tarundeep Rai, Tushar Shelke, Ankita Bhakat and Simranjeet Kaur will be among the top recurve archers to be seen in action in the National archery championships starting at Ayodhya on Saturday. Besides Dhiraj, prominent recurve archers who have competed through the hectic calendar will also look to maintain consistency with less than a year …

National archery | Top stars slated to appear as they target the Olympics
1 year, 1 month ago

National archery | Top stars slated to appear as they target the Olympics

The Hindu  

Olympic qualification berth winner B. Dhiraj, Tarundeep Rai, Tushar Shelke, Ankita Bhakat and Simranjeet Kaur will be among the top recurve archers to be seen in action in the National archery championships starting at Ayodhya on Saturday. Besides Dhiraj, prominent recurve archers who have competed through the hectic calendar will also look to maintain consistency with less than a year …

Para Asian Archery Championship: Sarita Devi wins bronze; Sheetal, Rakesh in line for gold medal
1 year, 1 month ago

Para Asian Archery Championship: Sarita Devi wins bronze; Sheetal, Rakesh in line for gold medal

The Hindu  

Sarita Devi clinched bronze medal after beating Jyoti Baliyan 139-135 in an all-Indian playoff in the women’s compound open section in the Para Asian Archery Championship in Bangkok on Monday. India has also assured at least two silver medals with Rakesh Kumar and Sheetal Devi entering the finals of the compound open in both men and women category. Fresh from …

Dhiraj Bommadevara secures India’s first archery Paris Olympics 2024 quota, wins silver in Asian Continental Qualifier Tournament
1 year, 1 month ago

Dhiraj Bommadevara secures India’s first archery Paris Olympics 2024 quota, wins silver in Asian Continental Qualifier Tournament

The Hindu  

Dhiraj Bommadevara secured India’s first archery quota in men’s recurve for Paris Olympics 2024. He defeated Iran’s Mohammadhossein Golshani Asl 6-0 in the Archery Continental Qualifying Tournament semifinal in Bangkok on Saturday. Bommadevara will head to the Kim Archery School in Korea with his coach Sonam Tshering Bhutia later this month after getting approval from the sports ministry’s Mission Olympic …

Parneet shocks Jyothi to bag maiden individual gold; Indian archers secure seven medals in Asian Championships
1 year, 1 month ago

Parneet shocks Jyothi to bag maiden individual gold; Indian archers secure seven medals in Asian Championships

Hindustan Times  

Teenager Parneet Kaur secured the biggest win of her career when she pipped ace Indian compound archer Jyothi Surekha Vennam to clinch the individual crown at the Asian Championships in Bangkok on Thursday. India's Parneet Kaur competes in the archery compound women's team event at Aisan Games Compound archers once again overshadowed their recurve teammates as India bagged three gold, …

Asian Archery C’Ships: Parneet defeats Jyothi to clinch title; India’s compound mixed, women’s team win gold
1 year, 1 month ago

Asian Archery C’Ships: Parneet defeats Jyothi to clinch title; India’s compound mixed, women’s team win gold

The Hindu  

The Indian compound women’s and mixed team won gold medals at the Asian archery championships in Bangkok on Thursday. The women’s team comprising of Aditi Swami, Parneet Kaur & Jyothi Surekha Vennam edged past Chinese Taipei’s Chen Yi Hsuan, Huang I-Jou and Wang Lu-Yun 234-233 to ensure India’s gold in the event for the second time. READ | Asian Para …

National Games: Swimmer Dhinidhi Desinghu Bags Seven Gold, Karnataka Tops Aquatic Competitions
1 year, 1 month ago

National Games: Swimmer Dhinidhi Desinghu Bags Seven Gold, Karnataka Tops Aquatic Competitions

News 18  

Teenager Dhinidhi Desinghu became the youngest woman swimmer to win seven gold medals at the National Games while Srihari Nataraj finished with 10 medals, including eight gold, as Karnataka topped the charts in aquatic competitions at the National Games on Saturday. Haryana’s gold medals came through Sanjana Sood in women’s skeet and the pair of Sarabjot Singh and Palak Gulia …

37th National Games: Swimmer Nina Venkatesh Bags Fourth Gold, Maharashtra Still Top Table, MR Poovamma Returns
1 year, 1 month ago

37th National Games: Swimmer Nina Venkatesh Bags Fourth Gold, Maharashtra Still Top Table, MR Poovamma Returns

News 18  

Karnataka swimmer Nina Venkatesh won the women’s 50m butterfly event for her fourth gold medal while Virdhawal Khade did the double, adding the men’s 50m butterfly yellow metal to his kitty, at the 37th National Games on Thursday. Nina stopped the clock at 27.70 seconds to win the gold with a Games record time ahead of Manavi Varma of Karnataka …

National Games 2023: Olympic fencer Bhavani Devi continues domination, hosts Goa win first gold
1 year, 1 month ago

National Games 2023: Olympic fencer Bhavani Devi continues domination, hosts Goa win first gold

The Hindu  

Olympian C.A Bhavani Devi, representing Tamil Nadu, continued her domination in the national circuit winning gold in the women’s sabre individual fencing competition in the 37th National Games being held here at the Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Indoor Stadium. In the women’s laser run, Ujjala of Haryana clinched the gold ahead of Yoginee Umakant Salunke of Maharashtra who won the …

Asian Para Games 2023: India sweeps podium in men’s discus throw F54/55/56; India fourth in medal tally
1 year, 2 months ago

Asian Para Games 2023: India sweeps podium in men’s discus throw F54/55/56; India fourth in medal tally

The Hindu  

India’s Neeraj Yadav, Yogesh Kathuniya and Muthuraja swept the men’s discus throw-F54/55/56 podium in the Hangzhou Asian Para Games on Tuesday. Deepthi then won a gold in women’s T20 category 400m race with the Games and Asian record timing of 56.69 seconds. Sharath Makanahalli Shankarappa won gold in the Men’s 5000m-T13 category READ | Asian Para Games 2023 medals tally …

Asian Para Games: India opens medal tally with silver win canoeing
1 year, 2 months ago

Asian Para Games: India opens medal tally with silver win canoeing

Live Mint  

Athlete Prachi Yadav won a silver in canoeing in the Women's VL2 category, opening India's medal tally at the 4th Asian Para Games. Uzbekistan's Shakhzoda Mamadalieva claimed the gold medal by clocking 58.775s, and China's Yongyuan walked away with a silver medal with a timing of 59.724s. On the other hand, in the women's VL3 final India missed out on …

Asian Games 2023: Tamil Nadu Athletic Association felicitates its athletes at Chennai airport
1 year, 2 months ago

Asian Games 2023: Tamil Nadu Athletic Association felicitates its athletes at Chennai airport

The Hindu  

Tamil Nadu Athletic Association felicitated its athletes who took part in the Hangzhou Asian Games at the Chennai Airport on Wednesday, with one sovereign gold coin each. Four Tamil Nadu athletes -- Praveen Chithravel, Vithya Ramraj, Rajesh Ramesh, Subha Venkatesan -- won a total of eight medals at Hangzhou. C. Latha, TNAA secretary, said athletes did well because of good …

Asian Games 2023: Indians who won quotas for Paris Olympics
1 year, 2 months ago

Asian Games 2023: Indians who won quotas for Paris Olympics

The Hindu  

The 19th edition of the Asian Games, held from September 23 to October 8 in Hangzhou, not only offered medals but the chance to win quotas for next year’s Paris Olympics in some of the events. Nikhat Zareen Indian boxer Nikhat Zareen won bronze medal in the women’s 50kg category at the Asian Games in Hangzhou. Parveen Hooda Indian boxer …

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