German Open 2022: Sindhu, Srikanth and Lakshya lead India's campaign in Super 300 event
March 07, 2022 14:31 ISTSindhu, seeded seventh, will open her campaign against Thailand's world no 11 Busanan Ongbamrungphan this week.
Sindhu, seeded seventh, will open her campaign against Thailand's world no 11 Busanan Ongbamrungphan this week.
The Indian trio of Rahi Sarnobat, Esha Singh and Rhythm Sangwan clinched gold in the women's 25m pistol team event on the penultimate day of the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup Rifle/Pistol competition.
Mary Kom's aim is to give platform to upcoming boxers and focus on her preparations for the Commonwealth Games.
The trio topped the second qualification stage with a combined effort of 441 out of a possible 450 late on Saturday night, to set up the summit clash with Singapore, who also shot the same score, but with three lesser inner 10s than India.
On Friday, Sreeja Akula and Selenadeepthi Selvakumar had won a women's doubles bronze after losing in the semifinals to Sutirtha and Ayhika.
After struggling for the last few years, Srikanth finally got his rhythm back when he claimed the World Championship silver medal at Huelva, Spain.
Russia's invasion of Ukraine, shortly after the Winter Olympics wrapped up in Beijing, is roiling the world.
Sutirtha Mukherjee and Ayhika Mukherjee, and Sreeja Akula and Selenadeepthi Selvakumar entered the medal round in women’s doubles.
The reversal of decision comes less than 24 hours after the IPC on Wednesday announced it would allow Russian and Belarusian athletes to compete when the Games open on Friday, but only as neutral athletes with colours, flags and other national symbols removed.
The International Paralympic Committee, however, said Russians and Belarusians would be able to compete in Beijing as 'neutral athletes' without national symbols.
The Indians shot 16 in the gold medal contest to finish on the podium for the country's third medal, and second gold, in the year's first World Cup.
Yevhen Malyshev, a 19-year-old former athlete on Ukraine's junior biathlon team, died last week while serving the Ukraine army.
Russian athletes had already been slated to compete as RPC, short for the Russian Paralympic Committee, as punishment for the state-sponsored doping scandal at the 2014 Sochi Olympics.
Amit, who is a part of the Indian team, is set to compete in the 10km race walk event of the championships, to be held on March 4 and 5. He was unable to travel to Oman because of COVID vaccination guidelines of that country.
The youngest para-badminton player to qualify for the Paralympics at 18, Kohli is currently competing at the Spanish Para badminton International II in Vitoria.
The decision came even as a World Cup takes place in Cairo, Egypt where Russian shooters were competing till Tuesday. The statement from ISSF now indicates that they may no longer be able to continue in the event.
FIFA and UEFA suspended the Soviet country from international football.
Spence said the team was heading for the Chinese capital and could arrive as soon as Wednesday.
The BWF said its decision was in line with the recent recommendations of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Executive Board, calling on international federations to suspend Russia.
The world aquatics body also announced that no athlete or aquatics official from Russia and Belarus will be allowed to compete under their countries' names but can participate as neutrals.
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