Tokyo Olympics | Made a lot of sacrifices, want to make them count: Sreejesh
July 17, 2021 16:47 ISTIn the upcoming Olympics starting from July 23, eight-time hockey champions India will look to break their over four-decade-long podium jinx.
In the upcoming Olympics starting from July 23, eight-time hockey champions India will look to break their over four-decade-long podium jinx.
The Olympics are scheduled to be held from July 23 to August 8, with the shooting events starting a day after the opening ceremony.
The contingent includes 54 athletes, support staff and Indian Olympic Association (IOA) representatives.
The last edition of Youth Boxing Nationals were held in June 2019 with Services Sports Control Board and Haryana emerging as the overall champions in men's and women's categories respectively.
Teammates realized the athlete was absent around noon Friday when his saliva test sample was not delivered and they found his hotel room empty.
The Indian team was based in Croatia since early May for training and competition and flew into Tokyo from Zagreb.
South Korea’s Olympic Committee said it was told by the IOC that the banners invoked images of war and went against the rules of the Olympic Charter.
There are six new sports which will be coming to the Tokyo Olympics this year.
With Marin pulling out of the Games due to a knee injury, Park has no doubt that Tai Tzu would be Sindhu's biggest rival at the Olympics.
Tokyo Olympics organisers confirmed that a visitor involved in organising the Games has tested positive for COVID-19.
Yathiraj, a bronze medallist at the 2018 Asian Para Games, said that he's confident of bagging a medal in Tokyo.
In its 100-year-old Olympic journey, India has bagged 28 medals at the quadrennial event, both in the individual and team events.
The 27-year-old from Ranchi is going to the Olympics as a world no 1, similar to 2012 when she had climbed to the pole position ahead of the London Games.
Bajrang Punia is currently training in Vladikavkaz in Russia since last month, and is touted as one of India's big medal hopes at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
Sindhu has many firsts to her name. First Indian woman to win a silver medal at the Olympics, first Indian to win the Badminton World Championships, and first Indian to win the BWF World Tour Finals.
India will be represented by a record 15 shooters at the Tokyo Games. The Indian team has eight rifle, five pistol and two skeet shooters, besides coaches and support staff members.
Such was India's hockey dominance in the era that even after a 7-0 win against the USA and a 9-0 win against Japan, the media spoke about how "if Germany wins, it will be a lesson to India that she deserves."
If a team can't a play a pool game it will be considered a 5-0 win for the other team. In case both teams fail to turn up, it will be considered a goalless draw.
Out of the six companies listed by World Athletics to provide implements for shot put, discus and hammer throw events, three are based in India.
Sinha is a former Haryana DGP and also a recipient of the President's Police Medal.
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