Told Hima Das not to lose heart on missing Tokyo Olympics: Kiren Rijiju
June 30, 2021 16:14 ISTHima Das sustained a hamstring injury during the National Inter-State Athletics Championships and failed to qualify for the Olympics.
Hima Das sustained a hamstring injury during the National Inter-State Athletics Championships and failed to qualify for the Olympics.
Seasoned wrestlers Ravi Dahiya and Deepak Punia have been nominated for the Arjuna Award.
Fellow sprint star Hima Das is ranked at 108th in the 200m and won't make the cut for the qualification through the alternate route.
It is learnt that Chopra's pull-out was a precautionary measure to give his body enough time to rest after a lot of travel.
Sawant and Rajput combined for a score of 581 in qualification part two with 28 inner 10s, one less than fourth-placed Hungarian team of Eszter Meszaros and Istvan Pen.
The 37-year-old Punia, who had won a silver in the 2018 Commonwealth Games and a bronze in the 2018 Asian Games, breached the Olympic qualifying mark of 63.50m.
Aditi thus joined Anirban Lahiri and Udayan Mane to make it a team of three to Tokyo.
The 27-year-old clocked 1:56:38 seconds in the men's 200m butterfly event at the Sette Colli Trophy in Rome to make the 'A' cut for the Tokyo Games.
The 25-year-old Dutee, who won a silver each in the 100m and 200m events in the 2018 Asian Games, was conferred with the Arjuna Award last year.
Tokyo is under a quasi-state of emergency until July 11 with COVID-19 cases rising again.
The 19-year-old is currently training in Croatia along with other members of the Olympic-bound Indian team, which is taking part in the ISSF World Cup
Deepika Kumari on Sunday bagged three gold medals at the World Cup Stage 3, an unprecedented sweep for the country ahead of the much-awaited Tokyo Olympics.
Mary Kom will take off for Assisi in a day or two to join the eight other Olympic-bound boxers, who are set to leave for Tokyo from there itself.
Simranjit (60kg) is a 2018 world championships bronze winner and is among the four Indian women boxers who have qualified for the Tokyo Olympics, starting next month.
Sarnobat's gold is India's first in the ongoing edition after the country secured one silver and two bronze medals earlier in the tournament.
The USD 400,000 India Open, which was supposed to be one of the qualifiers for the Tokyo Olympics, was scheduled to be held from May 11 to 16 but was postponed in April due to rising COVID cases in the national capital
Star Indian archer Deepika Kumari on Monday regained the number one position in global rankings following her hat-trick of gold medals at the World Cup Stage 3.
On Sunday night at US Olympic track trials, McLaughlin finally outraced former record holder Dalilah Muhammad with a new record time of 51.90 seconds.
Nataraj's Sunday's effort, which came in a time trial, has created a new national record, which was enough to achieve the 'A' mark for the Tokyo Games set at 53.85 seconds.
All the 27-year-old wants is that she does not face any hurdles as she begins her final preparations.
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