For the first time since the women's team made its Olympic debut in Athens 2004, India will not have representation at the Games
India had last week announced a 16-member team for the Tokyo Games but refrained from naming the captain although it was more or less certain that Rani would lead the side.
Ace golfer and late Milkha Singh's son Jeev Milkha Singh on Monday paid tribute to the sprint legend, who died of COVID-19 complications last week.
Weightlifter Laurel Hubbard will be the first transgender athlete to compete at the Olympics.
The women's 4x100m relay team, which will include Hima and Dutee, will fancy chances for a Tokyo Olympics berth by clocking less than 43.05 seconds in the one-day event.
A decision in this regard was taken at the BCCI's emergent Apex Council meeting, attended by Board president Sourav Ganguly and secretary Jay Shah.
It was the last opportunity for the Indians to upgrade their single women’s quota place to team invitation in Tokyo but they failed to make it.
Four 400m runners and three javelin throwers too have failed to get themselves registered for the one-day event.
The village opens officially on July 13, just 10 days before the Olympics are to open.
All the focus was on London Olympics bronze medallist Saina Nehwal in the run-up to the Rio Games but it was Sindhu who stunned the world with her silver medal winning feat five years back.
Prakash, 27, clocked one minute 56.96 seconds, but fell short of the 'A' qualification time of 1 minute 56.48 seconds late on Saturday.
Gurpreet remembers a ceremony in Chandigarh in 2015 where Milkha gave away an award to him.
Stricter regulations have been put in place for all travellers -- including athletes, coaches and support staff -- of 11 countries including India.
Milkha Singh, who passed away on Friday night aged 91, once said he would have been happier with the Padma Bhushan for 'lifetime achievement'.
The prestigious Arjuna Award was instituted in 1961 to honour outstanding sportspersons. In the first batch of 20 Arjuna Awardees.
Milkha, who passed away in Chandigarh on Friday night at the age of 91, joined the Army in 1952 and was based at EME Centre in Secunderabad. He had spotted a small hill near the cantonment region for training.
Milkha, who was 91, was bid a tearful adieu in the presence of his family members and several dignitaries, including sports minister Kiren Rijiju.
"We are going to have a Milkha Singh Chair in Sports University, Patiala,” the Punjab CM told reporters outside Milkha’s Sector 8 residence.
At a domestic meet in Kolkata 23 years ago, Paramjeet had clocked 45.70 seconds to improve Milkha's long-standing national record.
Herself a track and field legend, Usha said she met Milkha Singh during an international competition in Korea.
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