My level will go up a couple of notches I get fitter, says Sai Praneeth
April 22, 2021 17:08 ISTAce Indian badminton player Sai Praneeth said that he is looking to get fitter so as to improve the level of his game.
Ace Indian badminton player Sai Praneeth said that he is looking to get fitter so as to improve the level of his game.
IOA chief Narinder Batra said athletes and officials travelling abroad for training and competitions should be careful and restrict their movements.
The Haryana-boxer, who is also the reigning Asian Games champion, prevailed 5-0 against local favourite Tamir Galanov to make the last-four stage.
It is the first positive test connected to the relay since it began March 25 from northeastern Fukushima prefecture.
Bach, however, reinforced the IOC position that it cannot make vaccination compulsory two months before the Games.
In a video uploaded on YouTube, he even went to the extent of saying that the organisers of the April 13-17 Olympic qualifying event in Tashkent tried to bribe him when he protested.
Fans from abroad have already been barred, and on Wednesday organizing committee president Seiko Hashimoto said a decision on venue capacity — or if there will be any fans at all, or just empty venues — may not be made until June.
In the women's individual recurve qualification round, Ankita Bhakat shot 673 points to finish second in the group. Deepika Kumari scored 671 to finish third.
India will still travel to Europe in May to play the Pro League matches against Spain (May 15-16) and Germany (May 22-23).
The tournament serves as a preparation for the Tokyo Olympics in less than 100 days and the Indian men's team which has qualified will look to make the most of it.
Babyrojisana Chanu (51kg), Arundhati Choudhary (69kg), Sanamacha Chanu (75kg), Ankit Narwal (64kg), Vishal Gupta (91kg), Bishwamitra Chongtham (49kg) and Sachin (56kg) assured themselves of at least a bronze by advancing to the last-four stage.
The vaccine rollout in Japan has been very slow with less than 1 per cent vaccinated, causing concern about the postponed Tokyo Olympics that are scheduled to open in just over three months.
The top eight finishers in the World Relays on May 1 and 2 at Chorzow in Selisia will get automatic berths in the Tokyo Games, which is scheduled to begin on July 23.
The USD 400,000 India Open was scheduled to be held behind closed doors in the national capital from May 11 to 16.
Considering the grim situation of the pandemic, the NRAI is keen that its athletes are vaccinated soon.
Jhilli, a junior world championship bronze medallist, lifted 69kg in the snatch and followed that up by 88kg in clean jerk for a total of 157kg to finish on top
The 20-year-old clocked 25.11 seconds to bag the top prize in the FINA-accredited Olympic qualifying event on Saturday night.
Rijiju was in Uttarakhand on Friday to inaugurate a Water Sports and Adventure Institute in Tehri.
Bajrang did not look his usual self but did not face much competition en route the final.
In January, the Indian women's team had toured Argentina where they played seven matches against their junior, 'B' and the senior team, ranked No. 2 in the world.
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