Bajrang Punia sets up Asian final against nemesis Otogur, Ravi too advances
April 17, 2021 14:30 ISTBajrang had no difficulty in getting past Korea's Yongseok Jeong, who hardly attacked in his opening 65kg bout.
Bajrang had no difficulty in getting past Korea's Yongseok Jeong, who hardly attacked in his opening 65kg bout.
Going through multiple COVID tests and living in a bio-bubble have become the new normal for international athletes and Srikanth has experienced it all in the last few months.
There was no stopping Vinesh in the absence of the Chinese and Japanese rivals as she cruised to the title without losing a point in the 53kg category.
Vinesh has had seven podium finishes at the Asian meet over the years, including three silver medals.
The speculation over the cancellation comes as the general secretary of ruling LDP political party, Toshihiro Nikai, raised the possibility the day before.
The winners, apart from Arundhati, were Akash Gorkha (60kg), Sumit (69kg) and Gitika (48kg).
Though he bettered his performance in the final, it wasn't good enough for the Olympic 'A' qualification mark.
Scripting a sensational comeback, an aggressive Sarita Mor reeled off nine straight points in the summit clash to retain her Asian Championship title.
The 26-year-old Chanu remains India’s brightest medal prospect for the gold-level Olympic qualifying event which was postponed last year due to the pandemic.
The 19-year-old Nataraj, who hails from Bengaluru, has a personal best of 54.69 seconds, which is 'B' qualification mark clocked in the 2019 World Junior Championships held in Budapest.
Reigning titleholder Sarita Mor made an impressive comeback after a narrow opening-round defeat to storm into the 59kg final
The Secretary-General of the ruling party hinted that cancelling the Olympics could be a possibility due to rising COVID-19 cases in Tokyo.
K Viswanathan was 92 and breathed his last at a city hospital in Chennai, family sources said.
Six Indian wrestlers, including three in men's freestyle, have made the cut for the Tokyo Olympics starting July 23.
Indian women's boxing's High-Performance Director Raffaele Bergamasco is among 21 campers who have tested positive for COVID-19 at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium in New Delhi.
Speaking at a virtual webinar organised to mark the 100 days countdown to the Tokyo Games, Mehta stressed that the safety of the Olympic-bound athletes is paramount.
Rijiu said the government has provided all possible support to the country's athletes in preparation for the Olympics, and it is now their job to make the Games a "memorable" one for India.
India captain Manpreet Singh agreed that the sky is the limit for his side as it has a good mix of youth and experience in its ranks going into this year's Tokyo Olympics.
The International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) said that new dates from November 23 to 29 were decided for the 2021 World Table Tennis Championships.
The Olympic host city has been under a month-long semi-state of emergency over the pandemic since Monday amid a growing number of new infections.
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