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International Olympics Day 2022: Remembering some of India's greatest Olympians
Trendingdesk •In 24 Olympic Games to date, India has bagged a total of 35 Olympic medals including 10 Golds, nine Silvers and 16 Bronzes.
With six hurls of a javelin, Neeraj Chopra conquers Mount Olympics
Amit Kamath •A country of over a billion waits 4,743 days—or 157 months or 13 years—for another individual Olympics gold! And then, on a clear, but humid Tokyo evening, in six hurls of a spear weighing 800 grams, a 23-year-old goes where even gods of India’s sporting pantheon have not been: to the top of the Olympics mountain.
Territorial Army Raising Day 2021: From MS Dhoni to Kapil Dev, personalities who have been officers in the force
Trendingdesk •The first Territorial Army week was celebrated from 8 to 15 November in 1952 to create awareness of the existence of the ‘Citizen’s Army’.
Neeraj Chopra wants to continue training with 'best' coach Klaus Bartonietz till Paris
•Chopra has been training with Bartonietz since 2019. He was earlier training under another German in former world record holder Uwe Hohn, who was recently released by the Athletics Federation of India due to several differences, including his salary and training methods .
Abhinav Bindra turns 39: Nitin Gadkari and others send birthday wishes to India's Olympic hero
Trendingdesk •As the Indian shooter turns 39 today, wishes from all across the world poured in for India’s Olympic star.
Bishan Singh Bedi turns 75: Wishes pour in for former India captain on his birthday
Firstcricket Staff •Here's how fans and friends wished former India captain Bishan Singh Bedi on his 75th birthday
Neeraj Chopra meets Abhinav Bindra, says his Tokyo gold medal meets 'elder sibling from Beijing'
•The javelin star from Haryana additionally got a puppy named 'Tokyo' as a gift from Bindra, who won gold in men's 10m air rifle in the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
Biggest challenge for an athlete is repeating a gold at the Olympics, says Neeraj Chopra
Amit Kamath •“Yeh time hai aage badhne ka. I’ll now hang this gold at home and start preparing for the next season’s competitions and then the next Olympic Games,” said Neeraj Chopra.
Tokyo Paralympics 2020: Visit to shooting range was meant to cheer up an angry girl, culminated in gold, says Avani Lekhara's father
•Autobiography of Olympic champion shooter Abhinav Bindra - A Shot at History: My Obsessive Journey to Olympic Gold - spurred Avani Lekhara on towards Paralympics gold.
Three-year Olympic cycle for Paris 2024 will be tricky, says Abhinav Bindra
•"I see the next Olympics cycle will be tricky, primarily because of the shorter cycle. Normally athletes get a year post-Olympics that allows them to rest and recover, but this time around they need to get back pretty quickly," Bindra said.