Kolkata: Until that evening in Jakarta when the country celebrated her success with much fanfare, everything about heptathlete Swapna Barman spelt hardship. From extreme poverty to physical deformity of the kind that threatened to time and again derail her ambition, Swapna pushed every odd to its limits on course to[Read More…]
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ISSF World Championship: Victory for Ankur Mittal, India earns 7th Gold
India earned its seventh gold medal at the ongoing 52nd ISSF World Championship as Ankur Mittal won the men’s double trap title in a shoot-off here on Saturday. Ankur, 26, shot 140 out of 150 to enter into a shoot-off for the yellow metal as China’s Yiyang Yang and Slovakia’s Hubert Andrzej also settled with same scores. In the[Read More…]
“India’s gold at Asiad will popularise Bridge sport among youth,” says Indian coach
Bridge as a game will gain popularity among the youth of the country after the Bengal duo of Pranab Bardhan and Shibnath De Sarkar bagged gold in the men’s bridge pair competition at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta, the teams non-playing captain and coach Debasish Ray said in a statement on Saturday, September 1. “Dreams come true. I[Read More…]
Asian Games: 12 toes, bandaged jaw, nothing could stop Swapna Barman win first gold in Heptathlon
Indian athlete Swapna Barman bagged glory to India by winning first Heptathlon gold in Asian Games. Indian athletes had been longing for long to win a gold medal in the sport. Pain is the best motivator. ?Glad to have won a historic gold medal in Women’s Heptathlon in the @asiangames2018[Read More…]
Asian Games 2018: Father battling cancer reminded Tajinderpal to finish with gold
The 23-year-old Tajinderpal Singh from Punjab won the Asian Games 2018 gold medal in Men’s shot put on Saturday August 25. Tajinder threw the iron ball to 20.75m in his fifth attempt, breaking the six-year old mark, set by Om Prakash Karhana (20.69m). According to the young shot putter, the[Read More…]
Asian Game 2018, Day 4: Rahi Sarnobat bags gold in 25m pistol event
India bags another Gold as Indian shooter Rahi Sarnobat attained the victory with a Games record score of 34 in the finals of women’s 25m pistol event on Wednesday. Hailing from Kolhapur in Maharashtra, Rahi had won her first gold medal at the Commonwealth Youth Games 2008. Rahi was India’s first pistol shooter[Read More…]
Asian Games 2018: Vinesh Phogat Wins Women’s Freestyle 50 kg Gold Medal
India won their second gold of 2018 Asian Games as wrestler Vinesh Phogat defeated Japan’s Irie Yuki 6-2 to win gold in women’s 50kg freestyle wrestling on Monday. It is India’s second gold medal in wrestling too. It is Vinesh Phogat’s second Asian Games medal. She had won a bronze medal in the[Read More…]
BRICS Games concludes, India win six medals with two gold
The Wushu competition of the BRICS Games concluded in China on Monday where India won six medals including two golds, two silvers and two bronzes. As reported by IANS, on Sunday, M Gyandas won a gold medal in Taijiquan/Taijijian, M Bidheswari Devi won silver whereas L Sanatgombhi Chanu won bronze[Read More…]
ISSF World Cup: Indian pair Jitu-Heena wins gold in air pistol event
According to PTI reports, Indian shooters Jitu Rai and Heena Sindhu won a gold medal in the mixed team event at the ISSF World Cup. In a 10m air pistol event, they beat Russia 7-6 in the final on Monday. Meanwhile, France beat Iran by somewhat same score and won[Read More…]
Twitterati shuts Pierce Morgan over his comment on India’s performance at Olympics
British journalist and TV personality Piers Morgan made fun of India’s celebration and loud cheers over winning two medals calling it an embarrassing act as the country with 1.2 billion population celebrates 2 losing medals. But what happen after it would certainly made the journo to rethink before making fun[Read More…]