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Birmingham 2022 successes could mark the start of a new era in Indian athletics
As expected, India experienced a medal rush in boxing, wrestling, weightlifting, badminton and table tennis in CWG. However, the one field which helped shoot up the country's medal tally was athletics. At Gold Coast 2018, India could only manage three medals in the discipline. But this time around, India's athletes set new benchmark, winning eight medals, including one gold, four silver and three bronze, which augurs well for next year's Asian Games and the 2024 Olympics in Paris.
World Junior Squash Championships: India's Anahat Singh enters quarters
The 14-year-old defeated Malik 11-5, 11-5, 6-1, 11-7. She will face Egypt's Fayrouz Abouelkheir for a place in the semifinals. "I really didn't expect that, but surprisingly I wasn't nervous!" Anahat said after her win over Malik. Anahat, a Grade 9 student from Delhi, was also a member of India's squash contingent in the recently-concluded Commonwealth Games. She was the youngest member of the Indian contingent in Birmingham.
PV Sindhu pulls out of World Championships due to stress fracture
Giving an update about his fitness on social media, the two time Olympic medallist confirmed that she suffered the injury during the quarterfinal of the recently concluded 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. "While I am on the high of winning a gold medal at the CWG for India, unfortunately I have to pull out of the World Championships.
India vs Pakistan, Asia Cup 2022: Stage set for mega fight, here's when and where to watch
The tournament will begin on August 27 and the final will be played on September 11. India won the Asia Cup 7 times on the other hand Pakistan had won the Asia Cup twice. This will be the first time that Rohit Sharma will lead India as a full-time captain in the Asia cup and Babar Azam will lead Pakistan. The squad of both of the teams was announced recently:
Asia Road Racing Championship: Rajiv Sethu makes India proud with Top 5 finish
Saturday's AP250 race was one of the toughest races of the season with 5 riders crashing out in first lap. Starting the wet 12-lap race 1 from 14th on the grid, Indian rider Rajiv Sethu quickly moved to 6th place after lap 1. From thereon, he continued to maintain his position until he fell in lap 5 due to wet racetrack. Determined to finish the race, Rajiv challenged himself and immediately re-joined the race to finally cross the chequered line at 5th place.
Women's T20 cricket success in CWG could enable game's entry into LA Olympics
Women's T20 cricket in the Commonwealth Games had all the limelight to itself, especially with no men's event in the competition. The last time cricket was in the Commonwealth Games, it was a men's List A event in the 1998 edition in Kuala Lumpur. The Edgbaston Cricket Ground, the host to women's T20 event at Birmingham, and women's cricket have some history between them.
'TOPS of the line' support ensure athletes get the best facilities to perform
Javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra clinching the 2020 Tokyo Olympics gold, shuttler PV Sindhu winning successive Olympic medals in 2016 Rio and 2020 Tokyo, are just a couple of the success stories spawned by the scheme that has given athletes the freedom to pick and choose their training destinations, competitions, coaches and mental trainers who can best serve their ambitions.
Asia Cup 2022: Full schedule, teams, formats, venue, date and time, groups, when and where to watch, live Telecast, live Streaming, and latest updates
Six teams will be participating in Asia Cup 2022. India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan are the 5 confirmed teams and one team from Hong Kong, Kuwait, Singapore, and UAE will capture the sixth spot in the qualifier round will take place ahead of the tournament and the winner will grab the spot of the 6th team will start from August 20 to 24.
Hockey teams need to brush up their act, be more consistent
In that sense, the Indian men's and women's hockey teams at the recently-concluded Birmingham Commonwealth Games went through these same emotions -- the men's team was subdued in its celebrations after losing the final to Australia, while the girls were exuberant and celebrated their win over New Zealand in the shootout with verve gusto to win the bronze
2022 CWG medal count a downer for Mirabai Chanu-led weightlifting contingent
Mirabai Chanu's silver medal at Tokyo 2020 was only the second Olympic medal by an Indian weightlifter after Karnam Malleswari won bronze in 2000 at Sydney Olympics. Chanu also became only the second Indian woman after PV Sindhu to win an Olympic silver medal. Though India won an extra medal in weightlifting at CWG 2022, what would rankle the Indian officials is that India could win only three gold medals from Birmingham as compared to five at Gold Coast, but fans are expecting a better show from the Mirabai Chanu-led team in the Paris Olympics.
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