Tag: Indian athlete
Mann Ki Baat: PM Modi Cheers For Indian Players, Has This Advise For People
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday every player taking part in the Tokyo Olympics this year has struggled to get where they are today and must be encouraged as he addressed the nation through Mann Ki Baat, his monthly radio programme. ....
Asiad 2018: Shooter Deepak Kumar Bags Silver In 10m Air Rifle
Shooter Deepak Kumar handed India it's third medal at the ongoing 2018 Asian Games after he clinched silver in the Mens 10m Air Rifle category here on Monday.....
Saurabh Wins Gold, Abhishek Gets Bronze In Men's 10m Air Pistol
Indian shooters Saurabh Chaudhary and Abhishek Verma bagged the gold and bronze medals respectively in the Men's 10 metre Air Pistol final in the ongoing 2018 Asian Games here on Tuesday.....
Railways Athletes Winning Gold At Tokyo Olympics To Get Rs 3 Crore Cash Reward
The Indian Railways on Wednesday announced that its players who would be winning the Gold medal at Tokyo Olympics would get Rs 3 crore special cash reward to boost the morale of the players. ....
Don't Get Bogged Down By Expectations, PM Modi Tells Tokyo-bound Athletes
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday asked the Tokyo Olympics-bound Indian sportspersons not to get bogged down by the pressure of huge expectations and try and put up their best performance without bothering about the results. ....
Support Olympic-bound Athletes Like Our Cricketers: Rijiju
Union sports minister Kiren Rijiju said on Saturday that India's Olympic-bound athletes are national heroes and urged the people to extend support to them, the same way they back the country's cricketers. ....
Tokyo Olympics: Mirabai's Performance One Of The Best By An Indian Athlete, Says Abhinav Bindra
India's only individual gold medallist at the Olympics, former 10m air rifle shooter Abhinav Bindra, sent a heart-warming message to weightlifter Mirabai Chanu after her silver-medal performance in Tokyo, saying she was one of the only who had "experienced the elation" and that it was a reward for her "years of hard work and single-minded determination". ....
The Famous Fourths: Indians Who Missed The Bronze By A Whisker
The fourth-place finish, the dreaded fourth-place finish. Nobody really wants to finish in that position at the Olympic Games, yet there are more than half-a-dozen instances -- with the latest being golfer Aditi Ashok in Tokyo2020 -- where Indian players or teams have missed bronze by a whisker. Aditi finished fourth with an aggregate score of 15-under 269 on Saturday. ....
