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SprinterRoshan Mistrybecame thefirst Indian woman to win a medal at the Asian Gameswhen she clinched the silver medal in the 100m race on March 10, 1951. Although sports were dominated by men in India during the early years of post-independence, the Anglo-Indian and Parsi communities led th...
He was the (6) first Indian player to win that game. In 2009, Yuki won the Junior Australian Open. Then in 2010 he played in the first Youth Olympic Games in Singapore and (7) got the silver medal (银牌).There are not always happy and exciting moments(时光) in the tennis star's...
Narang brings first medal relief for IndiaBy Ayaz Memon
Soon, she will be well known name in India. That's what a medal at Asian Games can do, and should do for a sport trying to rebuild for another Olympics. It's still the first day of the competition and India has a new teen shooting star to celebrate....
The German pairing of 34-year-old two-time Olympian Borger and 29-year-old Ittlinger settled for silver, which was also the first Beach Pro Tour medal for them as a duo. They started the tournament in Goa with a three-set loss to China’s Lin MeiMei and Zeng Jinjin, but then wen...
BASEL, Switzerland, Aug. 25 (Xinhua) -- Fifth seed Sindhu V. Pusarla became the first Indian to win a gold medal at the Badminton World Championships as she crushed third-seeded Nozomi Okuhara of Japan in the women's singles final here on Sunday. ...
0.2 seconds over Ireland. Semifinal 2 saw the French Olympic champions, Hugo Boucheron and Matthieu Androdias, take the win by just over a second ahead of Poland and Great Britain 2 from lanes 1 and 6 respectively. In the women’s double sculls, Great Britain 1, Jenny Bates and Freya Ke...
Women’s event: Bronze Medal Final Winner 671 India (Netherlands) vs. 671 (China):B-Girl671wins the first-ever Olympic medal in the sport of breaking. Her relentless power move combinations put her on top in a 2-1 vote for bronze. ...
Pakistan partied late into the night after javelin thrower Arshad Nadeem won the country’s first ever track and field medal with an Olympic record throw of 92.97 meters to take gold in Paris.