India: Olympic Medals? An Undernourished Nation Cannot Be A Sporting NationBamji, Mahtab S
On the other hand, Esha Singh is making her Olympic debut. The 19-year-old won three medals at the Asian Games last year, one gold and two silver. Score: Manu Bhaker (IND) scored 294 to rank third and Esha Singh (IND) finished 10th with a total of 291 in the precision stage of ...
Despite such growth, sporting achievement has remained somewhat underwhelming. In the history of the Olympic Games, for example, India has won only 35 total medals (10 Golds) which puts the country outside the top 50 in the all-time medal table. Yet to label India as a country with no i...
With four quotas already in the bag, Mansi Ahlawat (62kg) and Nisha (68kg) will be India’s only women’s wrestlers at the Istanbul qualifying event. Mansi Ahlawat fell one win short of an Olympic quota in Bishkek but will look to put the heartbreak behind her by going all the way i...
In a superb comeback win in the gold medal match, Bopanna and Bhosale lost the first set but came back superbly in the second and then swept the match tie-break to keep India's streak of winning tennis gold medals at every Asian Games since 2002 alive. ...
Field hockey remains the national sport of India, but it has certainly fallen in popularity over the years. Its history remains however, along with eight Olympic gold medals from the glory days. The introduction of artificial turf is said to be the reason for the decline of the sport in Ind...
In contrast, the 2020 Tokyo Olympics saw India's largest-ever delegation of 119 athletes, making it the country's most successful Games with a total of seven medals — one gold, two silver, and four bronze. As the final days of...
The amiable youngster, a bonafide giant of Indian sports with two individual Olympic medals against his name, left the country wonder-struck on Sunday night and this time his sporting prowess had nothing to do with it. It was all about how easily he managed to dodge the constant glare of ...
In this championship, the athletes from the UT of Jammu and Kashmir won a total of three gold medals in all categories followed by Andhra Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh who won two gold medals and Punjab, Ladakh and Haryana [] The post J&K Won Three Gold Medals in National Curling Championship...
Here’s a run-through of all the medals India has won at the Olympics. Indian Olympic winners name list Norman Pritchard - silver medal - men’s 200m hurdles - Paris 1900 India started their maiden Olympic stint with Norman Pritchard at the 1900 Paris Olympics. The first Indian representativ...