Category: Athletes
Explained: Transgender swimmer Lia Thomas’ success revives Biology debate in Sport
Biology, Human Rights, Sex and Gender Identity. All these terms have returned to the sports pages and discussions elsewhere. From elite athletes to lawyers, from activists to college athletes. Everyone…
Can India build on the gain of Neeraj Chopra’s Olympic Gold in 2022?
It is amazing what one Olympic Games gold medal can do. It can magically lift the mood of nation. It can effortlessly instil greater self-belief in a nation’s athletes. It…
Vishnu Saravanan’s changed mindset makes him compete fearlessly with the world’s best
A phone call may never be the best way to figure out an athlete’s state of mind but Vishnu Saravanan’s calm and assured responses suggest that he was looking back…
Amit Saroha’s show of Gratitude brings role of Para Athletes’ Escorts to forefront
There are countless reasons and occasions for gratitude to rent the air. And Amit Kumar Saroha has his own. It was not about his fight against adversity after a road…
Neeraj Chopra’s greatest conquest in Tokyo2020 – His own mind
Neeraj Chopra owned the greatest of sporting stages, winning the Javelin Throw gold in the Olympic Games in Tokyo on Saturday and pinning myriad freeze frames in our minds. Forever….
COVID, ailing mother, broken friendship: Lovlina’s rough road to Tokyo2020 bronze
Lovlina Borgohain comes across as one who strives to take control of her destiny. How else can she have translated immense self-belief into accomplishing something that only two other Indian…
How PV Sindhu owned her Olympic campaign
She was a fine study of being in the flow as PV Sindhu powered her way – and smartly at that – to her second successive Olympic Games podium in…
Young Indian shooters could have done with smart interventions in key moments
A blank from the first 12 starts in the Olympic Games shooting competition in Tokyo. Just one finalist. Surely, it is not what fans of Indian shooting expected from the…
Mirabai’s self-belief wins India its first Tokyo2020 medal
The endearing smile of Mirabai Chanu’s face will be etched in all our minds forever but only a few will know the pain that she has had to endure. Her…
Sajan Prakash earns Tokyo2020 trip with hard work and by keeping clutter away from mind
He was in the pool in Rome for less than two minutes on Saturday but whipped up much attention for his sport and a fair amount of passion back home…
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