The 30-year-old, regarded as one of the best Indian drag-flickers, said it was time to make way for young players to experience the "great joy" he experienced for 13 years.
The 22-year-old wrestler was leading 2-1 in the bronze medal bout Thursday but San Marino’s Myles Nazem Amine snatched away the victory in the last moments.
The Indian wrestler missed out on scoring the first gold medal in wrestling for the country as he lost to Russian Olympic Committee's (ROC) Zavur Uguev Thursday.
First batch of the Indian contingent, which comprises 54 athletes besides support staff, had received a formal send-off by Sports Minister Anurag Thakur in New Delhi Saturday.
The IOC games operations director said that the athletes of Tokyo games are the most 'controlled population' in the world. The tally of games-related Covid cases has risen to 55.
For the aspiring athletes, the road to Tokyo has been long, uncertain and arduous. The event is likely to be strangely lifeless — no revelry after victories or families to offer support.
Japanese PM Yoshihide Suga earlier told members of a parliamentary committee that although he has 'never put the Olympics first,' it’s was the IOC that has the final say.
A July poll taken after the games were rescheduled found that one-third of the Japanese public wanted them canceled outright, and slightly more thought they should be postponed again.
International Olympic Committee’s V-P John Coates said the games will start as planned on 23 July, adding that the Olympics have never been cancelled outside of world wars.
According to government reply in Lok Sabha, the pilot phase of PMIS is being used to test concepts, strategies and systems before a full-scale implementation of the scheme.
Order for 87 MALE drones will be split between 2 Indian firms in 64:36 ratio to ensure there are 2 independent manufacturing lines with at least 60% indigenous components.
The India-South Africa series-defining fact is the catastrophic decline of Indian red ball cricket where a visiting team can mock us with the 'grovel' word.
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