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Friday, March 29, 2024
TopicTokyo Olympics 2020

Topic: Tokyo Olympics 2020

Sumit Antil bags India’s second gold at Paralympics, sets world record in javelin throw

The 23-year-old para-athlete from Haryana sent the spear to 68.55m in his 5th attempt. Australian Michal Burian & Sri Lanka's Dulan Kodithuwakku won silver & bronze respectively.

Tokyo 2020 broke an Olympic record for LGBTI representation. Here’s why it matters

Increased representation has a positive impact on the well-being and mental health of LGBTI youth, especially when they are being globally targeted.

Ravi Dahiya’s tribute to Covid frontline workers, and Neeraj Chopra’s ‘line of no control’

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

Indian golfer Aditi Ashok holds second position after round 3, in race for Olympic medal

The other Indian golfer in fray, Diksha Dagar remained in the lower half of the leaderboard after an erratic one-over 72, her third successive over-par card of the week.

Tokyo Olympics was more pressure than Rio, but coach helped me take it ‘aaraam se’, Sindhu says

In an interview with ThePrint, badminton champ PV Sindhu talks about importance of mental health, the difference between training under Gopichand and Park, and how she trained for Tokyo.

Indian wrestler Vinesh Phogat loses to Belarusian opponent in Olympics quarterfinal

In another wrestling match, Anshu Malik bowed out of the women's freestyle 57kg competition after losing her repechage round 1-5 to Russia's Valeria Koblova.

India men’s hockey team beats Great Britain, enters first Olympic semifinal in 49 years

India scored three field goals through Dilpreet Singh, Gurjant Singh and Hardik Singh to seal a 3-1 victory, and will face Belgium in the semifinals Tuesday.

Shuttler P V Sindhu bags bronze, India’s second medal at Tokyo Olympics

Sindhu defeated China's He Bing Jiao in straight sets in the women's singles third-place play-off to add a bronze medal to her silver that she had secured at the 2016 Rio Olympics.

Tokyo Paralympics: Shooter moves SC against HC order posting plea over non-selection on 6 Aug

Five-time Paralympian shooter Naresh Sharma said that the plea would be infructuous if it is heard on 6 August as the last date of selection for shooting in Tokyo games is 2 August.

Indian boxer Amit Panghal, archer Atanu Das crash out of Olympics Games

Panghal bowed out of the Olympics with a stunning 1-4 loss to Rio Games silver-medallist and Atanu Das lost to Takaharu Furukawa 6-4 in an intense five-setter on Saturday.

On Camera

Oka to Nagarathna—Bombay High Court judges taking up the cudgel when faith in courts eroding

When lynching, hate speech and bulldozer politics do not speedily invite the wrath of courts, then something is wrong with the third pillar of governance.

Congress attacks chief economic advisor over statement on unemployment, asks BJP govt to ‘vacate seat’

While releasing 'India Employment Report 2024', V Anantha Nageswaran said govt can't solve 'all social, economic challenges'. Congress leader Kharge says CEA protecting 'dear leader'.

Amid plans to lift AFSPA, Army starts joint training with Jammu & Kashmir Police

In an interview with Gulistan News this week, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said the government would leave law and order to J&K Police and slowly withdraw troops.

For BJP, Kejriwal is an idea whose time has come to be destroyed

The ‘idea’ Kejriwal's politics grew around was a no-holds-barred fight against corruption. That is the reason Modi govt has now tarred him and his entire party with the same paint.