PM Modi meets India’s Paris Olympians contingent, poses with medalists; Neeraj Chopra, PV Sindhu absent | Watch

[ad_1] Days after the Indian contingent returned to India post participating in the Paris Olympics 2024, PM Narendra Modi on 15 at his residence, reported news agency ANI. In the video shared on social media, silver medalist javelin throw athlete Neeraj Kumar and former Olympics’ medalist PV Sindhu were not present. [ad_2] Source link

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Saina Nehwal ’thanks’ trolls for calling her ’Kangana Ranaut of Indian Sport’, reminds them of her Olympic medal

[ad_1] Ace shuttler Saina Nehwal has defended herself against critics on social media, who criticized her for saying that she was unaware of the javelin throw before Neeraj Chopra’s Olympic victory. Some of the trolls even called her as the “Kangana Ranaut of Indian sports.” However, Saina Nehwal took this as a compliment and praised…

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Saina Nehwal didn’t know javelin throw before Neeraj Chopra’s Olympic gold; netizens say ‘That’s why education is imp’

[ad_1] Ace shuttler Saina Nehwal is facing social media backlash for her comments on not knowing ‘javelin throw’, until Neeraj Chopra won Gold in 2021 during Tokyo Olympics. While speaking to Shubhankar Mishra on his podcast, the badminton player said, “When Neeraj won, that is when I got to know about athletics has got this…

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Fool’s gold: Our Olympics medal haul held up a mirror to the country

[ad_1] Nations invest in sports for three strategic reasons. The first is global positioning. Sports are surrogates of warfare and derived from combat. Think of shooting, archery, javelin and discus throws, fencing, boxing and of course wrestling. The Olympic Games have always been a surrogate battleground for global power jockeying. Recall Berlin, 1936, where African-American…

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Pakistan’s Arshad Nadeem to get Alto after winning gold at Olympics, netizens ask ‘Could not find anything cheaper?’

[ad_1] Ace Pakistani athlete Arshad Nadeem won a gold medal in the javelin throw category at the Paris Olympics after sending the javelin to a whopping 92.97 metres distance. Not only he created a world record, but also defeated India’s Neeraj Chopra to become world’s best javelin thrower. Neeraj won the silver medal in the…

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From Vinesh Phogat saga to Neeraj Chopra’s silver: Why rapping ’casual’ fans won’t help Olympic sports grow in India

[ad_1] Till the time the entire Vinesh Phogat saga exploded, which unfortunately divided sports fans based on their political affiliation, the greatest bickering on X (formerly Twitter) was between sports nerds and those who are somewhat derogatively branded as ‘casuals’ (sports fan). A rather umbrella term, it included people who had heard about Deepika Kumari…

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Paris Olympics 2024 closing ceremony: Manu Bhaker, Sreejesh flag bearers, torch handed over to Los Angeles by Tom Cruise

[ad_1] Paris Olympics 2024 closing ceremony: The grand closing ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics was held on August 11 at the Stade de France stadium in the capital, complete with firecrackers, concerts and an exciting entry by Hollywood heavyweight Tom Cruise. At the conclusion of 329 medal events, around 9,000 athletes and staffers filled…

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