After Fourth-Place In Tokyo, Golfer Aditi Ashok Aiming For Medal In Paris Olympics 2024

07.08.2024 - 13:23 sports.ndtv.com

Aditi Ashok will be determined to make up for her near-miss at the Tokyo Games, while Diksha Dagar will look to overcome the trauma of a car accident as the two Indian golfers begin their campaign at the Paris Games on Wednesday.

Two-time Olympian Aditi had come agonisingly close to securing a medal before finishing fourth three years ago in Tokyo and will seek redemption this time.

Diksha, on the other hand, escaped unhurt after being involved in a car accident that left her mother hospitalised. But the 23-year-old from Jhajjar has shrugged off all problems and is determined for Olympic success.

A quarter of the field, which means 15 out of 60 players, in the women's Olympic golf competition have played in all three Games since the sport returned to the programme in 2016 and Aditi is one of them.

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