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ROME — Seventeen-year-old David Popovici of Romania became the youngest swimmer to break the world record in the men's 100-meter freestyle Saturday, beating the mark set more than 13 years ago in the same pool.
Charlotte Worthington slammed her 'stubborn' decision to chase another Tokyo fairytale as her latest BMX gamble spectacularly backfired in the European Championship final. The reigning Olympic champion, 26, crashed twice and finished rock-bottom in Munich as her attempts to emulate last year's dizzying run went up in smoke. Ad After falling on her first run in Tokyo, the Manchester star pulled a never-before-seen 360-degree backflip out of the bag to stun her rivals and catapult herself to the top of the table.
Ben Pritchard reckons maximising the marginal gains can catapult him onto the European Championship podium. The experienced Swansea para rower, 30, triumphed in his PR1 single sculls repechage in splendid isolation on the second day of the multi-sport Munich event to safely navigate his way into Saturday morning's final. Ad Pritchard, who narrowly missed out on a medal at the Tokyo Paralympic Games last summer, crossed the line in a time of 10:33.93 to triumph over his Israeli, Spanish, Hungarian and Polish opponents at the city's 1972 Olympic Regatta Centre.
Narendra Modi's pep talk rejuvenated her to continue. While a knee injury in the quarterfinals dashed her hopes in 2016 Rio Olympics, Vinesh again crashed out in the last eight stage in Tokyo, despite entering her weight category as the world No.1. Vinesh admitted that the two disappointments pushed her to the brink of quitting wrestling, long before she reinvented herself with a gold medal at the just-concluded Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.
In a statement which she shared on Twitter, the double Olympic medallist confirmed that she will be missing the 2022 World Championships. Sindhu has won the World Championships gold in 2019, along with two silver medals and two bronze. "While I am on the high of winning a gold medal at the CWG for India. Unfortunately, I have to pull out of the world championships. I felt pain and there was an injury scare at the quarter-finals of the CWG, but with the help of my coach, physio and trainer, I decided to push as far as I could," Sindhu said in the statement.
Vinesh Phogat on Saturday said she nearly quit wrestling after failing a second time to win a medal at the Olympics in Tokyo before Prime Minister Narendra Modi's pep talk rejuvenated her to continue. While a knee injury in the quarterfinals dashed her hopes in 2016 Rio Olympics, Vinesh again crashed out in the last eight stage in Tokyo, despite entering her weight category as the world No.1. Vinesh admitted that the two disappointments pushed her to the brink of quitting wrestling, long before she reinvented herself with a gold medal at the just-concluded Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.
Two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu will miss this year's edition of the Badminton World Championships due to an ankle injury, sources in Badminton Association of India (BAI) told NDTV. Sindhu recently won the gold in the women's singles at the Commonwealth Games and later revealed that she had played the final through an injury. Sindhu's entry from the World Championships in Tokyo has been withdrawn.
Commonwealth Games 2022, Para Table Tennis star and Tokyo Paralympics medallist Bhavina Patel said that interacting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi motivates them to do better. India's para table tennis player Bhavina won the gold medal after defeating Ifechukwude Christiana Ikpeoyi of Nigeria in the women's singles - Classes 4-5 here at The NEC Hall 3 at the Commonwealth Games 2022. Patel dominated Ikpeoyi in straight sets by 3-0 ( 12-10, 11-2, 11-9).