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Paris Olympics: Antim Panghal Wants To Live Up To Country's Expectations

Antim Panghal will bring her prodigious wrestling talent to Paris 2024 as the 19-year-old is expected to be a medal contender in the 53 kg weight category in the upcoming Olympic Games. Panghal's journey began at the young age of 10 years, inspired by her elder sister, a kabaddi player, who encouraged her to pursue wrestling. In an exclusive feature on JioCinema's 'The Dreamers,' she opened up on her wrestling journey which saw her become the first Indian woman to win gold at the World Junior Championships.

Indian Athletics Team To Train At 3 Overseas Sites For Final Olympics Preparation

The 30-member Indian athletics team for the Olympics will train at three different venues abroad in their last leg of preparations before assembling in Paris on July 28, four days before the start of track and field competitions. The Olympic Sports Center in Spala, Poland; Antalya in Turkey; and St Moritz in Switzerland are the three foreign destinations where Indian athletes will train in their last leg of preparations. "The members of the national athletics team will be training at different venues to prepare for the Olympic Games, but will have to assemble in Paris on July 28," chief coach Radhakrishnan Nair said.

Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty Eyeing 'Great Things' At Paris Olympics

Star Indian men's doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty has "cracked" the service variation challenge and is focussing on "comprehensive physical and mental conditioning" to ensure peak performance at the upcoming Paris Olympics. Satwik, 23, and Chirag, 26, have been troubled by the wide variations of tumble, spin and wide serves that their opponents, mainly the Koreans and Indonesians, have employed against them during the recent tournaments. Chirag said they have addressed the "new challenge" and remains confident of negotiating it during the Paris Games.

Prakash Padukone To Mentor India Badminton Squad In Paris Olympics

Legendary Prakash Padukone is set to travel as a mentor along with the 15-member Indian badminton squad for the Paris Olympics, beginning on July 26. Padukone, the first Indian to win the All England Championship, was retired in 1991 even as badminton was introduced in the Olympics at the 1992 Barcelona Games. While Lakshya Sen is a product of the Prakash Padukone Badminton Academy (PPBA), Sindhu had announced Padukone as her mentor ahead of the Paris Games after shifting her base to Bengaluru from Hyderabad. She is preparing for her third Olympics.

Sports Ministry's Mission Olympic Cell Clears Multiple Proposals For Equipments Of Paris-Bound Athletes

The Sports Ministry's Mission Olympic Cell (MOC) on Thursday approved multiple proposals for assistance towards equipment by athletes and para athletes in the build up to the Paris Olympics and Paralympic Games. At its weekly meeting, the MOC has approved a proposal of paralympic table tennis medallist Bhavina Patel for assistance to compete in ITTF Para Table Tennis Asia Training Camp 2024 in Thailand from July 16 to 20 along with her coach and escort. It also approved the request of para shooters -- Manish Narwal, Rudranksh Khandelwal, Rubina Francis and Sriharsha R Devareddy -- for various sport shooting related equipment.

Diamond League 2024: Top Olympic-Bound Athletes To Battle For Glory In Monaco

Just a few days to go before the Olympic Games in Paris, some of the top stars of track and field will gather at the Stade Louis II in Fontvieille in Monaco for the ninth meet of the 2024 Diamond League on Friday, hoping to test their skills before the mega event. With the elite track and field event featuring several Paris 2024-bound athletes, competing in 14 Diamond disciplines, fans can expect some tough competitions before the year's biggest sports extravaganza.

"Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty Our Best Bet": Badminton Great Leroy D'Sa Ahead Of Paris Olympics

There is nobody more qualified in Indian badminton than Leroy D'Sa to talk about doubles in badminton. The only Indian shuttler to win four medals at the Asian Games, D'Sa is one of the finest doubles players the country has ever produced, and his success came at a time when doubles was the ignored art. D'Sa had to regularly set up scratch partnerships with top male and female singles players like Prakash Padukone, Ami Ghia, and Kanwal Thakur Singh to win medals in Asian Games doubles and mixed doubles.

Jannik Sinner, Novak Djokovic, Carlos Alcaraz, Rafael Nadal In Men's Draw; Iga Swiatek, Coco Gauff Top Women's Singles At Paris Olympics

World No.1 and reigning French Open champion Iga Swiatek and No.2 Coco Gauff have been given top billings in the women's singles as the International Tennis Federation announced the full team nominations for the singles and doubles events at the upcoming Paris 2024 Olympics. Swiatek and Gauff will lead the singles event, which includes eight of the Top 10 on the WTA Rankings, in the Olympic tennis event which will be played on outdoor clay at Roland Garros. The draw in singles will be of 64 players while 32 pairs will be in the fray in doubles.

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Paris Olympics: Antim Panghal Wants To Live Up To Country's Expectations

Indian Athletics Team To Train At 3 Overseas Sites For Final Olympics Preparation

Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty Eyeing 'Great Things' At Paris Olympics

Prakash Padukone To Mentor India Badminton Squad In Paris Olympics

Sports Ministry's Mission Olympic Cell Clears Multiple Proposals For Equipments Of Paris-Bound Athletes

Diamond League 2024: Top Olympic-Bound Athletes To Battle For Glory In Monaco

"Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty Our Best Bet": Badminton Great Leroy D'Sa Ahead Of Paris Olympics

Jannik Sinner, Novak Djokovic, Carlos Alcaraz, Rafael Nadal In Men's Draw; Iga Swiatek, Coco Gauff Top Women's Singles At Paris Olympics