Paris mayor swims in Seine River to prove it's clean ahead of Olympic Games
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Sreeja Akula, Manika Batra Highest-Seeded Indian Players At Olympics
Sreeja Akula (16th) and Manika Batra (18th) are the highest-seeded Indian players at the Paris 2024 Olympics table tennis tournament, which begins on July 27. The International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) revealed the seedings on Tuesday. A total of 67 players are seeded in each of the men's and women's singles competitions, while 16 teams each are seeded for both team events, as per a release by Olympics.com. Last month, Sreeja Akula reached a career-best No. 24 in the world table tennis rankings, displacing Manika Batra as India's top women's singles player.
Paris Olympics marketing blitz powered by female athletes
Global advertisers are hiring more female athletes to launch marketing campaigns ahead of the Paris Summer Olympics, a move aimed at capitalizing on recent record ratings for women's sports in the U.S. and Europe to reach new audiences.
Olympics 2024: IOA Chief PT Usha Chides WFI Ad-Hoc Panel For Exclusion Of Antim Panghal's Coaches In Long List
IOA President P.T. Usha on Wednesday came down heavily on the ad-hoc panel that managed the suspended WFI, saying the committee did not do due diligence and missed out on giving the names of wrestler Antim Panghal's coaches in the long list, sent to the Paris Olympic Games organisers. The Indian Olympic Association's reaction came in the wake of delay in visa clearance for Panghal's preferred coaches for the Gamesa. The 19-year-old Panghal, who trains in Hisar, was the first Indian wrestler to qualify for the Paris Games when she won a bronze at the World Championship in 2023.
Race Walker Suraj Panwar Gears Up For Debut Within Debut At Olympics
Plucked out of his comfort zone and training without a partner for a mixed event in what is to be his debut Olympics, race walker Suraj Panwar is gearing up for quite a roller-coaster ride in Paris this month. But he is quite used to upheaval. He was born into it. The 23-year-old was an infant when his forest guard father Udai Singh Panwar was killed in the line of duty while trying to prevent illegal logging of trees. He was raised single-handedly by his mother Poonam, who worked at the forest department's nursery in a village near Dehradun and supported his sporting ambitions.
Will the River Seine be clean enough to swim in at Paris 2024 Games?
The River Seine will be a central element of the Paris 2024 Olympics, with the opening ceremony taking place on the river with a boat parade and two events, the marathon swimming and the swimming leg of the triathlon scheduled to be held there.
Paris mayor takes pre-Olympics dip to prove Seine clean
The mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, swam in the murky waters of the Seine to demonstrate the river is now clean enough for outdoor Olympic swimming events.
Shooting-A father's final wish takes Salukvadze to the brink of a 10th Games
NEW DELHI : Nino Salukvadze will become just the second athlete to compete at 10 Olympic Games when she steps up to the mark in Paris and the Georgian shooting great says that by reaching the milestone she will have fulfilled her father's last request.