Winner of two Olympic Gold Medals ( 2012 and 2016 ) and winner of three Gold Medals at the World Athletic Championships, Caster Semenya has dominated the 800m race in the world for almost a decade. However this is not just a story of a champion, it is a story which is complex and thoughtContinue reading “Caster Semenya: The ‘Fair’ Athlete”
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The Embrace Of The Year
The High Jump Final at the Tokyo Olympics this year was one for the ages. With the finest High Jumpers on show , the Final was keenly contested and eventually it boiled down to a deadlock between Mutaz Essa Barshim of Qatar and Gianmarco Tamberi of Italy . Mutaz Barshim , considered to be theContinue reading “The Embrace Of The Year”
Churu’s Champion
An 8 year old boy from Churu district in Rajasthan accidentally touched a live electric cable and suffered grievous injuries on his left hand, resulting in its amputation. A young kid had lost a hand, a tragedy had struck a simple, unassuming family. 15 years later, the same Young bloke was competing in the AthensContinue reading “Churu’s Champion”
Winners all the way
PV Sindhu, Mirabai Chanu, Lovlina Borgohain, The Women’s Hockey Team, Kamalpreet Kaur have not only made India proud with their performances in the ongoing Olympic Games, but have yet again proved that women folk are a force to reckon with. These super athletes join an illustrious list of achievers viz PT Usha, Mary Kom, SainaContinue reading “Winners all the way”
A Tiny Island, a Gritty Athlete and a Gold to Boot
With a population close to 70,000, Bermuda became the smallest nation by population to win a Gold medal in a Summer Olympics, when 33 year old Flora Duffy won the women’s Triathlon on 26th of July 2021. Bermuda had their first medal way back in 1976 at the Montreal Games, when Clarence Hill, won aContinue reading “A Tiny Island, a Gritty Athlete and a Gold to Boot”
EOR: The Team of the Deserving
The Olympic Games have eventually begun and in spite of the looming shadow of the pandemic, it was great to see the biggest sports spectacle getting underway at Tokyo. The opening ceremony as expected was a spectacular show from the Japanese with a great mix of their Culture, Tradition and Technology. The highlight of the ceremonyContinue reading “EOR: The Team of the Deserving”