Tokyo Moment: One for the history book; 13-year-old Nishiya Momiji wins gold in the inaugural Street Skateboarding competition
Teenage Japanese Skateboarding sensation Nishiya Momji took home the gold medal in the Women's Street Skateboarding competition. At just 13, she became one of the youngest Olympian ever to win a gold medal. Nishiya Momji beat Brazil's Rayssa Leal, to gain the top spot on the Olympic podium, thanks to her final three runs of 4.15, 4.66 and 3.43. She...
Day 3 Heartbreak: Bhavani Devi and Pranati Nayak bow out of the Olympics, but to very different tunes
While Bhavani Devi says "Sorry" to the nation, Pranati Nayak’s childhood coach Minara Begum voices that her student had a very casual approach towards the event which was never the case when Pranati was under her training. Writing her name on the pages of history as the first Indian fencer ever, who qualified for the Olympics, Bhavani Devi started out...
Tokyo Moment: An “unbelievable” victory of Ahmed Hafnaoui in 400m Freestyle Swimming makes every Tunisian proud
18-year-old Ahmed Hafnaoui from Tunisia became only the 5th Tunisian to win an Olympic gold medal, after he beat Australian swimmer Jack McLoughlin in the 400m Swimming Freestyle finals at the Tokyo 2020. Termed officially as the Republic of Tunisia, the country is the northernmost nation residing in the African continent. This country, consisting of just 11 million people, had...
Day 2 Glory: Manika Batra creates history; keeps medal hopes alive
On a historic day for Indian sports, Manika Batra battled her way into the 3rd round of the Tokyo Olympics. This achievement makes her the first-ever Indian paddler, to reach the last 32 at any edition of the Olympic Games. Manika Batra's grit and determination were clearly on display, as the World No. 62 pulled off a breathtaking comeback in...
Tokyo Moment: At 12, Syria’s Hend Zaza makes Olympic debut; instills hope despite her exit
12-year-old Syrian Hend Zaza, rose above the challenges posed by civil war to make her way to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and make history, by becoming the youngest Olympian to participate not just in this particular edition, but the youngest one since 1968. Syria had a small 6-person delegation to grace the Olympic Stadium during the opening ceremony. But what...
Day 1 Glory: “The entire country was watching me and…..”Mirabai Chanu fulfils every Indian’s expectation
Saikhom Mirabai Chanu has made history, bagging India's first medal on Day 1 at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. She won the silver medal in 49 kg category of Weightlifting. Mirabai Chanu was on a mission to redeem herself from her rather forgettable outing at the 2016 Rio Games where there was not even a single legitimate lift logged by...
An amended Olympic motto; IOC adds ‘Together’ after ‘Faster, Higher, Stronger’
The Olympic motto now has the word 'Together' added after 'Faster, Higher, Stronger' in response to the COVID-19 crisis. 'Citius, Altius, Fortius',- the original motto of the Olympics was adopted by the founder of the modern Games Pierre De Coubertin in 1894 as he wanted a slogan that expressed excellence in sport. 127 years later, International Olympic Committee (IOC) amended the...
Sushila Chanu- From ticket collector to Tokyo Olympics; an M S Dhoni tale in Indian Hockey
From landing a job as a junior ticket collector to leading the Indian Women’s Hockey team in the Rio 2016 Olympics and now travelling to the Tokyo Olympics as an experienced and crucial member of the squad, it’s been a long journey for Pukhrambam Sushila Chanu. In 2016 Rio Olympic Games, the Indian Women’s Hockey Team was qualified to play...
‘Babe’ Didrikson Zaharias: an extraordinary Track and Field Olympian who excelled in Golf and was proficient in a handful of other sports as well
Sometimes regarded as one of the greatest athletes ever to have lived, 'Babe' Didrikson Zaharias, byname of Mildred Ella Zaharias, holds more records and medals than any other 20th-century athlete. Mildred Ella Didrikson achieved particular success in Basketball, Baseball and Track and Field. However, she is most widely known because of her exploits in Golf. Mildred won 2 gold medals...
Dueball starlet, Pankaj Bhardwaj, reflects on why he loves the sport and how it will surely become popular
"I can't keep calm when Dueball's on". That is what Pankaj Bhardwaj has to say about how much the sport means to him. For the uninitiated, Dueball is a hybrid sport that was both invented and developed by Firoz Khan on Indian soil in Nagpur. It has quickly gone on to become one of India's fastest growing sports. Now coming...