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Sonam Malik Stunned Olympic Medallist Sakshi Malik At Women’s Wrestling National C’Ships
Wrestler Sonam Malik claimed the gold medal in the 62kg weight category, and moved closer to the Olympic selections.
Rio Olympics
Dipa Karmakar Still Not Fully Fit For Asian Games, Says Coach Nandi
Still recovering from a surgery, Gymnast Dipa Karmakar is now eyeing Asian Games glory. “I would say she is about 90 per cent fit now. She will start taking full load from next month onwards,” her coach Bisweshwar Nandi told PTI. Dipa won accolades at the Rio Olympics for performing the ‘vault of death’ — the Produnova. The category is indeed […]
Caster Semenya, And The Debate over Hyperandrogenism and Intersex Athletes
The gender paradigm is quite complex. Not all bodies can be fit into the binary gender structure. The sex of a person is a synthesis of genetic material, i.e. XX and XY patterns of the chromosome, levels of androgen and testosterone and visible female or male genitalia. Relying only on the physiological component of presence […]
Recovering After Surgery, Dipa Karmakar To Skip World Championship
Gymnast Dipa Karmakar, who won accolades at the Rio Olympics for performing the ‘vault of death’ — the Produnova, is skipping the World Gymnastics Championships as she is recovering slowly from a knee surgery.
Dutee Chand, Anu Rani Shine At Fed Cup Athletics Meet
Dutee Chand has become the fastest runner in the country after winning the women’s 100m sprint in the 21st Federation Cup National Senior Athletics Championships in Patiala on Sunday. While Odisha-born Dutee clinched the competition with a timing of 11.48 seconds, another player from her home state, Srabani Nanda, came second with 11.57 seconds and […]
Dipa Karmakar, Sakshi Malik And Alia Bhatt In Forbes’ Under-30 Achievers’ List
This year’s Forbes’ list of super achievers from Asia — under the age of 30 — has over 50 Indians enlisted. They are being heralded as the flag-bearers who are “pushing boundaries of innovation”. Among them, notable names are — Gymnast Dipa Karmakar, Olympic medallist Sakshi Malik and the very versatile actress Alia Bhatt.
Former Olympic Medallist Galina Bukharina To Coach India Relay Team
Russian Olympic bronze medallist Galina Bukharina has been hired to coach the Indian 400m and relay teams.
Post-Knee Surgery, Dipa Karmakar To Miss Asian Gymnastics Championship
Gymnast Dipa Karmakar recently underwent a knee surgery, clouding her participation in the Asian Championships to be held next month. The star gymnast tweeted: Hi everyone, ek update hai. Mujhe recently practice mein injury hua aur ACL ka surgery hua hai. Rehab shuru hai, jaldi wapis aaungi! :)) pic.twitter.com/wr3pRtOzAr — Dipa Karmakar (@DipaKarmakar) April 4, 2017 She […]
Sakshi Malik Ties The Knot With Wrestler Beau
Wrestler Sakshi Malik tied the knot with fellow wrestler Satyawart Kadian in Rohtak on April 2. The wedding ceremony was grand and attended by many well-known personalities, including Sushil Kumar, fellow wrestler and medalist of the 2008 Beijing and 2012 London Olympics. Sakshi and Satyawart had got engaged in October last year. Sakshi tweeted on Saturday: Time to […]
Sakshi Malik To Wed Satyawart Kadian On April 2
Wedding bells are round the corner for Rio Olympics medallist Sakshi Malik and her wrestler fiancé Satyawart Kadian as the couple have announced that they are getting married on April 2.
