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Meet Prachi Yadav, India’s first para canoe gold medallist in the Asian para games

Meet Prachi Yadav, India’s first para canoe gold medallist in the Asian para games

by Vikram Sharma | Jan 6, 2024

(January 6, 2024) Being born with a disability can shatter anyone. But not Prachi Yadav. Paralysed below the waist, she did not let her disability come in the way of realising her dreams. She took the challenges head-on and canoed her way to success, scripting one of...
Neeraj Chopra: The Olympic gold medalist who beat injuries and hurdles to shine

Neeraj Chopra: The Olympic gold medalist who beat injuries and hurdles to shine

by Global Indian | Aug 9, 2021

(August 9, 2021; 7.15 pm) As the world watched with bated breath, India’s Gold Medalist Neeraj Chopra, flexed his arm before he swung it in a deep arc to launch his javelin, in what can only be termed a monster throw. As it landed at 87.58 m, the audience erupted in...
From listening to hockey commentary on radio to saving 9 goals in Olympics: Meet goalkeeper Savita Punia

From listening to hockey commentary on radio to saving 9 goals in Olympics: Meet goalkeeper Savita Punia

by Global Indian | Aug 6, 2021

“70 minute hain tumhare paas. Jao jaakar jee bhar kar khelo. Aage aane vaali zindagi mein kuch sahi ho ya na ho, ye 70 minute tumse koi nahi cheen sakta.” (You have 70 minutes, play your best. Even if nothing goes right in life after this, nobody can take...
Rani Rampal: From battling poverty to leading the Indian women’s hockey team to script history

Rani Rampal: From battling poverty to leading the Indian women’s hockey team to script history

by Global Indian | Aug 3, 2021

(August 3, 2021; 5.45 pm) In April this year, when the Indian women’s hockey team was training hard for their Olympics outing, disaster struck: six of the team members had tested positive for COVID-19 and were forced to go into isolation for two weeks. One of the six...
Lovlina Borgohain: The paddy farmer-turned-boxer who’s now an Olympic medalist

Lovlina Borgohain: The paddy farmer-turned-boxer who’s now an Olympic medalist

by Global Indian | Jul 30, 2021

(July 30, 2021; 5.30 pm) 2020 was a tough year for Lovlina Borgohain: First she couldn’t make it to the national camp due to her mother’s ill health and also had to help her father in the paddy fields. Secondly, she tested Covid positive hours before she was to board...

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