Tokyo Olympics 2020 Archives

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...

Mirabai Chanu: The accidental weightlifter who tackled major setbacks to clinch Olympics glory

by Global Indian | Jul 27, 2021

(July 23, 9:05 am) Chanu Saikhom Mirabai’s historic win at Tokyo Olympics 2020 is nothing short of a Bollywood film script. A girl from a small village in Manipur who picked firewood from the jungle as a teenager becomes the first Indian weightlifter to win an...