Separated from her biological family at the age of five, Pemlaki was fascinated with boxing from the day she saw MC Mary Kom picking the bronze medal at the London Olympics in 2012.
The Basketball finals concluded on a momentous note for Delhi as they clinched Bronze at the 37th National Games taking place in Goa. This win came after a long gap for Delhi as Bhriguvanshi captained the team that included star players like Joginder Singh and Ravi Bhardwaj.
Virdhawal, the 2010 Asian Games bronze medallist, pipped Indian swimming latest sensation Srihari Nataraj of Karnataka for the gold with a timing of 22.82s. Srihari stopped the clock at 22.91s for the silver while Maharashtra's Mihir Ambre took the bronze with a time of 22.99s, as per a pres
Billiards and Snooker is making its competitive debut at the National Games as it was only a demonstration sport back at the 1997 Games in Bengaluru (then Bangalore). Bhaskar had then won the bronze medal with Ashok Shandilya and Geet Sethi winning gold and silver respectively, as per a pres
A bronze medal in Pencak Silat at the 37th National Games in Goa has come as a fresh ray of hope for Assam youngster Tilok Kutum, who was forced to quit the sport due to acute financial crisis
India have now picked up 30 medals from the continental event, including eight gold. Anish Bhanwala's quota was the fifth India have secured in Changwon.
Elakkiyadasan finished with a timing of 10.36 sec ahead of Pranav Gurav of Maharashtra who finished in 10.41 sec and SSCB's Saurabh Rajesh who won the bronze with a timing of 10.45 sec.
India ended their Para Asian Games campaign in Hangzhou with a total of 111 medals, consisting of 29 golds, 31 silver and 51 bronze medals. India finished at number fifth in the medal tally.
Bhavani Devi, who was the biggest star to be in action on the day the Games were officially declared open by the Prime Minister, defeated Kerala's S Soumiya 15-5 in the final to win back to back National Games gold medals. Shiksha Ballouria of Himachal Pradesh and Jagmeet Kaur of Punjab won
India has won a total of 82 medals in the competition, comprising of 18 gold, 23 silver and 41 bronze. India has won 13 bronze medals in Para badminton itself.