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IWF welcomes revised Olympic qualification system for weightlifting at Tok
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Lausanne [Switzerland], May 6 (ANI): The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) has welcomed the publication of the revised Olympic qualification system, developed in agreement with the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
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Sailors Varun Thakkar, KC Ganapathy banking on their partnership to bring
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 5 (ANI): Indian sailors KC Ganapathy and Varun Thakkar, who will compete as a team in the Men's Skiff 49er Class competition at the Tokyo Olympics, have had each other's back firmly over the years and still continue to do so.
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Mary Kom among 10 boxers to resume training as women's national camp is sh
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 5 (ANI): Indian women boxers including six-time world champion MC Mary Kom (51kg) and two other Olympic-bound boxers Simranjit Kaur (60kg) and Lovlina Borgohain (69kg) on Wednesday were named in the elite women national camp which is set to resume at the Army Sports In
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Our wrestlers have no connection to Chhatrasal Stadium brawl: Sushil Kumar
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 5 (ANI): Two-time Olympic medallist Sushil Kumar on Wednesday said that his wrestlers were not involved in the brawl that took place inside Chhatrasal Stadium on Tuesday night.
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Still need to improve on our field goal conversion rate, says striker Lali
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], May 4 (ANI): Indian men's hockey team striker Lalit Upadhyay feels that the team still has scope to work on their goal conversion rate. In their recent tour to Argentina, the team scored a total of 12 goals in four practice matches and a total of five goals fro
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COVID-19: Govt will provide extra care to Tokyo Olympics-bound athletes, s
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 1 (ANI): Union Youth Affairs and Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju on Saturday promised to provide "extra care" to Olympic-bound athletes ahead of the showpiece event.
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TOPS sanctions weightlifter Mirabai Chanu's training programme in USA
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 30 (ANI): The Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS) has sanctioned weightlifter Mirabai Chanu's visit to the USA in order to speed the preparation up for the upcoming Tokyo Olympics.
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Indian teams can finish on the podium in Tokyo: Hockey legend V Baskaran
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 30 (ANI): Hockey legend and captain of the Indian men's hockey team at the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games Vasudevan Baskaran believes the indian teams are poised to bring glory at the Tokyo Olympic Games scheduled for this July.
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Fitter Mirabai Chanu aiming to give India medal at Tokyo Olympics
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 29 (ANI): Weightlifter Mirabai Chanu has her sights set on winning a medal at the Tokyo Olympic Games later this year. After the heartbreak in Rio in 2016, she now wants to go the distance and secure a medal for India, riding on better fitness than before and the hun
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Olympic Qualifiers: BAI looks to get players in Malaysia by May 10 to adhe
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 29 (ANI): The second wave of COVID-19 in India has seen various travel restrictions with an eye on health and safety. This has seen athletes miss out on flights for their scheduled tournaments and qualifiers in the lead-up to the Tokyo Olympics as there have been fli
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Oly bound athletes to train in groups on arrival at SAI campuses
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 29 (ANI): With a surge in Covid-19 cases across the country, the Sports Authority of India (SAI) had already taken measures to ensure Olympic-bound athletes are tested on a weekly basis, so that their health is monitored constantly.
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Organisers announce Covid-19 countermeasures for Tokyo Olympics
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Lausanne [Switzerland], April 28 (ANI): The International Olympic Committee (IOC), the International Paralympic Committee (IPC), the Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (Tokyo 2020), the Tokyo Metropolitan Government and the Government of Japan on Wednesday agreed
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