India's ace wrestler Vinesh Phogat announced her return after an 18-month hiatus to chase her Olympic dream, confirming that she has come out of retirement from professional wrestling on Friday.
Paris Olympics Manu Bhaker, world champion Samrat Rana, are part of a 15-member shooting squad for India that will represent ISSF World Cup Final 2025. The ISSF World Cup Final 2025 will be held in Doha from Thursday, as per Olympics.com.
Kiren Rijiju, India's Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, met the two-time Olympic medallist Manu Bhaker and expressed his admiration for the 23-year-old pistol shooter, praising her dedication and saying her achievements inspire the next generation of Indian athletes.
Joining Jaismine and a cohort of Indian boxers who will compete for the top honours on Thursday were Jadumani Singh and Pawan Bartwal, following their unanimous wins over their opponents, as per a press release from the Boxing Federation of India (BFI).
An Olympic champion as a part of the team pursuit cycling event back in London Olympics 1948, he carried the Olympic torch as the penultimate torchbearer at the opening ceremony of the last year's Paris Olympics.
"I think it's a massive team effort. It was a really successful campaign. Yes, we came close in the semi-final... Wherever the gap is, we'll try and improve it," he told ANI.
Manu said that she has events like the World Championships scheduled later this year, Asian Games in Japan next year and the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics in her mind, but would like to take things "one at a time".
The Indian Olympic Association (IOA), on Monday, held a special felicitation ceremony at the Taj Man Singh Hotel in New Delhi to honour India's medallists from the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, as per a release from IOA.