Riding on the success of the Hangzhou Asian Games, Indian tennis star Rutuja Bhosale is now aiming to secure 2024 Paris Olympics quota and break into top-200 to ensure more Grand Slam presence in her career.
The 33-member squad came back from Hangzhou, China, with a historic best-ever haul of 22 medals, including seven gold from the continental multi-sport extravaganza.
"We went for a gold medal, but we won a bronze. We are still happy. We couldn't perform our best in the semi-final match... We will try to qualify for the Paris Olympics in the coming qualifier matches."
"This season, somewhere in terms of distance, I felt slightly bad, I had injuries through the season. I wanted to end the 90m question this season, sorry I was not able to," Neeraj said during a virtual interaction.
Men's hockey team skipper Harmanpreet Singh, who found the net twice in India's gold medal triumph in the Asian Games, is now eying the Paris Olympics.
Following India's men's hockey team's historic triumph in the Asian Games, the family members of the players expressed their happiness over their success on Friday.
The Indian men's hockey team dethroned 2018 gold medallist Japan on Friday, claiming their fourth hockey gold in the Asian Games, and also qualified for the Paris Olympics 2024.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday congratulated the Indian men's hockey team for clinching a gold medal at the Asian Games and qualifying for the Paris Olympics 2024.