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India's Olympic medallists receive hero's welcome, felicitated by Sports M
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 9 (ANI): Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Anurag Thakur felicitated the seven Olympic medalists, namely Neeraj Chopra, Ravi Kumar Dahiya, Mirabai Chanu, PV Sindhu, Bajrang Punia, Lovlina Borgohain, and the men's national Hockey team, at a gala felicitat
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I will try to change bronze to gold: Lovlina Borgohain has eyes set on Par
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 9 (ANI): Tokyo Olympics bronze medallist Lovlina Borgohain stated that her next aim is to bag gold at Paris 2024 after she arrived in India to a grand welcome on Monday.
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LPU announces cash rewards for Neeraj Chopra, Bajrang Punia
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 9 (ANI): Jalandhar-based Lovely Professional University has announced cash rewards for its students Neeraj Chopra and Bajrang Punia worth Rs 50 lakhs and Rs 10 lakhs respectively after they won medals for the country at Tokyo Olympics 2020.
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Tokyo Olympics: Indian athletes return home
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 9 (ANI): The Indian athletes who had stayed back in Tokyo for the closing ceremony of the showpiece event, returned back home on Monday.
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Tokyo Olympics: Bajrang Punia expresses gratitude after leading Indian con
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Tokyo [Japan], August 9 (ANI): Indian wrestler Bajrang Punia might have won bronze in the Tokyo Olympics but the grappler wants to leave no stone unturned in practising and training for future events.
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Juhi Chawla congratulates Indian medal winners at Tokyo Olympics 2020
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 8 (ANI): As India bade adieu to the Tokyo Olympic Games 2020, veteran Bollywood actor Juhi Chawla, on Sunday penned a congratulatory note to all the athletes who made India proud by bringing medals for the nation.
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Tokyo Olympics: Indian contingent personified best of skill, teamwork and
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New Delhi [India], August 8 (ANI): As the Tokyo Olympics 2020 came to an end on Sunday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi lauded the Indian contingent for showing the best-ever performance at the Games.
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'United By Emotion': Athletes wave goodbye as Tokyo Olympics ends
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], August 8 (ANI): At the Closing Ceremony of Tokyo Olympics, wrestler Bajrang Punia on Sunday entered the stadium holding aloft India's flag and joined flag-bearers of other national Olympic contingents to mark the end of 17-days of the Games, which saw athletes from over 200 co
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Successful Tokyo Olympics gave confidence to entire world, says IOC Presid
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Tokyo [Japan], August 8 (ANI): Thomas Bach, the President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Sunday said that the Tokyo Games were held successfully and it gave hope to the entire world.
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Doctors advised me to take rest but I preferred to train for Olympics, say
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Tokyo [Japan], August 8 (ANI): Bajrang Punia stated that no one gets more disappointed than an athlete after losing a game. The Indian wrestler bagged bronze through repechage in the men's freestyle 65kg category.
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Tokyo Olympics, Day 15: Neeraj Chopra scripts history, Bajrang Punia bags
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Tokyo [Japan], August 8 (ANI): Neeraj Chopra hogged the limelight as the whole of India celebrated the javelin thrower's historic feat on day fifteen of the ongoing Tokyo Olympics on Saturday.
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Wrestler Bajrang Punia 'disappointed' to miss out on gold medal, sets sigh
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], August 7 (ANI): Grappler Bajrang Punia might have won a bronze medal in the Tokyo Olympics but the Indian wrestler is "disappointed" and wants to focus on bringing gold in Paris 2024.
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