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Rio 2016: Thanackal Gopi finishes 25th, Kheta Ram on 26th in Men's Ma
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Aug.21 (ANI): Indian long distance walkers Thanackal Gopi and Kheta Ram, who were competing with 155 athletes at the Rio Olympics, produced their personal best to end their campaign in the prestigious quadrennial event at 25th and 26th spots, respectively, in the men
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Heartbreak! Indian wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt crashes out of Rio Olympics
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Aug.21 (ANI): India's last hope of securing a medal at the Rio Olympics was crushed after wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt knocked out of the prestigious quadrennial event in the qualification round of the Men's Freestyle 65kg event here on Sunday.
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Rio 2016: Wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt suffers shocking defeat, awaits repechag
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Aug.21 (ANI): India's hopes of ending their Rio Olympic campaign on a high received a major setback as wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt suffered a crushing 0-3 defeat against Mongolia's Ganzorigiin Mandakhnaran in the qualification round of the Men's Freestyle
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Teenage golfer Aditi Ashok ends impressive Rio campaign with 7-over 291
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Aug 20 (ANI): Indian teenage woman golfer Aditi Ashok capped off her impressive maiden appearance at the Rio Olympics with a five-over 76 in the fourth and final round in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro on Saturday.
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Rio 2016: Golfer Aditi Ashok slips to tied-31st after round three
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Aug. 20 (ANI): It was a tricky third day for lone Indian woman golfer Aditi Ashok at the Rio Olympics as her overall position slipped to tied-31st in the women's individual stroke play here at Olympic Golf Course.
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Rio Olympics: Khushbir Kaur finishes 54th in women's 20km racewalk
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Aug.20 (ANI): Indian racewalker Khushbir Kaur produced a disappointing performance as she finished her Rio Olympics campaign at lowly 54th position in the women's 20km walk race on Saturday.
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Sporting fraternity hails PV Sindhu on her historic Olympic feat
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Aug.19 (ANI): The sporting fraternity has come in unison to congratulate India's badminton star PV Sindhu, who scripted history by becoming the first Indian woman athlete to hand her country an Olympic silver medal here in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro on
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Rio Olympics: India's Sandeep Kumar finishes 35th in men's 50km
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Aug.19 (ANI): Indian race-walker Sandeep Kumar, who competed against 79 other athletes at the ongoing Rio Olympics, ended his campaign in the prestigious quadrennial games by making a 35th-place finish in the men's 50 km race walk here on Friday.
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PV Sindhu creates history, gives India its first Olympic silver in badmint
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Aug.19 (ANI): Despite losing an opportunity to win gold in Rio de Janerio, PV Sindhu on Friday scripted history by becoming country's first shuttler to hand India an Olympic silver medal here on Friday.
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Sandeep Tomar crashes out of men's freestyle 57 kg wrestling at Rio
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Aug.19 (ANI): Indian wrestler Sandeep Tomar's hopes of bringing himself back into the medal contention received a major jolt as he was crashed out of men's freestyle 57 kg competition at the ongoing Rio Olympics here on Friday.
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Rio 2016: Wrestler Sandeep Tomar loses in pre-quarters, awaits repechage r
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Aug.19 (ANI): Indian wrestler Sandeep Tomar, who was expected to bring glory for the country in the absence of embattled Narsingh Yadav at the ongoing Rio Olympics, suffered a 3-7 defeat at the hands of Russia's Victor Lebedev in the pre-quarterfinals of the men
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Narsingh's Rio dreams dashed as CAS hands four-year doping ban to wre
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Aug 19 (ANI): In a major setback for the Indian contingent at the Rio Olympics, wrestler Narsingh Yadav has been banned for four years after Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS) overturned the clean chit given to him by the National Anti-Doping Agency's (NADA)
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