The 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games silver medallist wants more success, but also recognition for the sport that’s the unglamorous athletic cousin to sprinting.
61 medals, including 22 gold. Plus, a number of young players across disciplines broke new ground—this is India's best performance in the Commonwealth Games to date.
We may be approaching a time when the world’s No. 1 women’s, men’s and men’s doubles players may all just be Indian.
Avinash Sable did altitude training in the Nilgiris, interval training, strength-training including pull-ups, push-ups, sit-ups and lunges, and long-distance running over 12 sessions each week.
Avinash Sable's best time, 8:12:48 minutes, the national record, would have won him the silver in every edition of the CWG except for the 2018 Gold Coast Games, where he would have finished 5th.
Each of the 12 Indian wrestlers who make up the CWG contingent at Birmingham is expected to win a medal. At least six of them are expected to saunter to a gold.
On August 3, Tulika Maan won silver medal in judo in the +78kg category; Saurav Ghoshal got bronze in the squash men's singles; Lovepreet Singh won bronze in the 109kg category in weightlifting. Plus, the Indian women's hockey team and boxers Nikhat Zareen, Mohammed Hussamuddin and Nitu Ghanghas entered the semi-finals.
A win against Scotland’s Lennon Mulligan in the Flyweight quarter-final on August 4, 2022, will guarantee bronze. But what Amit Panghal needs is gold.
Elaine Thompson-Herah is the sprinter to beat at Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games.
Birmingham Commonwealth Games 2022: Sarah Davies won gold in the 71 kg-category.Behind her were Canada's Alexis Ashworth and India's Harjinder Kaur.
There’s no jumper among the commonwealth participants with Murali Sreeshankar’s numbers. On August 2, the qualifying round promises to be a breeze for the Kerala man.
A CWG gold may be a stroll in the park for Zareen, considering the level of competition is a rung lower than what she is used to facing at the world championships and even in big European meets.
In the year since winning a silver medal at the Tokyo Olympics, Mirabai Chanu has been working on the alignment of her toes, shoulders and back while performing the explosive phase of the lift.
Democratised by the internet, chess is surging as a sport in the country while medals at all levels has given Indian athletes confidence to believe they are world-beaters.