Maheshwari Chauhan wins Paris Olympics quota in Women’s Skeet Shooting
Maheshwari Chauhan secured a Paris quota for India in the women’s skeet event at the ISSF Final Olympic Shotgun Qualification Championship in Doha, Qatar on Sunday.
Maheshwari Chauhan secured a Paris quota for India in the women’s skeet event at the ISSF Final Olympic Shotgun Qualification Championship in Doha, Qatar on Sunday.
Jadumani Singh outperformed Aldarkhishig Battulga of Mongolia by winning the bout with an RSC (Referee Stop Contest) decision in round two.
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The contest between the Indian elite athletes saw a stellar performance from Kiran Matre who took the first position and break the event record with a timing of 29:32.
India also clinched the mixed team recurve bronze as Ankita Bhakat and Dhiraj finished the meet with eight medals - five gold, two silvers and one bronze.
Dhanalakshmi started sprinting at the age of 13. Without training, she managed to participate in zonal level competitions. She started getting quality training only when she came to college.
Bach also called for confidence and trust in getting out of the crisis, highlighting solidarity and digitalisation as two examples of the lessons they have learned and are putting into action with Olympic Agenda 2020+5.
Nineteen-year-old Manisha, who is also a forward, was named the Women's Emerging Footballer of the Year for the first time and expressed her delight at being named for the honour.
It has always been a dream of mine to represent USA in the Olympics, wrote Gauff in her Twitter post
Athletes and support staff in eight disciplines Badminton, Archery, Hockey, Judo, Swimming, Weightlifting, Gymnastics and Table Tennis departed from New Delhi to Tokyo yesterday night.