Tag: Athlete

  • Athlete PT Usha, music maestro Ilaiyaraaja nominated to Rajya Sabha

    By PTI

    NEW DELHI: Legendary athlete P T Usha and music maestro Ilaiyaraaja had been amongst distinguished personalties nominated to Rajya Sabha on Wednesday.

    Philanthropist and administrator of the Dharmasthala temple Veerendra Heggade and famous display screen author V Vijayendra Prasad had been additionally nominated to the Upper House of Parliament.

    “The remarkable PT Usha Ji is an inspiration for every Indian. Her accomplishments in sports are widely known but equally commendable is her work to mentor budding athletes over the last several years. Congratulations to her on being nominated to the Rajya Sabha,” Prime Minister Narendra Modi stated on Twitter.

    He additionally shared his photos with Usha and Ilaiyaraaja alongside together with his congratulatory messages in separate tweets.

    “The creative genius of @ilaiyaraaja Ji has enthralled people across generations. His works beautifully reflect many emotions. What is equally inspiring is his life journey- he rose from a humble background and achieved so much. Glad that he has been nominated to the Rajya Sabha,” Modi stated.

    The Rajya Sabha had vacancies within the nominated class.

  • Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar: Target locked

    A motorcycle fanatic, Aishwary purchased himself an Enfield Continental GT after the Olympics. His dream bike is a Kawasaki Ninja H2R Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar, 20, Shooter, Ratanpur, Madhya Pradesh; Sanjeev Verma/ Getty PhotographsAishwary caught the capturing bug early in life, at his household’s farm in Ratanpur village in Madhya Pradesh. His cousin Navdeep launched him to aggressive capturing in 2015.Aishwary caught the capturing bug early in life, at his household’s farm in Ratanpur village in Madhya Pradesh. His cousin Navdeep launched him to aggressive capturing in 2015.

    Aishwary started competing within the 10-metre air rifle class, however moved to the 50-metre 0.22 three place (standing, kneeling, susceptible) occasion in 2018. Within a few years, he had earned a berth for himself within the Indian contingent to the Olympics.

    He was ranked #21 in Tokyo, however didn’t let the setback weaken his drive—in October this 12 months, he gained a gold on the ISSF Junior World Championships in Lima, setting a world file within the course of. “The Olympics is the biggest sporting event in the world, and in Tokyo, I was competing for the first time. There were things that did not go my way, but I have the 2024 Olympics in my sights,” he says. Before then, Aishwary has one other likelihood to show himself on the 2022 Asian Games.Click right here for IndiaToday.in’s full protection of the coronavirus pandemic.

  • Behind an athlete’s homicide, a story of a relationship gone fallacious

    Last month, Kenya’s Agnes Jebet Tirop, 25, set a world file of half-hour and 1 second in a 10K run to proceed her regular rise in observe and area.
    Earlier this week although, her physique was found at her house in Iten, in West Kenya, with a number of deadly stab wounds. Her husband Emmanuel Rotich, the prime suspect, was arrested a day later as he was allegedly trying to flee the nation.
    Tirop’s achievements
    Tirop first burst onto the scene on the 2015 World Cross Country Championship, when the then 19-year-old turned the youngest to win the occasion since South African Zola Budd claimed the title in 1985.
    The Kenyan long-distance runner is a two-time bronze medallist on the World Championships (2017 and 2019) within the 10,000 metres and he or she just lately completed fourth within the 5,000m on the Tokyo Olympics. Given her age although, she was broadly anticipated to win extra main medals.
    Relationship troubles
    Tirop had reportedly been in a relationship with Rotich for over 5 years. Her mother and father didn’t approve of the marriage because the couple allegedly eloped, and in addition since Rotich was in his early 40s.
    “They saw him as someone who was not straightforward in many ways, also the age bracket was very huge and a hindrance,” Kenyan newspaper People Daily quoted a relative.

    Agnes Jebet Tirop who smashed the ladies’s 10k world file final month discovered lifeless in her home in Iten, Elgeyo Marakwet County.She had stab wounds within the stomach. pic.twitter.com/m3BtSVVnHq
    — Abst (@brianmuuo) October 13, 2021
    The relationship began deteriorating although when Tirop caught Rotich having an extramarital affair.
    “They never recovered from a fight after Tirop found him with another woman in their matrimonial home, two weeks before the Olympic trials in June,” People Daily quoted a neighbour, Joan Chemos.
    Eye on property
    According to the People Daily, not one of the neighbours knew Rotich nicely as he stored to himself. Tirop’s household, although, have accused him of taking up her property. Allegedly, every time Tirop invested in property – she was reportedly on the verge of beginning a poultry farming enterprise – Rotich ensured his title was additionally on the sale deed.
    “Manu (Rotich) was a selfish person. He had everything. He was pampered more than the family members,” Tirop’s brother Josephat Keter stated to Citizen TV. “When she came back (from Tokyo) she found out that her husband was cheating on her with other women. That was the genesis of their troubles and they parted ways. Agnes came home and informed us that she and Emmanuel had a strained relationship.”

    Eventually, there have been additionally stories of home violence.
    “She was beaten overnight on the day she landed from Tokyo. Her face was swollen,” Tirop’s sister Everlyne Chemwetich informed Kenyan newspaper Daily Nation.
    Controlling husbands
    Athletes being lured by “coaches” who turn into “spouses” and begin to management the monetary rewards earned by the runner is kind of widespread within the nation.
    Based on what Iten-based athletics coach Peter Bii asserted, it seems Tirop too had fallen for the lure.
    “We have a crop of men whose job is to identify potential athletes and befriend them. Once the female athlete starts progressing, the men who masquerade as coaches and spouses control everything,” he informed People Daily.
    “We have to empower our female athletes mentally and financially, so that they can take full responsibility of their hard-earned money. They need to be independent thinkers. Have your own bank account, control your finances and your investment and don’t transfer everything to your spouse or boyfriend.”
    Another ugly homicide
    A day earlier than Tirop’s physique was found, a neighborhood marathoner from Kirinyaga – about 110 km from Nairobi – had allegedly been killed by her boyfriend.
    News company Kenyans.co.ke reported that 27-year-old Edith Muthoni was ‘hacked in the head’ by her boyfriend of three years Kennedy Nyamu. Muthoni had allegedly been making an attempt to go looking by way of Nyamu’s cellphone on suspicion that he was dishonest on her, earlier than he attacked her.
    Muthoni was recognized to be a eager runner at native marathons and labored as a neighborhood scout for the Kenya Wildlife Service.