Tag: olympic medallist

  • Nobody is hard, everyone is beatable: P V Sindhu

    Double Olympic medallist P V Sindhu says she will be able to’t choose her hardest opponent within the worldwide circuit as all are of the identical normal and one needs to be all the time alert regardless of the world rating of the participant.

    “I feel nobody is tough and at the same time, anybody is beatable,” she mentioned throughout an interplay on the ongoing Goa Fest 2022 on Friday. “Right now everyone is of identical requirements, you possibly can’t assume {that a} larger rating participant might be onerous or not beatable and on the identical time when you find yourself taking part in with the low rating participant, you possibly can’t count on that it’s going to be a simple win.

    “So you have to give your hundred percent, no matter what. I can’t say that one person is toughest opponent and she is unbeatable, everybody is beatable.” Recalling the instances when every part was shut as a consequence of COVID-19 forward of Olympics, Sindhu mentioned that these have been “a bit of hard times”.

    “Because of the pandemic it had to get postponed. It was just couple of months away. It was a bit sad. We were waiting for this for four years,” she mentioned. Sindhu mentioned that even after going to the Olympics it was onerous as a result of gamers have been being examined every single day.

    “Imagine you have come to semi final and you are tested positive. That would have been worst,” she mentioned.
    “Thankfully, everything went well and I came back with a bronze.” Sindhu mentioned the break throughout the pandemic gave her ample time to work on her expertise.

    “I would say it has helped me because I had much more time to learn lot of skill and improve my game. I think, that really helped me in Tokyo,” she signed off.

  • Former Olympic swimming champion a part of U.S. Capitol siege

    American Klete Keller, who received two Olympic gold medals as a relay teammate of Michael Phelps, was recognized as being among the many Donald Trump supporters who stormed the U.S. Capitol final week, in response to a number of reviews.
    Swimming information web site SwimSwam stated in a report that at the least a dozen individuals inside the sport recognized the towering man carrying a U.S. Olympic staff jacket contained in the constructing as Keller after reviewing video and screenshots of the riot.

    At 15 seconds in:See Olympic Gold Medalist Swimmer Klete Keller carrying his Red Patch USA Swim Jacket and combating police. https://t.co/Fsc4iFokpu
    — Trump Coup+ 400K Dead, 22mil Cases, 40mil Unemploy (@abutler04) January 12, 2021
    USA Swimming didn’t reply when requested whether or not they might verify if Keller was a part of the gang that entered the legislative advanced as lawmakers started certifying Democrat Joe Biden’s Nov. 3 election victory over Trump.
    Attempts to achieve Keller had been unsuccessful.
    A girl who answered the cellphone for the Colorado and Ohio-based actual property company the place Keller works informed Reuters, “we are not commenting on anything right now” after which hung up.
    In one of many movies, which was taken by a reporter from conservative information outlet Townhall, a person recognized as Keller is seen among the many crowd that cops try to push towards the U.S. Capitol exits.
    Keller is a five-times Olympic medalist who held off Australian nice Ian Thorpe on the anchor leg of the 4x200m freestyle relay on the 2004 Athens Games to win gold for the United States.
    Swimming World additionally stated it confirmed with sources that Keller was seen on the U.S. Capitol and added that the movies don’t present any violence on the a part of the 38-year-old.
    According to the New York Times, Keller has deleted his social media accounts, a number of of which the publication stated had included a stream of pro-Trump messaging lately.
    Trump exhorted 1000’s of supporters to march on the Capitol final Wednesday, prompting chaos by which crowds breached the constructing and compelled the evacuation of each the U.S. Senate and the House of Representatives.
    Five individuals, together with a police officer, died on account of the rampage.