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  • Stadium might be constructed on this district of UP within the identify of hockey participant Simranjit, who carried out brilliantly in Tokyo Olympics

    Kumar Saurabh, Pilibhit Simranjeet, a resident of a small village in Pilibhit district of Uttar Pradesh, has returned house after a very long time by bringing glory to India on the Tokyo Olympics. Simranjit was welcomed underneath a program organized within the metropolis. During this, the District Magistrate of Pilibhit mentioned that the stadium to be constructed underneath Khelo India needs to be named after Simranjit. Simranjit, a resident of Majhara village of Pilibhit, was simply 8 years previous, away from his dad and mom, Tau, who lives in Punjab. had gone house. Where Simranjeet bought hockey training at Surjit Academy and on seeing it, he climbed one place after the opposite. First within the Nehru Cup after which within the Tokyo Olympics, India’s identify was illuminated. Simranjeet, who grew to become a part of the hockey crew within the Olympics, put the crew in a robust place with two targets and a penalty nook within the match performed between India and Germany. As a end result, the hockey crew defeated Germany and captured the bronze medal. Simranjit’s Naam Banega Stadium was organized by the officers of the business commerce delegation as a part of a program organized within the non-public procession home of the district. District Magistrate Pulkit Khare additionally attended the operate. During the operate, the District Magistrate mentioned that it has been determined to call the proposed stadium after Simranjit at a price of Rs.8 crore underneath Khelo India Khelo within the district. A proposal might be despatched to the federal government relating to this. Seeing the group on the Ekana Cricket Stadium, Neeraj Chopra mentioned – It was not so nervous the day to win gold… During the convention, he mentioned that he comes from an unusual household and in keeping with the intention of the folks of the district, he has introduced laurels to India. In such a scenario, Simranjit will prepare some sports activities sources from his stage to encourage the gamers of the district, in order that like him, different gamers of the district can illuminate the identify of India by turning into an instance. .

  • No private physio for a day makes no distinction: WFI on Vinesh’s grievance

    A day after Vinesh Phogat gave her aspect of the story about what went fallacious on the Olympics, the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) has argued that not having one’s private physiotherapist for a day or two mustn’t have impacted her efficiency on the Games.
    The 26-year-old Asian Games gold medallist was the highest seed within the girls’s 53kg freestyle occasion however had sounded the alarm bells a day earlier than the inauguration of the Games since her physio was not allowed to journey together with her. But WFI assistant secretary Vinod Tomar retorted on Friday that Vinesh’s efficiency mustn’t have been affected by the absence of her common physio, Purnima Ngomdir.
    “Ek aadha din mein koi farak nahi padta ke physio na ho toh perform nahi kar sakte mat pe (a physio not being there for a day makes no difference to the performance on the mat),” he informed The Indian Express on Friday.
    “There were many physios there. It’s no such thing that your own physio will know where the problem is. XYZ, everyone can help. The federation knew that if a player can’t perform at their best, they will put an allegation that ‘my physio was not sent, my coach was not sent…’ Last year, she was given everything she asked for – sab suvidhaye diya tha.”
    In all, the seven-member contingent of 4 girls and three males grapplers was offered only one physio, Brajesh Kumar.

    छोटी बहन @Phogat_Vinesh जीवन के हर मोड़ पर उतार चढ़ाव है बस बिना रुके बिना थके आगे बढ़ते रहना है ओर किसी चीज़ से घबराने की ज़रूरत नहीं है 💪 हम Champion Vinesh Phogat को दोबारा ओर भी मज़बूती के साथ Wrestling Mat पर देखना चाहते है 💪 Paris Olympic तुम्हारा इंतज़ार कर रहा है🙌🇮🇳👍 https://t.co/APID6PpmLI
    — geeta phogat (@geeta_phogat) August 13, 2021
    Crying foul
    Phogat’s run on the Olympics ended within the quarterfinal on August 5 when she misplaced by ‘fall’ to Belarussian grappler Vanesa Kaladzinskaya. Her misery at Ngomdir not being granted Olympic accreditation was evident on July 22 itself.
    “Is it a crime to ask for one physiotherapist for four women wrestlers when there are instances of one athlete having multiple coaches/staff? Where is the balance,” she had mentioned in a submit on social media.
    In Tokyo, the Indian capturing contingent’s physio Zeinia Samar was later assigned to Phogat. But the familiarity issue between athlete and physio, particularly at a high-pressure occasion just like the Olympics, remained unfulfilled.
    “I was reducing weight. I was my own physio and I was the wrestler. I was assigned a physio from the shooting team. She did not understand my body. My sport has very specific demands,” Phogat wrote in a column for this newspaper on Friday.
    “She couldn’t assist me with what my common physio used to. Last day, when I’m decreasing weight, am I supposed to clarify issues to her on how issues are executed in wrestling, or concentrate on myself? It’s unfair on each of us…
    “I had not eaten the day before the bout. I drank some nutrition (drinks) but I felt anxious. I woke up with a feeling of vomiting but I could not. I was in pain. There was nothing in my body. Ultimately, I did vomit. On the bus ride to the stadium, I called Purnima asking her desperately what I could do.”

    Every 🏅 we have a good time and each missed alternative we totally criticize, the distinction is simply 1 purpose, 1 level or 1cm. But the hassle is all the time 110%. @Phogat_Vinesh you’re my idol and a champion by all means 💐🏅 #Wrestling https://t.co/MKEHMZJUvS by way of @IndianExpress
    — Tejaswin Shankar (TJ) (@TejaswinShankar) August 13, 2021
    Rules in play
    The International Olympic Committee (IOC) guidelines mandated a cap on help employees – 33 per cent of the athletes in every self-discipline per nation – based mostly on which Tomar defined the wrestling group was offered just one physio.
    “At a global occasion the place a group goes, the federation doesn’t ship a private physio. For an occasion just like the Olympics, we’d like accreditation. The variety of gamers who qualify, we get solely 33 % of that for help employees.
    “Vinesh wanted her physio, but it would not be possible to send every wrester’s personal physio and coach,” Tomar argued.
    “Humare jab 10 wrestler hote hai tab usme bhi ek physio se ho jata (Even when we have a team of 10 wrestlers, one physio is good enough).”
    Additionally, Tomar defined that WFI president Brijbhushan Sharan Singh pulled strings whereas in Tokyo.
    “We got approval for her coach as well. He was a Hungarian accredited coach, Woller Akos, but we wrote to the world body and they allowed us to have him there provided he’s dressed in an Indian uniform. So even that was done. But physio would have been very difficult,” he mentioned.

    An athlete wants most help throughout his/her low time. I’m actually sorry to know what my expensive good friend @Phogat_Vinesh goes by way of. I request everybody to cease criticising her, as a substitute help her as a result of she wants it now greater than ever and again her to comeback extra stronger.🙏 https://t.co/LU6ZR59hcr
    — Nikhat Zareen (@nikhat_zareen) August 13, 2021
    No finish to hassle
    Shortly after the Games, the WFI slapped a ban on Vinesh citing three prices – she didn’t prepare, or stick with the Indian group, and didn’t put on the official Indian uniform for her matches.
    The final cost stays professional. Phogat, nonetheless, defined that she stayed away from the group for the primary few days since she had not been examined frequently for Covid-19, and didn’t wish to pose a menace to the group in case she contracted the virus.
    “Since I got Covid-19 the first time (August 2020), I can’t digest protein. One year and I have had no protein in my body. It doesn’t stay inside. When I came back from Kazakhstan after the Asian Championships, I fell ill again. I tested positive for the second time, (and) a few days later, my family back home tested positive,” she wrote within the column.
    “When this stuff have occurred, why will I stick with the Indian group? They had been examined day by day for seven days. I wasn’t. What if I received it on the flight and contaminated them? I used to be, the truth is, excited about them and needed to remain away for two-three days to ensure that they weren’t in danger. What’s the large deal? After two-three days, I used to be going to affix them and even started coaching with Seema (Bisla). So, there’s no query of me not being a group participant.
    “I always invest in the team. I train with the same girls.”

    @Phogat_Vinesh I examine you affected by despair in 2019. I went by way of the identical and it was very ugly. I hope you’re taking skilled assist, becuase it’s higher preventing it with a group, identical to sports activities. If you wish to discuss it, I’m right here 4 u.. 😊😊
    — Heena SIDHU (@HeenaSidhu10) August 13, 2021

  • ‘Bruce Lee said take power from the ground… same works for javelin’

    Dr Klaus Bartonietz, a biomechanical professional, first began working with athletes in 1978 when the Socialist Party of East Germany wished science to be introduced nearer to the enjoying discipline. In his profession spanning greater than 4 a long time, the 73-year-old has educated heptathletes and javelin throwers, together with Johannes Vetter’s coach. Bartonietz tells The Indian Express what labored for Neeraj Chopra within the males’s javelin throw last on the Tokyo Olympics and the trouble that went into making an Olympic Champion.
    When you began with Neeraj in direction of the top of 2019, what did you’re employed on first?
    It was a step-by-step course of. We slowly elevated the load as much as the conventional load (Neeraj had undergone an elbow surgical procedure). The damage takes time to heal. What I noticed (as the explanation for the damage) primarily was overuse. Maybe at a younger age, doing an excessive amount of throwing and never being properly ready. The philosophy for athletes in Germany who’re on the age of 10, 11, 12 is to do sprinting, long-distance operating, swimming and even snowboarding. Some Indian athletes do the javelin throw however they by no means sprinted the 100 metres or did the lengthy bounce.
    How a lot of the main target was on arm-related workouts?
    In 2016 he grew to become the junior world document holder, which implies that he was fairly good already. He wanted some growth. He gained the Commonwealth Games and Asian Games with 88 metres (88.06 metres), and that was superior. But we needed to carry him again to that stage. We did a whole lot of arm-related workouts amongst different issues.
    See, you throw with the arm however the ankle should be sturdy and coordinated so you are able to do advanced issues. The throw is constructed up from the legs. Legs should be sturdy and the legs begin with the ankle and the toes. All little joints are concerned in build up the throwing motion from the underside.
    I like a quote from Bruce Lee (martial arts professional and actor). He stated take the facility from the bottom via your legs, the waist and into the arm. That is what you need to do. Some folks bounce out and throw. It may go within the shot put however not within the javelin. In the javelin, you should be grounded. Only then are you able to bend like a bow.
    Bruce Lee was an actor and a martial artist within the ’60s and early ’70s. (Express Archive)
    You have spoken concerning the bow and arrow by way of javelin throw?
    A javelin thrower’s physique must be the bow and he has to launch the arrow (javelin). Neeraj was quickest (within the last). The different guys had been sturdy by way of lifting weights. Neeraj can be sturdy however he was the quickest within the run-up. The physique has an elastic element and it must be stretched after which the power may be launched into the arm and the javelin. If Neeraj’s block (of the braced main leg) was higher, he might have gone over 90 metres.
    How does an athlete develop elasticity in javelin throw?
    Elasticity may be developed by good stretching workouts. So, you aren’t simply getting stronger however extra versatile. In some photos you see bodybuilders (with massive muscular tissues), however they can’t even carry their arms collectively. That doesn’t work. You must be sturdy in addition to versatile.
    To carry the elements of (throwing) collectively is the difficult factor. When you do lifts (weights), the subsequent day you can’t throw your greatest. The physique is drained after which it’s essential to stretch and get rested. It is the timing of the totally different coaching classes which matter. If you do weights as we speak, it’s essential to comply with up with core workouts, sprinting and leaping after which after one-and- a-half days, you possibly can throw.
    READ | Why a German village of 130 celebrated Neeraj’s gold
    A number of months in the past, Neeraj had posted a video of him bending like a slingshot and throwing a medication ball. Were you impressed together with his power and suppleness?
    If somebody does it, they’ll damage their again. He was bent an excessive amount of within the decrease backbone. I informed him don’t do it. You can do it, you’re versatile and robust, nevertheless it might result in damage. When you’re throwing the javelin, you aren’t entering into that place.
    Neeraj Chopra competes within the males’s javelin throw qualification occasion on the Tokyo Olympics. (PTI)
    How pleased had been you with Neeraj’s first two throws within the last at Tokyo?
    The throws had been the perfect of all rivals and so they needed to beat him now. He set the mark and put a whole lot of stress on the others. The first throw can be difficult in the case of the run-up. But he did very properly. He was on the stage at which we had educated within the weeks earlier than the Olympics in Sweden.
    Neeraj is throwing persistently at massive occasions – between 86 metres and 88 metres. How does he handle it?
    Some throwers throw 90 metres as their private greatest however in the case of the large competitions, they’ll find yourself within the 75-metres vary. That is a big hole. But within the case of Neeraj, that won’t occur. It occurs to solely athletes who’ve some downside with their approach. Neeraj will have the ability to throw additional (90 metres).
    In coaching, he has thrown over 90 metres, however with the 700g javelin. It means the javelin flies a little bit otherwise. In coaching, his depth will likely be 10 per cent lower than in competitors. But we are able to say the pace of launch is nice for 90 metres. There are some individuals who throw 90 metres in coaching, however I’d name them simply ‘training world champions’. This just isn’t what we would like. Neeraj is just 23. Some athletes may even throw the javelin on the age of 40. Neeraj has the subsequent 10 years for certain, if he stays wholesome. He can carry out into his 30s.

  • Why a German village of 130 celebrated Neeraj Chopra’s Olympic gold

    When India’s first monitor and area Olympic gold medallist Neeraj Chopra was getting mobbed on the airport, attending VVIP felicitation features and receiving a billion thank-yous; his two German coaches, in contrasting seclusion, have been following the frenzy on their smartphones and social media.
    Landing dwelling after a year-and-a-half, Dr Klaus Bartonietz, Chopra’s 73-year-old biomechanical professional, first took a prepare and later travelled by street to achieve little Oberschlettenbach, a 130-resident distant village in south-west Germany. While fixing a long-pending appointment together with his household physician, Bartonietz was amused to see clips and movies of a safety cordon round his boy who had changed into an in a single day javelin-throwing sensation.
    “What is going on in India with Neeraj? It is crazy. I know it is a historic medal for India. I got some pictures and I saw the army (paramilitary) was called to protect him,” Bartonietz advised The Indian Express from Oberschlettenbach.
    India’s head coach for javelin, Uwe Hohn, too was settling in Rheinsberg, catching up with family and friends and likewise preserving one eye on India. Hohn is regularly realising what the javelin gold medal meant for a rustic starved of Olympic success. In a city with a inhabitants of lower than 8,000, he has referred to as on his mom and sister to speak about Tokyo, India, and the gold.
    Uwe Hohn educated Neeraj Chopra when he gained gold on the 2018 Asian Games and the Commonwealth Games.
    Hohn has been on social media to observe India’s emotional reception to its latest Olympic star. “Yes, sure, Facebook is full of it,” Hohn says from Rheinsberg. “At the moment it is a good time to celebrate Neeraj and his success. Neeraj deserves all these honours. I hope it will have an influence on all athletes in India and not just javelin throwers. I came to India knowing that the biggest talent in the world has no coach. I got Klaus to India. Klaus did a good job. In the past few months the technique improved to the level we liked to see,” says the person who hand-held Chopra when he grew to become a high-80 metre javelin thrower and was his coach when he gained the Asian Games and Commonwealth Games gold medals.
    Far away from the din, Bartonietz, a coach for the reason that late Seventies, and Hohn, the one-time East German star and the one one to throw over 100 metres, are having fun with a break after a job effectively performed.
    In Oberschlettenbach, well-known for its climbing trails inside a forest which was as soon as a searching floor for royals, Bartonietz has grow to be a minor celeb. He has been receiving congratulatory telephone calls. Neighbours watched the boys’s javelin throw last on the Tokyo Olympics on tv and have been wanting to understand how an Indian with film-star seems stored his cool and stayed focussed on the most important stage. The most well-known throw in Indian monitor and area historical past, 87.58 metres, has grow to be a speaking level in Oberschlettenbach.
    Flooded with telephone calls
    “Earlier there were no phone calls. Some of my neighbours watched him and they were impressed with how he turned (towards the coaching staff) and raised his hand (after the second throw) and was so confident that the javelin will go long,” Bartonietz says.
    In a nation which boasts of the best javelin thrower of their very own on this period in Johannes Vetter, the person who helped fine-tune Chopra’s method is getting recognition. “They are ordinary people and not sports people who are asking about Neeraj. Coaches I know, athletes all called too. They saw us on TV, it is funny how things change.”
    Neeraj Chopra with Dr Klaus Bartonietz, the biomechanical professional who helped him win Olympic gold.
    Bartonietz has been a part of the German athletics ecosystem for some time. His one-time scholar Boris Obergfoll was Vetter’s coach at Tokyo 2020. “The funny thing is his coach was my former athlete. They did very well all the time (till the Olympics),” he says.
    The coach additionally compares the money awards given to the Olympic medalists in India and Germany. “Yesterday a friend told me that in Germany a gold medal winner will get 20,000 euros (about Rs 17 lakhs). The support Neeraj has got from the government and sponsors has been very important. Also it is not only me. When he broke the junior world record there was coach Gary Calvert, and then Uwe (Hohn) coached him when he won the Commonwealth Games and Asian Games. Also there are people we don’t know. The first teacher in school or the coach who first asked him to throw. He or she must be feeling very proud now.”
    By the top of September, Bartonietz is scheduled to return to India. Hohn too is aware of he wouldn’t get a lot time to be at dwelling. “Soon it will also be time to look forward to an interesting 2022 with World Championships, Commonwealth Games and Asian Games,” he says.
    But earlier than taking the flight to India, Bartonietz could be hitting the climbing trails across the village. “It is actually the biggest forest area in Germany. There are some villages in between. This area has a very rich history. The climate is very nice so it is good for wine growing too.”
    That is after he has visited his physician. “Your body is like your car, you have to check it before you go for a long ride.”
    The one that may take Chopra past the Olympic gold.

  • PETA urges IOC president to take away equestrian occasions from Olympic Games

    PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) known as on the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Friday to remove equestrian occasions from future Olympics citing cruelty to horses in the course of the latest Tokyo Summer Games.
    In an incident that went viral on social media, Germany’s Annika Schleu was filmed whipping her horse Saint Boy after he refused to leap in the course of the fashionable pentathlon competitors.
    German coach and coach Kim Raisner was additionally proven hitting the horse.
    The Modern Pentathlon federation (UIPM) rapidly disqualified Raisner from involvement within the males’s occasion for her actions.
    “The world was shocked when a visibly upset German pentathlon competitor, Annika Schleu, was filmed spurring and whipping the horse Saint Boy after he refused to enter the course,” mentioned PETA in a letter to IOC president Thomas Bach.
    “Schleu’s trainer, Kim Raisner, was then shown hitting the horse. Raisner was rightfully expelled from the Olympics, but fines and suspensions aren’t enough to protect other horses from trainers who might commit similar offenses.”
    The IOC couldn’t instantly be reached for remark.
    PETA additionally famous two incidents within the equestrian eventing competitors.
    In one Jet Set, a horse ridden by a Swiss competitor Robin Godel, was injured so badly throughout a cross-country occasion that he needed to be euthanized whereas the one other noticed Irish rider Cian O’Connor pressure his mount Kilkenny to complete the course regardless of blood pouring from his nostrils.
    “The Olympic Games showcase human athletes, not the ability to terrify and injure horses who don’t choose to compete yet are doing all the work, sometimes at the cost of their very lives,” says PETA President Ingrid Newkirk.
    “Just as the games have evolved to include modern sports like skateboarding, PETA is calling on the International Olympic Committee to relegate abusive equestrian events to the history books.”

  • ‘Stay strong, bounce back’: Vinesh Phogat receives assist from sports activities fraternity

    In a column for The Indian Express, she make clear the emotional toil she suffered earlier this month. “I have not recovered mentally. I slept once since I reached home. I slept for two hours on the flight and sometimes in the Village. There, I would walk alone and drink coffee. I was alone,” she wrote.
    “I never said make me a contender for gold. I am wrestling for myself and I was the first to feel awful after losing, but let me do it,” she added additional.
    On Tuesday, the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) suspended the 26-year-old for indiscipline on three counts throughout the Tokyo Games. As per the federation, she threw tantrums after reaching Tokyo from Hungary.
    According to WFI president Brij Bhushan Singh, Vinesh not solely refused to remain close to her Indian teammates however she additionally didn’t practice with them throughout the competitors. She additionally selected to put on the identify of a personal sponsor on her singlet as an alternative of the Indian contingent official sponsor, forcing the WFI to droop her.

    छोटी बहन @Phogat_Vinesh जीवन के हर मोड़ पर उतार चढ़ाव है बस बिना रुके बिना थके आगे बढ़ते रहना है ओर किसी चीज़ से घबराने की ज़रूरत नहीं है 💪 हम Champion Vinesh Phogat को दोबारा ओर भी मज़बूती के साथ Wrestling Mat पर देखना चाहते है 💪 Paris Olympic तुम्हारा इंतज़ार कर रहा है🙌🇮🇳👍 https://t.co/APID6PpmLI
    — geeta phogat (@geeta_phogat) August 13, 2021

    Every 🏅 we have a good time and each missed alternative we completely criticize, the distinction is simply 1 purpose, 1 level or 1cm. But the hassle is all the time 110%. @Phogat_Vinesh you might be my idol and a champion by all means 💐🏅 #Wrestling https://t.co/MKEHMZJUvS by way of @IndianExpress
    — Tejaswin Shankar (TJ) (@TejaswinShankar) August 13, 2021

    An athlete wants most assist throughout his/her low time. I’m actually sorry to know what my expensive good friend @Phogat_Vinesh goes by means of. I request everybody to cease criticising her, as an alternative assist her as a result of she wants it now greater than ever and again her to comeback extra stronger.🙏 https://t.co/LU6ZR59hcr
    — Nikhat Zareen (@nikhat_zareen) August 13, 2021

    @Phogat_Vinesh I examine you affected by melancholy in 2019. I went by means of the identical and it was very ugly. I hope you’re taking skilled assist, becuase it’s higher preventing it with a crew, identical to sports activities. If you need to discuss it, I’m right here 4 u.. 😊😊
    — Heena SIDHU (@HeenaSidhu10) August 13, 2021

    Heartbreaking if you learn this. Wishing Vinesh Phogat a number of power on this troublesome time. Hope she takes a while off and feels higher actual quickly. https://t.co/FqhOpPMswC
    — Darren Caldeira (@darrencaldeira) August 13, 2021

    Keep your head up Vinnie Ji! You will bounce again like you’ve performed earlier than! @Phogat_Vinesh https://t.co/8zJqumO8KX
    — Wayne Lombard (@waynelombard) August 13, 2021

    Take your time @Phogat_Vinesh. You are a champion in all our eyes! Stay robust and get properly quickly. https://t.co/i6u58K31P7
    — Mustafa Ghouse (@MustafaGhouse) August 13, 2021
    Vinesh has time until August 16 to reply to WFI.

  • Fan Moment! Olympic Silver Medalist Mirabai Chanu’s Dream Comes True After Meeting Salman Khan

    Mumbai: Bollywood actor Salman Khan shocked followers on Wednesday by sharing an image with Indian weightlifter Mirabai Chanu, who secured the silver medal on the Tokyo Olympics 2020 within the 49 kg class. She lifted 202kg (87kg+115kg) in complete. Salman shared the photograph on his Instagram deal with, wherein he gave Mirabai a hug and within the caption congratulated her on her win on the just lately held Olympics. Congratulating Mirabai Chanu, the Sultan actor wrote, “Happy for u silver medalist @mirabai_chanu .. lovely meeting with u … best wishes always!”Also Read – ‘Where Are The Asians?’ Mattel Slammed For Failing to Include Asian Dolls in Tokyo Olympics The photograph has gone viral on social media. Mirabai too shared the photograph and revealed that she is a giant fan of Salman Khan and her dream has come true to satisfy him. She wrote, “Thank you so much, @BeingSalmanKhan sir. I am a big fan of you and it was like a dream come true for me.” Earlier in an interview, Mirabai had confessed that she was a fan of Salman Khan. Also Read – Neeraj Chopra’s Diet: From Favourite Street Food to Cheat Meal, Everything That’s ‘Best For Athletes’ In the pic, Salman Khan wore a black T-shirt and ivory stole round his neck. Mirabai wore a pink shirt and smiled on the digicam. Also Read – Give Your 100 Per cent Even if You Know You Are Not Favorite : Neeraj Chopra After Winning Olympic Gold Take a have a look at the priceless photograph right here:Earlier, actor Anushka Sharma had additionally expressed her admiration for Mirabai, sharing an image of earrings that she wore to the match. Anil Kapoor wrote in a tweet, “Congratulations @mirabai_chanu !! This is incredible!! #TeamIndia #Cheer4India.”

    Abhishek Bachchan additionally tweeted, “Congratulations @mirabai_chanu on bringing India a silver medal in weightlifting and giving us a strong start!” Salman can be subsequent seen in Kick 2 alongside Jacqueline Fernandez. He additionally has ‘Tiger 3’ with Katrina Kaif and a particular look in Shah Rukh Khan-starrer Pathan. He may also be seen in ‘Antim’ which co-stars his brother-in-law Aayush Sharma. On the work entrance, Salman Khan was final seen within the movie Radhe: Your Most Wanted Bhai. He may also star in Antim: The Final Truth, alongside his brother-in-law and actor Aayush Sharma.

  • Odisha CM felicitates hockey gamers from state for stellar Olympic present, broadcasts money awards

    By Express News Service

    BHUBANESWAR: The state authorities on Wednesday felicitated all of the 4 hockey gamers from Odisha for his or her stellar efficiency within the Tokyo Olympics. At a particular perform on the Kalinga Stadium right here, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik handed over money awards of Rs 2.5 crore and provide letters for appointment as Deputy Superintendent of Police to Birendra Lakra and Amit Rohidas who have been a part of the lads’s hockey crew that bagged a bronze medal within the Olympics.

    Besides, the Chief Minister additionally handed over money awards of Rs 50 lakh every to Deep Grace Ekka and Namita Toppo who have been a part of the ladies’s hockey crew on the Olympics. He appreciated the courageous struggle of the ladies’s crew in reaching the semi-finals and creating historical past in Indian hockey.

    Praising the efficiency of the gamers within the Olympics which introduced glory to the state in addition to to the complete nation, the Chief Minister urged them to proceed to deliver laurels for the nation in future. He additionally assured the gamers of full help from the state authorities in future.

    The gamers expressed their gratitude to the Chief Minister for supporting Indian hockey resulting in fantastic ends in the Olympics. The gamers have been completely happy because the state authorities has fulfilled its dedication of money rewards and jobs on their arrival.

    Birendra Lakra, the vice-captain of the lads’s crew, and Deep Grace Ekka, the vice-captain of the ladies’s crew, introduced crew jerseys with signatures of all of the crew members to the Chief Minister on the event.

    Minister for Sports and Youth Services Tusharkanti Behera, Chairman, Odisha Hockey Promotion Council, Dilip Tirkey, secretary 5-T VK Pandian and secretary Sports R Veenil Krishna have been additionally current.

  • Tokyo 2020: if there was a gold for being loudest throughout Olympics, India would have gotten it

    At the recently-concluded Tokyo Games 2020, India has put forth its finest marketing campaign not simply on the observe, however on-line too. It has emerged because the loudest nation to have interaction concerning the Games on Facebook and Instagram, says a developments report.
    According to information from Facebook and Instagram, India has overtaken the United States and Brazil in Olympic-related conversations on the 2 web sites, with Facebook registering the best engagement concerning the Games globally on August 7, the day Neeraj Chopra gained gold for India in males’s javelin throw. Chopra has additionally emerged because the second most-mentioned athlete on the platform, behind US gymnast Simone Biles who had a tumultuous run at this yr’s Games.
    Neeraj Chopra was the 2nd most-mentioned athlete. (Facebook information)
    Chopra’s efficiency additionally catapulted him to the highest of the Instagram crowd, incomes him a whopping 2.8 million followers over the course of the Games. He can also be the most-mentioned athlete on the photo-sharing platform globally.
    Chopra, whose posts by way of the verified Instagram deal with @neeraj____chopra, typically shares behind-the-scenes photographs of his match preparations, clips from earlier performances and occasional fan artwork.

    Bronze medal-winning shuttler P.V. Sindhu and boxer MC Mary Kom are amongst different Indian athletes who had been most adopted on Instagram between July 23 and August 8.
    Other breakout stars on Instagram embody Rayssa Leal, the 13-year-old Olympic silver medalist, whose video documenting her journey as a Brazilian skateboarder, titled ‘There is no future without a past’, raked up over 11 million views. She gained over 5.8 million followers on the platform and topped the checklist of athletes who drove essentially the most interactions on Instagram through the Games globally.

  • Japan PM Suga’s help slides to file low as Olympic Games shut – survey

    Support for Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga slid beneath 30% for the primary time since he took workplace, a survey confirmed on Monday, an indication the Tokyo Olympic Games failed to spice up his scores amid a resurgence of coronavirus infections.
    Roughly a 3rd disapproved of holding the Games which closed on Sunday and 60% stated they didn’t need Suga to remain on as premier, in accordance with the ballot carried out by Asahi newspaper, darkening his ruling get together’s prospects typically elections to be held later this 12 months.

    In the ballot carried out over the weekend, Suga’s help slid to twenty-eight%, the bottom since he turned prime minister in September final 12 months. Of these polled, 56% of those that replied stated it was good to carry the Tokyo Games, whereas 32% thought it was a foul concept.
    Japan’s sluggish vaccination rollouts have harm Suga’s reputation and a spike in new infections, attributable to the fast unfold of the Delta variant, has overshadowed the Olympic Games with circumstances hitting a milestone of 1 million on Friday. Suga and Olympics organisers have stated there was no hyperlink.