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Sudha Singh: Her chances are far better to bring medal for India.
Sudha Singh, 30 year old Athlete who represents India in Women's
3000m steeplechase event. She is from Rae Bareli, Uttar Pradesh and has been a
regular feature in the 3,000m steeplechase and women's marathon for India. She
came in at 19:31:86, at the 20th Federation Cup Senior Athletics
Championship and thus managed to qualify for Rio Olympics 2016.
She is JSW candidate and coached by the legendary trainer
Nikolai Snearev, whose iron fist has clearly worked as athlete continue to
improve with each competitive event.
"Coach Nikolai was keen that we run only the marathon.
But I felt I had a better chance in the track event. It took a while to
convince the coach that I would be better suited for the steeplechase than the
marathon,” Sudha told The Indian Express.
PT Usha talks about India’s chance to win any medal in the
women's 3000m steeplechase. "In athletics, we cannot say who will win a
medal. Participation itself is good. Tintu Luka, Lalita Babar and Sudha Singh,
stand a good chance of qualifying for finals, only thing they have to do is
better their performance," she told PTI in Bengaluru.
As we look at her past Olympics performance ended in
disappointment as she came 21st in London Olympics 2012 in the women's 3000m
steeplechase.
Past record (recent
best performances):
-Gold medal in 3,000m steeplechase at 2010 Asian Games
Guangzhou, China
- Gold medal in 3,000m steeplechase at 2013 Asian
Championships Pune
- Silver medal in 3,000m steeplechase at 2011 Asian
Championships Kobe, Japan
- Silver medal in 3,000m steeplechase at 2009 Asian
Championships Guangzhou, China
Despite holding the national record with a time of 9:26:55,
it is highly unlikely that Sudha can go on to win a medal at the Rio Games. A
great race might boost her position further up the field and we hope that she
brings a medal for India.
Friday 29 July 2016
Saina Nehwal : India’s hope for gold in Rio Olympics
Saina is undoubtedly one of the best badminton players, not
just in India but also in the world for the past few years. She has a good
chance of becoming India's first female individual Olympic gold medalist, if
she can perform to her full potential and maintain her fitness
Past Olympic
performance
- Reached the quarter-finals at the 2008 Beijing Games, but
lost to Indonesia's Maria Kristin Yulianti
- Won the bronze medal at the 2010 London Games
The former world number one and current fifth ranked player Saina,
heads to Rio with the aim of changing the colour of her medal. In London
Olympics 2012, she reached the semi-finals, but lost to China’s Wang Yihan. Why
India has a genuine expectation of gold from her. After London Olympics, she
has her game improved and also become a more attacking and versatile player.
When she topped the women's singles rankings in April 2015,
becoming the first Indian to do so. And even though losses and injuries halted
her reign, she is still in the top five. She fought her way back to fitness
after an Achilles injury last year and went on to win the Australian Open Super
Series in June this year before Rio Olympics and that give her a much needed
boost.
Past record (best
performances in singles):
-Bronze medal at the 2012 Olympics in London
- Gold medal at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi
- Silver medal at the 2015 World Championships in Jakara
- Bronze medal at the 2016 Asian Championships in Wuhan
- Bronze medal at the 2010 Asian Championships in Delhi
- Won Indonasia Open in 2009, 2010, 2012
- Won Singapore Open in 2010
- Won Hong Kong Open in 2011
- Won Swiss Open Grand Prix Gold Winner in 2011, 2012
- Won India Grand Prix Gold in 2010
She carries a huge burden of expectations and will be
closely followed by a nation believes that she will bring back a medal. We hope
she handles this pressure and become the first gold medal for India in
badminton women's singles.
Monday 25 July 2016
Lalita Babar's versatility leads India for steeplechase.
Lalita Babar made her way in India’s #Olympic contingent by
qualifying for, the 42.195 km marathon event and the 3,000m steeplechase
competitions, but decided to participate in only steeplechase in #Rio.
Lalita is hard at work to give her best at Rio. She trains
for 7-8 hours every day. She has to sustain a joint family depend on farming
for income. She loved running so much that she ran barefoot on village roads
for 4 kilometers from her school. She started out her career as a long distance
runner. But now she has decided to focus her energies more on the steeplechase
event, a challenging race in which runners have to clear hurdles and water
jumps.
Take a look at her past performances:
- Lalita Babar smashed her own national record to win the gold at the Delhi Federation Cup National Athletics Championships in April 2016
- She won gold in the 2015 Asian Athletics Championships in the 3,000m steeplechase event.
- She won the bronze medal at the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea on her senior international debut.
She also received the Sportsperson of the Year Award in
2015. he intends to do the best she can and earn a medal while doing what she
loves the most.
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