Tag: Tokyo Olympics

The Commissionerate Police on Friday (September 3) detained a web channel editor against whom Olympian Dutee Chand has filed a defamation and harassment complaint at the Mahila police station. Sudhanshu Rout, the editor of the concerned web channel was picked up from his office in Jharpara, Bhubaneswar this afternoon.

Ace sprinter and Olympian Dutee Chand sued a web-journalist and an RTI activist to the tunes of Rs 5 Cr for causing her mental stress resulting in underperformance at the Tokyo Olympics 2020

Ever since his golden throw at the Tokyo Olympics, Spear Man Neeraj Chopra has become a national sensation and heartthrob among all youths, especially girls. But many of them hardly took any time to switch their crush from the Olympics star to actor Sidharth Malhotra after release of ‘Shershaah’.

Neeraj was welcomed by Chaitra, coach Naik's wife by performing aarti (Hindu ritual to welcome winners by warding off evil spirits). Neeraj spent quality time chatting with Naik's sons Daksh and Laksh, who also sport Neeraj's style. He also played with the family's pet dog Rocky.

The Indian men's & women's hockey teams arrived in Bhubaneswar on Tuesday where they received a grand welcome from the fans as well as the minister of sports and Secretary of sports

In his 88-minute address, the Prime Minister made a pointed reference to the way the Olympics have impacted thinking within the country.

In Tokyo, India recorded its best-ever medal haul at the Olympics by bagging a total of seven medals - one Gold, two Silver and four Bronze.

While it's a known fact that the medals for the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympic Games have been minted from metals extracted from discarded mobile phones and laptops, few would know that the podiums were created using 24.5 tonnes of recycled household plastic waste.

The AFI has decided to celebrate August 7 each year as "National Javelin Throw Day" and all states and union territories will hold events to mark the occasion.

The target now for Chopra is to cross the 90-metre mark to cement his place as the dominant force in Javelin throw over the next few years.

Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik also felicitated all the four players at a special ceremony in Kalinga Stadium today.

Odisha Hockey Promotion Council Chairman Dilip Tirkey, Abhijit Paul of Odisha Olympic Association, several other officials and members of the public were also there to welcome the players who scripted history.

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) had earlier been the biggest opponents of cricket's inclusion in Olympics.

India surpassed their previous best haul of six medals achieved in the 2012 London Games with one gold, two silver and four bronze medals in Tokyo.

The plan is to come to India, eat home-cooked food, celebrate with my people and then get the training started.