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A look back at India’s best exhibition in Olympics on the occasion of National Sports Day

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National Sports Day
National Sports Day

August 29th is our National Sports Day. The time has come to celebrate and think about all our previous accomplishments in all sports that we have played, but especially India’s exhibitions at Tokyo Olympics 2020.

After all, we have established many standards in large numbers of the games. Above all, why, of all days, 29th August 29th the National Sports Day? It is to l remember the birthday of Indian hockey legend Dhyan Chand.

Major Dhyan Chand started his international vocation in 1926. When on the field, he generally showed his extraordinary accomplishment in scoring the most number of goals.

Before he became the captain of the team and won three Olympic Gold medals in 1928 Amsterdam, 1932 Los Angeles, 1936 Berlin. He played till the age of 42 and retired in 1948.

He was granted Padma Bhushan, India’s third most noteworthy civilian honor in 1956. He passed away in December 1979.

Sports Day is an event for us to recall every one of those incredible stars who have added to the name and acclaim of our country. Taking motivation from such legendaries, let’s attempt to dominate in the future.

The Indian unforeseen had a heavenly mission at the Olympics. Starting from Mirabai Chanu’s silver award win to Neeraj Chopra’s noteworthy gold-winning javelin throw, the fans were blessed to receive some important minutes to esteem. India collected seven medals at Tokyo, which is the most elevated in the country’s set of experiences at the Summer Games.

India’s Olympic mission began with Mirabai Chanu’s special exhibition to give India its first medal in weightlifting in 21 years. Indians were happy after the success, as it denoted the ideal beginning of India’s mission at the Olympics.

Lovlina Borgohain was India’s only medal-winning athlete boxing at the Olympics 2021. The pugilist turned into the first medalist from the province of Assam. Her triumph in the quarters against China’s Chen ensured India its second medal at the Olympics. Her bronze medal win demonstrated that loss can be overwhelmed by sheer difficult work and commitment.

PV Sindhu is perhaps the most adored shuttler in India. Her central goal was to win gold in Tokyo. Although, she bowed out to Tai Tzu-Ying. She got an opportunity to return home with a bronze, and she was facing China’s Hi Binjao in the Bronze medal match.

The Rio silver medalist played splendidly to take a 21-13, 21-15 triumph, and with that, she turned out to be simply the subsequent Indian to have medals in two separate Olympic missions.

The Indian hockey team’s bronze medal win finished India’s 41-year hang tight for a medal in the national sport. The Men in Blue adapted to the situation as they crushed the Germans 5-4 in a nail-gnawing experience to win the bronze medal.

PR Sreejesh – the goalkeeper’s last-minute save ensured triumph, after which the entire of India praised the magnificent accomplishment. The victory gave millions of hockey India fans a feeling of fulfillment and euphoria, as they anticipated this second for quite a while.

India’s 23-year-old freestyle grappler Ravi Kumar Dahiya was a tireless warrior. The silver medalist in wrestling at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics has made a whole country proud.

India got their sixth medal at the Tokyo Olympics civility of grappler Bajrang Punia securing bronze for his country. He was relentless as the Indian grappler began his game with animosity and furthermore ensured he played guarded now and again to stay away from the rival from scoring points. He’s a driving force surely and demonstrated that India is notable for delivering quality and medal-winning wrestlers.

Neeraj Chopra made history by becoming the first Indian to win a gold medal in athletics at the Olympics. Fans in India were cheerful after the victory and anticipated the triumph.

The national anthem of India was played and the flag was lifted high over the flag of the two countries that won silver and bronze. This brought bittersweet tears of bliss and joy to a huge number of Indians who watched this incredibly special moment.

India’s visit kick-started with Mirabai Chanu’s silver in weightlifting right from the start and finished up with Neeraj Chopra’s gold in javelin throw on the penultimate day. With seven medals at Tokyo 2021 was India’s best-ever Olympic mission.

Although, the Olympics are currently behind us. As Abhinav Bindra summarizes in his tweet: “The uniqueness of an Olympic cycle becomes evident. One ends & a fresh one starts.”

The last eight months have been significant for Indian sports as it has seen various positives and victories. Nonetheless, with the cricket-insane India accepting different sports, and good times for the country’s talented competitors, there is a ton to anticipate in the near future.

Prajakta Bhawsar

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