Viren Rasquinha
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Former Captain of the Indian Hockey Team | Olympian (Athens 2004) | Arjuna Awardee | MD & CEO, @OGQ_india
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Extremely disappointed with mainstream media & top Indian newspapers on lack of Hockey coverage. Hockey World Cup starts tomorrow. India is hosting it. Been barely any articles even on our own players. We have brilliant hockey journalists. Give them some space please!!!
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Highest ever medal tally for India at the Olympics.
First ever medal in Athletics and that to Gold.
Medal for Indian Men’s hockey team after 41 years.
Best ever Olympics for 🇮🇳
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When I played the Olympics at Athens 2004, India had 1 player in the mens badminton draw who lost very early. Today we are Thomas Cup Champions in 2022. What depth in Indian badminton. What a transformation. Winning mentality 👌🇮🇳🏸
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Random folks are hugging me in the hotel today including the housekeeping staff and the cooks. Luckily everyone is in the bubble n regularly tested. Everyone is in tears. Wonder what happened this morning?? 🧐🥲🏑🇮🇳
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Greatest moment for Indian Hockey since the 1980 Gold medal at the Moscow Olympics. I am just so proud of the team. Congrats boys. I have tears of joy in my eyes. Thank you for what you guys are doing at Tokyo 🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳
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2 Olympic medals, the only Badminton World Champion from India, totally 5 World Championship medals.
@Pvsindhu1
is arguably India’s greatest ever athlete in individual sports 🇮🇳
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India beat Australia 1-0 to reach semis in the women’s hockey at Tokyo. This might be the biggest upset in history at this stage of the tournament. So proud of our ladies!! 🇮🇳🏑
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Been supporting this boy since he was 10 years old. So proud that at the age of 22, he has now become the first Indian Men’s Badminton player to reach the Semi finals of the Olympics. Keep going
@lakshya_sen
@ppbaindia
@OGQ_India
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Congrats to the 🇮🇳 Women’s 🏑 team as they beat 🇯🇵 4-0 in the final to win the Asian Champions Trophy at Ranchi.
7 matches,7 convincing wins.
After the disappointment of missing out on the Asian Games🥇this will give the team huge confidence for the Olympic Qualifiers in 2024
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Keeping the little one busy with a home obstacle course 🏀🏹🚴🏾♀️
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17th Aug 2023 -ACL Surgery
25th Aug 2023 -Vinesh 29th Birthday. We made a promise to get her in best shape for Paris
6th Aug 2024-Vinesh becomes the first Indian female wrestler to reach the final of the Olympics
I know she is only aiming for🥇
Stuff of dreams 🇮🇳
@OGQ_India
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Very nervous & excited for Indian hockey’s most important match in 41 years. Not reached an Olympic SF since 1980. High time we changed that stat in the QF vs GBR tonight. Would love to see the entire nation watching & supporting our hockey team. Give it everything you have boys!
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My heart goes out to the Indian women’s hockey team who fought like bravehearts against Australia. No shame in losing in penalties to the Aussies. Our ladies gave everything on the pitch. As fans, we cannot expect more. Really proud of the this team. 🇮🇳🏑❤️
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Wowwww!!! Congratulations Parul Chaudhary!!! Gold in the women’s 5000m. After Silver in the 3000m Steeplechase yesterday. What a stunning finish in the final 25m coming from way behind to beat the Japanese. NEVER GIVE UP!! 🇮🇳
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With the superstar
@Pvsindhu1
. Been supporting her since she was 14. Tears in my eyes today
@OGQ_India
#Rio2016
#IND
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18 years for the Indian team
335 matches
2 Olympic medals
Countless saves
Countless moments of joy for hockey fans all across 🇮🇳
This is what it means to
@16Sreejesh
and the Indian Hockey players.
So proud to be a hockey player
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Yessssss!!! 2nd medal for Indian Men’s Hockey in consecutive Olympics. Such a huge boost for Hockey in India.
My Goddd!! That was heart stopping at the end. Similar to India vs Germany 🥉match at Tokyo.
Hope this inspires a million kids to play hockey. I ❤️ hockey 🇮🇳
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India’s 50 kgs Wrestler Pooja Gehlot went into her🥉medal match
#AsianGames
vs her Uzbeki opponent like this - bad eye injury from the previous bout. Wrestlers are built of something different altogether.
Pooja lost the bout unfortunately but incredible COURAGE nevertheless
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This was one of the best attacking hockey matches I have ever seen.
The Indian hockey players are brave hearts. They gave it everything. They are heroes. I hope the entire nation is proud of the way they fought & never gave up.
They have to get ready for the 🥉match vs Spain
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On Court - At the Age of just 26 - 2 Olympic medals, 5 World Championship medals including the only Indian Badminton player to win Gold = Legend
Off the Court - Real, honest, humble, heart of gold = Even Bigger Legend
Please always stay the same
@Pvsindhu1
❤️
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Woller Akos is a brilliant technical coach.
@Phogat_Vinesh
respects him so much.
@OGQ_India
brought him down to India about 5 years ago. Appreciate his sacrifice. Has 2 young kids. Wife is a 2 time Olympic wrestler. Thank you
@Sports_PDCSE
for your support
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Yes, Yes, Yes!!! Satwik and Chirag you beauties….Saved 4 match points and won. This Indian Mens Badminton team is made of something else. What a brilliant win 👏👏👏👏🇮🇳🏸
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I am sorry but the video umpire was so bad today. The penalty stroke that she gave was clearly going wide when it hit the shin pads of Jarmanpreet.
@FIH_Hockey
needs to get their act in order big time
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I just received a message from someone saying
His son wants to play hockey like Harmanpreet Singh
His daughter wants to play Wrestling like Vinesh Phogat.
Our Indian Hockey Team and Vinesh - true heroes of the nation. These should be the real role models for our kids 🇮🇳❤️
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Lakshya Sen also a Mentality Monster 👏👏👏 Losing the first game 8-21 and losing 12 points in a row and yet finding the courage to come back and beat Olympic bronze medallist Anthony Ginting. Come on 🇮🇳
@lakshya_sen
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With 10 men for 45 minutes. Our defence was God level!!!
Sreejesh is God!!!! 🇮🇳🇮🇳🏑🏑
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India will open its Hockey World Cup campaign tomorrow vs Spain at the state of the art Birsa Munda Stadium Stadium in Rourkela. One of the Indian players, Nilam Xess, grew up in a village nearby without electricity till 2017. Dreams do come true.
@mihirsv
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Thomas Cup Champions 2022 - INDIA. Created history. First time ever. One of the most momentous day in Indian sport.
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My personal statement on Vinesh Phogat’s disqualification:
Vinesh and the entire team that worked with her are devastated with the disqualification from the Paris Olympics. I have tried to answer some questions that have been asked to me since yesterday morning.
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I have done a few Indian camps in Rourkela in early 2000s. Folks there love 🏑. Sundergarh has produced top players like Dilip Tirkey, Lazarus Barla, Ignace & Prabodh Tirkey, Jyoti Kullu, Deep Grace. Its gonna be madness at the magnificent Birsa Munda stadium tomorrow vs Spain
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My history is admittedly terrible but I cannot remember the last time the Indian Men’s Hockey Team has beaten Australia at an Olympics or the World Cup in like 40-50 years. What a win!!! Congrats boys. Heart stopping at the end.
Ind 3-2 Aus
#Olympics
#Paris2024
#Hockey
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A decade back when we started supporting a tiny
@lakshya_sen
, & shifted him to PPBA Bangalore, Prakash Padukone sir told me that one day this boy will conquer the world. I laughed. But he obviously wasn’t joking.
@OGQ_India
@ppbaindia
@Sports_PDCSE
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Losing the first game 8-21. Losing 12 points in a row. Down 7-11 in the final game. Up against the World No. 5 and Olympic bronze medallist. 99.9% of players would have given up. Thats why
@lakshya_sen
is in that 0.1% category where giving up is NOT an option
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The 2 ladies who have made India 🇮🇳 proud. Thank u
@Pvsindhu1
and
@NSaina
. Proud to support u both
@OGQ_India
👏👏🏸🏸🏅🏅
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21 years 0 month 24 days - Aman Sehrawat is the youngest ever individual Olympic medal winner for India at the Olympics.
#olympics
#Paris2024
#wrestling
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Yessss!!! Come onnnn!! Super 2-0 win for India against a very talented and strong Spain team at the amazing Birsa Munda Stadium in Rourkela . Too much pressure in the end. Yellow card never helps. Well done Amit Rohidas & Hardik to score. Great start India.
#HWC2023
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I have never played more than gully cricket but I am pretty shocked to see some players in the
#IPL2020
looking so unfit. I can’t think of another physical sport where players at the highest level could cope with these fitness levels.
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The performance of the Indian women’s hockey team has been one of the best stories of the Tokyo
#Olympics
They played as a team and gave it their all. Cannot ask for any more. Thank you for giving us fans so many wonderful memories 🙏🇮🇳🏑
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The fact is we were a shadow of the team that we were at the Tokyo Olympics 💔
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India beats Indonesia 16-0 and qualifies for the Super 4s
#AsiaCupHockey2022
. This means that Japan, S. Korea & Malaysia qualify for the FIH World Cup 2023. India qualify as hosts. Pakistan OUT of the 2023 Hockey World Cup
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So unlucky for
@MangteC
She won round 2 and round 3 and yet lost the bout. Just heartbroken 😢
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CHAMPIONS!! Indian Women’s Team winning the Badminton Asia Team Cship - would have never dreamt of this day. What a performance by our ladies!!! Sindhu, Treesa/Gayatri, Anmol have been fabulous during the entire week. This win is on par with the Thomas Cup that the men won 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
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I know it hurts for
@lakshya_sen
. When you have a world class player like Axelsen on the ropes and you dont finish him off, he will come back and get you.
But Lakshya must forget this match and recover now for the bronze medal tomorrow.
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Yessss!!! Congratulations to the Indian Men’s Hockey Team. What a fabulous 5-1 win over Japan to win the GOLD medal at the Asian Games and automatically qualify for the Paris 2024 Olympics. So proud of the boys. Truly a 5 star performance. Enjoyed calling this one ❤️🇮🇳🏑
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Just thinking - all schools across the country should make it compulsory for kids to watch the
#Olympics
#Paris2024
for atleast 1 hour daily during school hours wherever TV/screen/internet facilities are available. The kids will learn a lot plus be inspired. Win-win for all.
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India can't just have bollywood stars as role models. We need many more like
@Pvsindhu1
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@NSaina
&
@MangteC
. Parents - send ur kids to play
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Unbelievable f**%# fight by our team. Played like LIONS!!! Defended with their lives. That is want we want to see.
Come onnn!! We can win this in penalty shoot out 🇮🇳🏑
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I have no analysis and no explanation. Sometimes miracles do happen.
Im really happy about the result. Im absolutely thrilled that our boys had so much self belief. So much fire.
This is what Indian Hockey fans want to see - an Indian Hockey team that NEVER GIVES UP 🇮🇳🏑
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In the 30 year history of China Open only 3 non Chinese have won it. 2 of them are
@NSaina
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@Pvsindhu1
. Proud to support both
@OGQ_India
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Neeraj - 1st ever Indian to win a Diamond League event
Satwik-Chirag - India’s 1st ever medal in MD at BWF World Cship
Linthoi Chananbam-🥇 at the World Cadet Judo Cship
All events that we have historically NOT been strong at
All SIGNS of growing maturity as a Sporting Nation
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3 medals on one single day. Just been an absolute dream day for India at
#tokyo2020
#Paralympics
Major Dhyan Chand must be smiling from somewhere up there in the heavens. Happy National Sports Day 🇮🇳
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The country owes a huge debt of gratitude to coaches of the women and mens hockey teams
@SjoerdMarijne
and
@reidgj
Besides doing incredible work, must acknowledge the huge sacrifice it takes to be away from your family & in a foreign country for a couple of years. Thank you 🙏
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Yesss!! After a 🥉in 2014 and a🥈in 2018,
@Pvsindhu1
finally gets 🥇& becomes a CWG Champion. Literally hobbling on 1 leg. Congrats Champion. What a brave performance. Just so proud 🇮🇳🏸
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Very classy from GB Hockey. Sport ❤️
What an amazing game, what an amazing opponent 🙏
@TheHockeyIndia
you've done something special at
#Tokyo2020
- the next few years look very bright 👏
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Yesss!!! Quite simply an incredible, historic win for India to reach the final of the Thomas Cup. Srikanth, Prannoy and the doubles pair of Satwik and Chirag have put in some consistent & colossal performances over the week to beat 2 powerhouses in Malaysia and Denmark 🏸🇮🇳
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Yesssss!!!! 🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🏑🏑
I love this team. I love Indian Hockey!!!
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To win an Olympic hockey QF, you need hunger, fire, desire and total teamwork. Our men’s hockey team showed all that and then some more today vs GBR. Just so proud of our warriors. Now for Belgium. Recover and get ready for the SF. The whole nation will be watching & cheering.
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Really heartbroken today. Was so tough to do live commentary when the team you love so much is losing 0-7. But will always support our team in good times & bad. Chin up boys. Lots of positives to take home starting with a 🥈medal. I know every Indian player must be hurting a lot
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Just a gentle reminder to all the many passionate hockey fans out there. Men’s Hockey Semi-final, India vs Belgium Live on
@SonySportsIndia
at 7am tomorrow 3rd August. Come on boys! Play like your lives depend on it 🙏
#HOCKEY
#OLYMPICS
#IND
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After watching
@Pvsindhu1
win the final and looking at this picture, I hope a million parents across the country will encourage their daughters to play badminton or any sport 🇮🇳🏸⚽️🤼♂️🏑🏓🏹⛹️♀️🏋️♂️
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Well done
@TheHockeyIndia
. Solid if not spectacular 5-3 win over Japan. With this, India has 4 wins in our pool and finish Top 2. First time this has happened in 41 years. Now for the QF 🇮🇳🏑
#OLYMPICS
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7 months ago after a below par Hockey World Cup-folks told me this is the worst Indian team ever. Today after winning Asian Games🥇same folks saying this is best team in the world🤦🏽♂️
Sport has taught me -Be humble in victory, calm in defeat & shut out the noise. Just keep working
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To go from 4 medals at Rio to 19 medals at Tokyo requires massive efforts and meticulous preparation. These medals are won every single day at 5.30am when no one is watching.
@Media_SAI
and
@ParalympicIndia
have been magnificent 👏👏👏
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🥇Tokyo 2020
🥈Paris 2024
🇮🇳 has had so many legendary hockey players from the past with multiple Olympic medals.
But
@Neeraj_chopra1
is now undoubtedly one of the greatest of all time Indian athletes across sport.
And he is still only 26. The future possibilities are immense
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These two men deserve so much credit for everything that
@lakshya_sen
has achieved. Prakash & Vimal sir. LEGENDS
@OGQ_India
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There are already 5 athletes/events where India has finished 4th
#Paris2024
It is very hard on them, their families & & people who work with them 24/7. There is a time to be tough on our athletes and there is a time to be empathetic.
Understanding what to do when is crucial
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Hahahaha….absolutely brilliant to see the excitement and passion from our hockey mad Tamil commentators
@tnrags
and
@RK_sports
. I ❤️
#IND
#HOCKEY
#OLYMPICS
#HumHongeKamyaab
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Really feel for Sanket Sargar. That is one painful way to win your first ever medal at the CWG, in more ways than one. Physically, the elbow looks bad. Mentally, to lose the Gold by 1 kg in the final lift by the Malaysian will hurt longer. We should all be proud of Sanket 🇮🇳🥈
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my article on developing a better sports culture in Mumbai. Go outside and play 😀
@OGQ_India
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Wowwww!! Avani Lekhara becomes the first Indian woman ever to win a gold at the Olympics or Paralympics. Gold in the women's 10m air rifle standing SH1 event with a Finals world record 👏👏👏👏🇮🇳
#Tokyo2020
#Paralympics
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We have seen very few 🇮🇳 athletes like
@Neeraj_chopra1
with the consistency that he has shown. Jr. World Cship 2016, CWG 18, AG 18, Olympics 21 - All GOLD. Consistent throws close to 90m. Super Talent + consistency +calm temperament +humility = once in a generation athlete
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What is it about a team sport that brings out so much emotion. No better feeling than to see an Indian team stand on top of the podium 🇮🇳
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To all 🇮🇳 hockey fans:
Hearing on Amit Rohidas will be tonight. Likely to serve 1 match ban. But Tournament Director will take final call after reviewing incident.
🇮🇳 will start with 11 players in the SF. If Amit suspended for SF, then we play with 15 member squad & not 16
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We have to accept that HBJ was better than Sindhu today.
But we must not forget what a legend Sindhu has been for Indian Sport. 2 Olympic medals and 5 World Championship medals. Given all of us fans so much joy over the years 🇮🇳🙏🏽
#olympics
#Paris2024
#Badminton
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Yessss!!! Gurjit Kaur you beauty. Can we dare to dream?? 🇮🇳🏑
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Sheetal Devi. What do you say about her. Heartbreaking defeat by 1 point to the Tokyo Paralympic silver medallist in the Round of 16.
And yet her smile, her sportsmanship, her composure come shining through. What an amazing young lady. May God bless you always ❤️
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The team doing incredible work behind the scenes with
@Phogat_Vinesh
(Standing L-R) coach Woller Akos, Sports Scientist
@waynelombard
, physio Ashwini, S&C Mayank, me
Sitting - Vinesh with her 3 sparring partners.
Go for 🥇Vinesh. Keep fighting
@OGQ_India
🇮🇳
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Belgium were stronger, smarter, sharper and more clinical today. No shame in losing to a world class team. But after a brilliant 1st quarter from India, I still see this as a huge opportunity lost. Now we have to recover physically & mentally for the bronze medal match vs Aus/Ger
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I am in awe of the courage shown by
@Phogat_Vinesh
@BajrangPunia
&
@SakshiMalik
. They are all at the final stage of their brilliant careers and could have just walked into the sunset. But they chose to fight the difficult fight to make sport a safer place for young girls & boys.
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Absolutely incredible comeback by India from 1-3 down late in the 3rd Quarter to win 4-3 vs Malaysia and win the Asian Champions Trophy. This is the fighting spirit and ‘Never Say Die’ attitude that every Indian Hockey Fan wants to see. Congrats to our boys. So proud 🇮🇳🏑
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Incredible fight back from
@lakshya_sen
to win the Canada Open. He was down 16-20 in the 2nd game against reigning All England Champion Li Shi Feng of China, made it 20-20 and then won these final 2 points. Simply superb!!! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
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Yessss!!! Way to go Harmeet Desai. What a win to secure a second consecutive GOLD medal for India in the Men’s team event at the CWG.
#TableTennis
🇮🇳🏓
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The Govt/SAI has 8 High Priority Disciplines in Sport and funds/supports all these 8 sports very well:
1. Archery
2. Athletics
3. Badminton
4. Boxing
5. Hockey
6. Shooting
7. Weightlifting
8. Wrestling
Only Archery has yet to win an Olympic medal. Food for thought.
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This is unbelievable. The Spanish coach often substitutes Lamine Yamal after the hour mark at the Euros else they have to pay a hefty fine as German labour law prevents minors working after 8pm.
@IExpressSports
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What a SENsational Gold medal for
@lakshya_sen
in his very first CWG and first major international multi sport event for 🇮🇳. He had a shoulder injury 1 month before the CWG & worked so hard to come back. So happy and proud of this young boy. 🏸🥇
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What a win for India to beat Belgium 1-0 to reach the semis of the Junior World Cup vs Germany. Nail biting at the end. Brilliant PC conversion by India. Well done boys👏👏👏🇮🇳🏑
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What an amazing comeback story. Can’t begin to explain how tough it is to come back from major knee surgery. The physical and mental trauma - the sheer willpower to overcome this . Congrats
@DipaKarmakar
. You are sensational!!
She's back!
Dipa Karmakar wins gold on her return to action after nearly two years 🥇
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First Jyoti Yarraji, then Neeraj Chora, then Kishore Jena….WTF is happening?? Im not saying the C word 🫢
#Athletics
#AsianGames2023
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We take our daughter for local tennis tournaments often. Courts are good but toilets are pathetic, dirty, doors do not lock, no water. This is the case across sports. We build big sports infra but always forget the basics. Hard to take my wife/daughter to any sports facility.
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This was Vinesh’s first day of running in training post surgery and rehab. She was crying because the pain was so much. Her physio Ashwini with her.
@OGQ_India
Thank you so much
@lakshyanacademy
@arjun_halappa
for your tremendous support 🙏🏽
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