Back with the Episode 6 on the Road To Los Angeles 2028. The past few weeks have been quite happening on the sporting front with multiple World and Continental Championships going on across sports. Here is quick look at some of the goings on from an Indian perspective.
Badminton: The Men’s doubles duo of Satwik-Chirag won a Bronze medal, thus continuing India’s streak of one medal at the World Championships since 2011. A slight uptick from the Paris Olympics.
Hockey
- Men’s Asia Cup: India finished 1st and qualified for the 2026 Hockey World Cup
- Women’s Asia Cup: Indian finished runners-up and will play in the World Cup Qualifiers next year.
Archery World Cup: The Compound Mixed Team won the Silver medal
Boxing World Championships: Jasmine Lamboria & Meenakshi Hooda are now World Champions while Nupur Sheoran won Silver and Pooja Rani got Bronze medal. However, there were no medals for the men’s contingent.
Wrestling World Championships: Antim Panghal won her second World Championships medal. However the rest of the contingent disappointed with Olympics medalist Aman Sehrawat failing to meet the weight which resulted in a one year suspension by the Wrestling Federation
Athletics World Championships: Sachin Yadav finished 4th in Javelin Throw and Sarvesh Kushare 6th in High Jump. However, the bigger story was Neeraj Chopra finishing 8th – thus missing a podium for the first time since 2018 and first time outperformed by an Indian thrower since 2016. What a phenomenal run this had been!
Cricket: An unbeaten run by Men’s Team to win the T20 Asia Cup.
Weightlifting World Championships: Mirabai Chanu wins Silver in 48 KG category, proving she is still very much the best lifter in the country.
Judo: Himanshi Tokas is now World Junior No. 1, the first Indian to achieve this ranking
At the Para-athletics World Championships hosted in Delhi, India recorded their best ever medal haul. But the event was also marred a little by stray dogs biting coaches!
Meanwhile India has successfully bid for the 2030 Commonwealth Games to be held in Ahmedabad.
That certainly has been quite a happening period for Indian Olympics sports Till next time!
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