“Let’s encourage our daughters to take up sports activities,” said Prime Minister Narendra Modi. You must have witnessed how our daughters saved India’s face in Rio. Modi urged parents as well as the society not to discriminate between boys and girls.
Shuttler Sindhu bagged a silver in the women’s singles while Sakshi won India’s first ever medal (bronze) in women’s wrestling at Rio.
Gymnast Dipa Karmakar, who qualified for the finals of the vault event. Dipa scripted history as she became the first Indian to make” the cut for the individual vault finals in her debut Olympic Games after finishing eighth in the qualifying round.
Ace Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal has failed to get elected as one of the four athlete members of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) as she finished sixth in the race to become a member of Athletics Commission of the global governing body of a sport.
Saina got 1233 votes in the election in which all the athletes participating in 2016 Rio Games were eligible to vote. She was one of the 23 top sportspersons from across the world nominated for elections for the four seats.
Saina, the 2012 London Games bronze medallist, had crashed out in the group stage of the women’s singles events in Rio Olympics.
Heena Sindhu represented India in women’s piston event.
India’s women hockey team made a draw with japan in their first Olympics appearance since 1980.
India’s Archery trio of Deepika Kumari, Laxmirani Majhi, and Bombayla Devi played against Russia in women’s team quarters, in Rio 2016 Olympics.
Sania Mirza and Prarthana Thombare represented India in women’s doubles event at the Rio 2016 Olympics.
