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Shikha
Tandon Wins Two Silver Medals
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Bangalore's
Shikha Tandon won two silver medals
on a day when Indian swimmers accounted
for three silver and seven bronze
medals in the 4th Asian Age Group
Swimming Championship in Bangkok.
Bangalore's Rehan Poncha came up with
a superb show to set a new Indian
national mark in the 400m individual
medley but it was not enough for him
to come in the medal bracket. Poncha
finished fourth, surpassing the earlier
Asian Age group best timing of 4 min
39.70 sec, according to information
received from Virendra Nanavati, Secretary,
Swimming Federation of India. Poncha's
effort of 4 min 39.40 secs eclipsed
the previous national mark of 4min
42.57 set by J Abhijit (Karnataka)
in 1995. Among the medal winners,
apart from Tandon, on the third day
today were Bengal's Mamoni Mondal,
who claimed a silver medal (3 metre
spring board - 326.40 points), while
the bronze were won by Nisha Millet
(100m freestyle - 1:00.45 secs), Viraj
Patil (high board - 484.50pts), Taniya
Ganguli (3m spring board - 324.30
pts), Puneet Rana (200 metre breast
stroke - 2:24.18secs), Aaroon D'Souza
(400m freestyle - 4:18.66secs) and
Rohit Hawaldar (1500m freestyle -
16:34.63 secs). The Indian boys' quartet
(Sagar Patil, Saroop, Arun D'Souza
and Veerdhawal Khade) won the bronze
medal in the 4x100 m freestyle relay.
India have so far collected two gold,
seven silver and 13 bronze medals
during the past three days.
Courtesy:
The Tribune, August 23, 2005
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Junior
Taekwondo Team Bags Four Bronze Medals
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The
Indian junior taekwondo team has bagged
four bronze medals at the third Asian
Junior Taekwondo Championship held
at Almaty in Kazakhstan. In the boys
section, S. Johny Singh and M Oken
Meitei from Manipur won bronze in
bantamweight category and lightweight
category, respectively. Lal Remkimi
of Mizoram and Jayati Pathak of Haryana
finished third in the girls section
in the bantamweight category and featherweight
category, respectively, a Taekwondo
Federation of India press note said
today.
Courtesy:
The Tribune, August 23, 2005
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Swetlana
Wins Bronze In Singapore
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Indian
markswoman Swetlana Patnaik came up
with an impressive show to bag the
bronze in women's 10m Air Rifle event
at in the Singapore Open Shooting.
While it was bronze for Swetlana yesterday,
Indian marksman and Olympian Gagan
Narang won silver in the three position
event at the Singapore meet, according
to information received here. This
was the first international medal
in three-position event for Gagan
whose favourite event is air rifle
in which he has won many international
medals. In Singapore, Gagan could
not impress and he attributed it to
a a new shooting jacket which affected
his performance.
Courtesy:
www.uniindia.com, August 09, 2005
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Chennai
Girl To Represent India In World Roller
Skating
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Fifteen-year-old
Amritha Jetha is a trailblazer in
her own right: she is the only girl
from Tamil Nadu who will be donning
the Indian colours in the World Track
and Speed Roller Skating Meet to be
held at Suzhou in China from August
24 to September 2. Despite being her
first foray in an international meet,
she is brimming with confidence. ''My
aim is to do well and win a medal
for India'', she said. Her confidence
got a boost when she found a sponsor
-- Shree Krishna Collections (SKC),
a leading readymade garment retail
showroom, at a time when she was struggling
to mop up Rs 65,000 for the trip.
Receiving the cheque from SKC Managing
Director Praful Bisani at a function
here, she profusely thanked him for
the timely help to make her dream
come true. ''With this kind of support,
I can do well in future also. At present
my target is to do well in the World
Meet,'' she said. An 11th standard
student from Jaigopal Garodia Vidyalaya
at Annanagar, Amritha had done exceedingly
well in the last Nationals held in
December 2004. Of the two events in
which she had participated, Amritha
returned with a gold and a silver,
enabling her selection for the world
meet. Amrita would attend a 15-day
intensive training camp at New Delhi
for the Indian team before leaving
for China. Speaking on the occasion,
Chennai District Roller Skating Association
Secretary Ranjan said, ''Amritha is
a very good talent and is a sure medal
prospect. She has a good chance of
winning a medal in China,'' he added.
Overall, he said, India, which was
second in Asia behind China in this
sport, was expected to do well in
the World Meet. Mr Bisani said lot
of people should come forward to ensure
that such talents did not go waste
for want of money.
Courtesy:
www.uniindia.com, August 09, 2005
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Atwal
First Indian To Tee At USPGA
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Arjun
Atwal will become the first Indian
to compete in the US PGA championships,
traditionally the year's fourth and
final golf Major, when he tees up
at the lower course at Battusrol Golf
Club on Thursday. Atwal, who is riding
a high on the US Tour with more than
$800,000 which has secured him a full
card for 2006 season, would be playing
in his first Major of the season and
the second of his career. Atwal, winner
of the Order of Merit on Asian Tour
in 2003, is paired with Jonathan Kaye
and Craig Thomas for the first two
rounds. The Indian has been in great
form, having made the cut in each
of his 12 starts this season. He came
within a whisker of becoming the first
Indian to win a title on US Tour,
when he lost in a five-way play-off
at Bellsouth Classic and ended second.
He was also tied fifth at Zurich Classic
of New Orleans and tied ninth at BC
Open. Another Asian Tour stalwart
at the US PGA championships will be
the Thai star, Thongchai Jaidee.
Courtesy:
The Indian Express, August 09, 2005
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Sania
Enters World Top 50
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Sania
Mirza celebrated in style her entry
into the Top 50 world rankings with
a 6-2, 6-1 upset win over world number
eight Nadia Petrova at the $1.3-million
Acura Classic women's tennis event
in San Diego. The stunning win over
fourth-seeded Petrova on Wednesday,
her second against a top-10 player,
saw the 18-year-old Sania advance
to the third round of the Tier 1 tournament
as well as push her ranking up to
47 on the WTA Tour. Sania becomes
the first Indian since Ramesh Krishnan
to break into the world Top 50. Vijay
Amritraj was ranked 16th in July 1980,
while Ramesh Krishnan was ranked 23rd
in 1985. His father, Ramanathan Krishnan,
was ranked world number three before
the Open era. The highest ranking
occupied by an Indian woman before
Sania exploded onto the scene was
134 by Nirupama Vaidyanathan in 1997.
Leander Paes' highest ever singles
ranking was 73. Sania next faces Akiko
Morigami of Japan.
Courtesy:
The Asian Age, August 05, 2005
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