Mihir Vasavda
Principal Sports Correspondent at The Indian Express
Sportswriter, @IndianExpress/ @IExpressSports
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1 week ago |
indianexpress.com | Mihir Vasavda
And just like that, he breaks ice over an eternal sporting dilemma — the ageing athlete. For a decade-and-a-half, since debuting in 2011, he’s witnessed the insecurities that creep into a players’ psyche, the pitfalls of living in denial of their fading superpowers, and the endless chatter over their relevance. “I didn’t want people to think that I am taking it easy; that I have become slow…” the former captain, 32, says.
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2 weeks ago |
indianexpress.com | Mihir Vasavda
The Los Angeles Olympics are more than three years away. But already, the Games have secured a place in the history books — for the first time, there will be more women competing at the Olympics than men. Following years of steady rise in their participation numbers, the scale tipped in the favour of women athletes after the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Wednesday decided to shrink the men’s football competition from 16 teams to 12.
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2 weeks ago |
indianexpress.com | Mihir Vasavda
From being the country’s first-ever track and field Olympic gold medalist to inviting the world’s top javelin throwers for an internationally-recognised event near his home, Neeraj Chopra continues to put Indian athletics on the global map.
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2 weeks ago |
indianexpress.com | Mihir Vasavda
Niraj Kumar was not even in his teens when Chain Singh first competed in seniors. Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar was still shooting balloons at village fairs when the seasoned Armyman won his first major international medals, the Asian Championship gold and Asian Games bronze in 2014. But as the two Gen Zs — Tomar, especially — grew up to become the faces of the gun-toting army of teenage shooters, Chain, now 35, became the forgotten man of Indian shooting, a face in the crowd, until Friday.
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3 weeks ago |
indianexpress.com | Mihir Vasavda
Saurabh Chaudhary, the shy and inscrutable maverick, was talking about ‘feelings’. The scores and the outcome did not matter much to him. According to those in his inner circle, the refound ‘feel’ of the trigger filled him with confidence. This was at the National Championships in January this year, where — despite not winning a medal — Chaudhary announced his return to form.
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