
Nihal Koshie
Senior Editor at The Indian Express
Journalist - The Indian Express @indianexpress
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3 days ago |
indianexpress.com | Nihal Koshie
Animesh Kujur, the National Games gold medalist, running in Lane 4 kept an eye out for Manikanta Hoblidhar, the former national record holder in Lane 3 in the 100 metres final. Manikanta had broken the meet record in the semifinals to make a statement. Yet, from Lane 2 emerged the surprise winner, Pranav Pramod Gurav.
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4 days ago |
indianexpress.com | Nihal Koshie
A 3,200-feet high trek to a monastery in Bhutan brought Priya Mohan calmness, but she felt discomfort in her lungs. The high-altitude trek in October was during a family vacation. The 22-year-old had taken time off after prematurely rushing back to competition in March. A collapsed lung, a medical condition where air gets between the lungs and the chest wall and applies pressure, had put the brakes on the promising one-lap runner’s career two years ago.
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5 days ago |
indianexpress.com | Nihal Koshie
In early October last year, Kishore Jena felt he had erred by going under the knife. A painful bone growth at the left ankle required surgery, but post-operation, as expected, he found it extremely difficult to walk. A silver medallist at the 2023 Hangzhou Asian Games, leading Neeraj Chopra at one point with an 87-plus metre throw, Jena’s mind was wracked with doubt. “The first few days after surgery (in Mumbai) I felt like I had made a mistake. I couldn’t walk properly, I had to just sit down.
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1 week ago |
indianexpress.com | Nihal Koshie
Videos of race walker Nitin Gupta, in which he is seen seemingly celebrating early in the home straight, became viral content after he was beaten to the gold medal by 0.01 seconds. China’s Zhu Ninghao pipped him at the Asian Under-18 Athletics Championships in Qatif, Saudi Arabia.
Dharmender, Sunny and a Bollywood-style twist – Meet Bobby aka Digvesh Rathi, IPL’s breakout spinner
1 week ago |
indianexpress.com | Nihal Koshie
Dharmender, an assistant at a building-material shop, named his first two sons – what else, Sunny and Bobby. Later, he had a third one. Pleased, he called him Happy. Earlier this month, in his modest house, in one of the many buildings standing cheek by jowl in a bylane of Saboli in Northeast Delhi, Dharmender’s life turned into a feel-good sports movie. The family has been with Digvesh through his many struggles and made sacrifices too.
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