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Oly bound athletes to train in groups on arrival at SAI campuses
Updated : 1 week, 6 days ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 29 (ANI): With a surge in Covid-19 cases across the country, the Sports Authority of India (SAI) had already taken measures to ensure Olympic-bound athletes are tested on a weekly basis, so that their health is monitored constantly.
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Bajrang Punia starts using social media, wants to help people batt
Updated : 2 weeks, 1 day ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 27 (ANI): Amidst the devastating second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, ace Indian wrestler Bajrang Punia wants to help the citizens in whatever capacity he can to help fight the ongoing crisis.
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Asian Wrestling C'ships: Bajrang Punia settles for silver after pu
Updated : 3 weeks, 4 days ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 17 (ANI): World number one in the 65kg weight category, Bajrang Punia on Saturday had to settle for a silver medal in the Asian Wrestling Championships after pulling out of the final due to an injury.
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Asian Wrestling C'ships: Ravi Dahiya bags gold
Updated : 3 weeks, 4 days ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 17 (ANI): Wrestler Ravi Kumar Dahiya on Saturday won a gold medal in the ongoing Asian Wrestling Championships in Almaty.
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Planning to send Indian contingent in advance for Tokyo Olympics:
Updated : 1 month, 3 weeks ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 19 (ANI): Union Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju on Friday said that the ministry is planning to send the Indian Olympic contingent in advance for the Tokyo Games so that the athletes get acclimatise to the conditions.
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Bajrang must have taken vaccine thinking there is a delay, feels R
Updated : 1 month, 3 weeks ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 19 (ANI): Kiren Rijiju, the Union Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports, feels ace Indian wrestler Bajrang Punia wanted to feel secure and that is why he went ahead and got vaccinated with the Tokyo Olympics round the corner.
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Our athletes in panic mode, so Bajrang went and got vaccination: I
Updated : 1 month, 3 weeks ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 19 (ANI): World number one and Tokyo Olympics-bound wrestler Bajrang Punia on Thursday said that he has already received his first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. This has led to the raising of a few eyebrows as there hasn't been any official announcement on starting o
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If I want to win a medal in Olympics, have to keep everything else
Updated : 1 month, 3 weeks ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 18 (ANI): It doesn't get bigger than the Olympics for an athlete and ace Indian wrestler Bajrang Punia is leaving no stone unturned as he looks to hit top gear in the home stretch of his preparations for the upcoming Tokyo Olympics.
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Bajrang Punia becomes World No. 1 after bagging gold in Rome
Updated : 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 8 (ANI): Ace Indian wrestler Bajrang Punia has regained the number one spot in the rankings after clinching a second successive gold medal at the Matteo Pallicone Ranking Series.
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Wrestler Bajrang Punia leaves social media, to focus on Tokyo Olym
Updated : 2 months, 1 week ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 1 (ANI): Ace Indian wrestler Bajrang Punia on Monday announced that he will stop using all social media handles till the Tokyo Olympics as he wishes to completely focus on his preparations.
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Postponement of Olympics has given Deepak Punia time to fine-tune
Updated : 3 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Noida (Uttar Pradesh) [India], January 25 (ANI): The coronavirus pandemic might have brought sporting action across the country to a grinding halt last year, but Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh has high expectations from the athletes as he feels wrestl
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SAI modifies SOPs partially to ensure athletes returning from comp
Updated : 3 months, 2 weeks ago IST
New Delhi [Delhi], January 23 (ANI): The Sports Authority of India (SAI) is coming up with various proactive measures in order to ensure that there is no drop in intensity of Olympic-bound athletes.
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