Author: Rohan Chowdhury

Indian hopes of Olympic glory in the 10m air pistol slipped away in agonising circumstances as Sarabjot Singh and Arjun Singh Cheema failed to make it into the top 8 and a place in the final. A heartbroken Sarabjot had tears in his eyes as he missed the eighth and final spot by virtue of having one fewer inner-ring than Germany’s Robin Walters. Sarabjot finished 9th, with 577-16x while Walters had 577-17x. Sarabjot took his time to get into his zone. His initial shots were spaced 20-22 seconds apart,which came down to 13-14 seconds in the 6th and final series.…

Rohan Chowdhury in Chateauroux Hopes were high of India getting their first medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics from the shooting venue at Chateauroux. The mixed 10m Air Rifle event had two Indian teams – Ramita Jindal-Arjun Babuta (Team 1) and Elavenil Valarivan-Sandeep Singh (Team 2). Jindal and Babuta’s team finished 6th with 628.7, a point behind fourth-placed Germany who had 629.7. Sandeep and Valarivan didn’t make the top 10, and were placed 12th with 626.3. Both the teams started slow and it seemed that around 20 shots were left in the last 10 minutes. “It’s that we need a…

Indian equestrian, Anush Agarwalla, who won the historic gold medal in dressage, and a team Bronze, in the Hangzhou Asian Games, is set to add another feather to this cap, as he prepares to take the centrestage in the Paris Olympics, in the same event as Hangzhou, with his partner, Sir Caramello Old. At the end of June, Agarwalla was officially selected by the Equestrian Federation of India to represent the country in the upcoming Paris Olympics. He surpassed his compatriot, Shruti Vora, through a better average score in recent times. “Absolutely! For me the biggest moment was in February…

A RevSportz Exclusive Kishore Kumar Jena, the Indian javelin star, took the world by storm at the Hangzhou Asian Games in 2023, with back-to-back 85m plus throws. He secured a silver medal, marked his personal best of 87.54m and booked a Paris Olympics 2024 berth. Jena participated in the Budapest World Championship in August, where he came 5th. At the Doha Diamond League, in May, he finished ninth with a best throw of 76.31 meters, which was more than 11 metres below his personal best. Earlier this month, Jena again was far from his personal best, where he marked 78.10m…

KD Jadhav, Helsinki 1952, India’s first individual Olympic medal. Neeraj Chopra, Tokyo 2020, India’s first and only medal, that, too, a gold, in track and field. Let’s go back 124 years, to the same city, Paris, which is ready to host the greatest sporting spectacle, for the third time, from July 26. In 1900, a certain man from Calcutta, Norman Gilbert Pritchard, travelled to England for a holiday and decided to take part in the Paris Olympics. Pritchard, an athlete, won two silver medals – 200-metres and 200-metres hurdles. India’s first Olympic medal? Many questions linger. Who was Norman Pritchard?…

A RevSportz Exclusive Indian swimmer, Srihari Nataraj, will be participating in the Paris Olympics in the 100m backstroke. He represented India in Tokyo 2020 and in the Asian Games in Hangzhou China. In this exclusive conversation with RevSportz, Nataraj opened up on his journey, personal goals, the inspiration he takes from tennis legend Rafael Nadal and more. Q: How are the final lap of preparations going ahead of the Paris Olympics? Nataraj: It’s been pretty much the same for me for the last few weeks. Routine training and keeping to the basics. Currently I’m training in Bangalore and will be…

Indian athlete Parul Chaudhary, a specialist in the 3000m steeplechase and 5000m track events, is gearing up for the Paris Olympic Games and will participate in both disciplines. Born in 1995 in Uttar Pradesh, Parul hails from a humble background and has faced numerous hardships on her journey to becoming an Olympian. With immense family support, she has carved out a name for herself in Indian athletics. As the Paris Olympics approach, Parul shared insights into her preparations. “The preparations are going good, and hopefully, I will do well in Paris,” she told RevSportz. “I have had quite an intense…

It had to be Lautaro Martinez’s tournament. Once again, the forward came in as a substitute and scored the decisive goal for Argentina, this time in extra time, to win the Copa America 2024. He also bagged the Golden Boot with five goals to his name. The match had several talking points, other than the game itself. The match, scheduled to start at 5:30 am IST had to be delayed one and a half hours because of security chaos at the Hard Rock Stadium, Miami. Many fans breached the security massively, entered the stadium without tickets and the safety of…

As the Copa America 2024 final approaches, anticipation is reaching fever pitch with Argentina, the defending champions, set to face Colombia at the Hard Rock Stadium, in Miami. Argentina Argentina, the defending champions and the most successful team in the tournament’s history, with 15 titles, came into the final with the confidence of their storied legacy and recent form. They have conceded only one goal throughout the campaign, showcasing a rock-solid defence. Under Lionel Scaloni, Argentina are on the brink of making history by potentially matching Spain’s remarkable achievement of winning consecutive continental and World Cup titles over three editions,…

Colombia will play Argentina in the Copa America 2024 final in Miami after Nestor Lorenzo’s side defeated Marcelo Bielsa’s Uruguay 1-0 in a tense semi-final in Charlotte. Colombia’s victory came courtesy a 38th-minute header by Jefferson Lerma from a James Rodriguez corner. Despite being reduced to ten men after Daniel Munoz received a second yellow card in the dying minutes of the first half, they managed to hold on in the second half, and could even have added to the scoreline. The encounter was heated from the start, with both sides engaging in rough tackles. Uruguay began strongly, with Darwin…