Punam Yadav set the country’s flag sailing high as she clinched a gold medal lifting 122 kg in the Clean and Jerk category at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia on Friday.
The ISSF World Cup is held every year and witnesses heavy participation from various countries around the world. This year, Indians dominated the medal tally with these talented shooters!
The 28-year-old clinched the gold medal in the women’s 65kg freestyle category, after outclassing Japan’s Miya Imai in a one-sided final bout through a stupendous 9-1 victory.
Once known as the biggest boxing legend in India, Kaur Singh at 69 is an all but forgotten man struggling to repay a loan of Rs 2 lakh he borrowed from a private lender to fund his cardiac treatment.
Indian para-cyclists, Abhishek Singh Sheku, Divij Shah, Harinder Singh, Ajay Singh, Ajay Kumar, Gurulal Singh, Kaigoulal, Bir Bahadur Singh, and Aditya Mehta, won laurels and clinched all medals at the 6th Asian Para-cycling Championship held in Bahrain in February this year.
Here's the story of the historic triumph that catapulted the Indian hockey team into an elite league of global teams that dominated their respective sports.