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Sep 26, 2021

Abhishek Verma Elected to World Archery's Athletes Committee

India's three-time World Cup gold medal-winning compound archer Abhishek Verma has been elected to World Archery's athletes' committee for a four-year term.
The 32-year-old was elected alongside reigning women's world champion Natalia Avdeeva of Russia after participants voted during the ongoing World Championships.
Verma, a former Asian Games gold-medallist, was the only male candidate but had to earn a majority while Avdeeva and Janine Meissner of Germany were the female candidates. The Russian received 69 per cent of the votes.
Verma, an Arjuna awardee, has won gold medals in the World Cups in Poland (2015) and Paris earlier this year. He also bagged the yellow metal in the team event in World Cup in Shanghai in 2018.

Sep 25, 2021

Odisha to Host Hockey Junior World Cup

Odisha will host the Men's Hockey Junior World Cup at the Kalinga Stadium from November 24 to December 5.
At a function held Patnaik said that Hockey India had approached the Odisha government to support them for the Men's Junior World Cup to be held in two months time.
Patnaik also unveiled the logo and the trophy for the event.

Sep 24, 2021

Archery World Cup

The Indian women's compound archery team defeated hosts U.S.A. 226-225 to enter the finals but the men's team lost in the last-eight stage of the World Championship.
The seventh-seeded women's team, comprising Priya Gurjar, Muskan Kirar and Jyothi Surekha, held its nerves in a close battle with Linda Ochoa-Anderson, Paige Pearce and Makenna Proctor.
However, the men's team, led by the seasoned Abhishek Verma, lost 235-238 to Austria in the quarter-finals.
The Indian women's trio will next face top seeds Colombia in the final. Colombia defeated France 234-220 in its semi-finals match.

Sep 23, 2021

Beijing 2022 Launches Official Slogan: "Together for a Shared Future"

The Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics unveiled its official motto, "Together for a Shared Future", during a ceremony at the city's Capital Museum. The motto was chosen after a lengthy process that included a total of 79 different proposals. This motto embodies the Olympic spirit, the Chinese way of revealing the Olympic spirit.
That's because 'together' embodies a type of unity, cohesion and a way of overcoming difficulties. The Games will be held from February 4-20, with Beijing set to become the first city to host both the Summer and Winter Olympics.

Raja Rithvik Becomes India's 70th Grandmaster

Raja Rithvik has become India's 70th and latest chess Grandmaster, achieving his third and final norm at an event in Hungary.
Former world champion and Indian chess legend Viswanathan Anand praised the 17-year old Warangal native for entering the GM club.
Pune's Harshit Raja had become India's 69th Grandmaster.

Sep 22, 2021

Geeta Samota Becomes 'Fastest Indian' to Summit Two Peaks

CISF official Geeta Samota became the "fastest Indian" to summit two peaks located in Africa and Russia. Sub inspector Geeta Samota had scaled Mount Elbrus in Russia, the highest peak in Europe. While Mt Elbrus (5,642 m) is in Russia, the Kilimanjaro peak (5,895 m) is located in Tanzania and is Africa's highest peak.
Samota works with the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), a central paramilitary force under the command of the Union Home Ministry. Geeta Samota joined CISF in 2011 and was in the unit in 2012. She has also scaled Mt Satopanth (7075 metres; located in Uttarakhand) and Mt Lobuche (in Nepal). She was also a team member of the Mt Everest expedition team of the CAPF.

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