From competing for food to a gold medal: the stories behind India’s Asian Games winners
The country’s 85-medal haul included athletes who trained with limited money and borrowed equipment. Plus, the Mumbai performer turning everyday absurdities into comedy In a country where cricket eclipses every other sport, the recently concluded Asian Games offered a much-needed reminder of India’s breadth of sporting talent. In this edition of the games, in Japan, India won 85 medals : 21 golds, 27 silver and 37 bronze medals. I admit I did not know many of the players competing, or even some
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The country’s 85-medal haul included athletes who trained with limited money and borrowed equipment.
Plus, the Mumbai performer turning everyday absurdities into comedy In a country where cricket eclipses every other sport, the recently concluded Asian Games offered a much-needed reminder of India’s breadth of sporting talent.
In this edition of the games, in Japan, India won 85 medals : 21 golds, 27 silver and 37 bronze medals.
I admit I did not know many of the players competing, or even some of the sports they play before putting this piece together.
Learning about the stories, I wonder why not.
There were individual breakthroughs, records broken and history made.
There were also hard-fought team victories, including the Indian w