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Groundbreaking Games For Indian Women At 2016 Rio Olympics
2016 Rio Olympics, PV Sindhu, Sakshi Malik, Dipa Karmakar, PV Sindhu wins silver
What Dipa Karmakar Did When She Saw Her Sister Among Cheering Crowds
Dipa Karmakar has a point to make. Stand by your girls, and see what they can do for you, she told a crowd of nearly 5,000 packed into a stadium in her hometown of Agartala to welcome the young gymnast home from the Rio Olympics. On the 12-kilometre route that she covered in an open jeep from the airport to the ceremony where she was honoured, Ms Karmakar spotted her older sister and jumped out of the jeep with the ease of, well, a world-class gymnast, to embrace her.
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August 24, 2016 1:34
Sakshi Malik, who won the bronze medal in wrestling freestyle 58kg event at the Rio Olympics 2016, returned to India to a hero's welcome. Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar felicitated Sakshi Malik in Bahadurgarh. She was named the 'Beti Bachao' ambassador of Haryana.
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August 22, 2016 1:52
A beaming Olympic champion PV Sindhu arrived on Monday morning at the Hyderabad airport, where hundreds had gathered to greet her. Top politicians and others jostled to present flowers and shawls and click selfies with the first Indian woman to win a silver medal at the Games.
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August 23, 2016 1:01
PV Sindhu gamely played some shots on stage with Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu as her Olympic silver medal was celebrated at an event in Andhra Pradesh.
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August 21, 2016 24:55
Gymnast Dipa Karmakar narrowly missed a medal after finishing fourth in the vault final but captured the imagination of the world by performing the 'Produnova'. Her coach revealed that Dipa did more than 1000 'Death Vaults' in preparation for the Rio Games.
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August 21, 2016 2:30
In an exclusive interview to NDTV, Sakshi Malik said that the final 10 seconds of the bout has changed her life. Sakshi became the first Indian woman wrestler to win an Olympic medal and she admitted that her medal will boost women's wrestling in the country.
