Rohtak: Today is International Olympic Day. The biggest Maha Kumbh of sports, the Olympic Games, will start in Paris exactly 32 days later, on July 26. So far, 20 players from Haryana have secured Olympic quotas in individual events, which is a record. Out of these, 13—i.e., 65%—are women.
Last time, Haryana had 17 individual quotas. The qualifying matches for athletics are yet to be held. India’s participation in 10 sports at the Olympics has been confirmed. Haryana will show its strength in 7. For the first time, India will also be represented in archery.
Archery: Sirsa’s Bhajan Kaur won bronze in the Asian Games and gold in the Olympic Qualifier Championship. Rowing: Karnal’s Balraj Panwar won 2000 m in M1X. He finished third in the race with a time of 7:01.27 minutes. Lawn Tennis: Sumit Nagal of Jhajjar made it to the second round of the Australian Open and won the title of the Heilbronn Neckercup Challenger event and the Chennai Open.
Kripashankar Bishnoi said that for the first time, 5 out of 6 wrestlers and 4 in shooting are women, and 1 player in archery too. Athletics: Neeraj Chopra: The direct qualifying mark for the Paris Olympics was 85.50 meters. He completed it. He is the first athlete to make it to the Paris Olympics. He became the first Indian to win an Olympic gold medal in athletics. After the Tokyo Olympics, he won gold in five events and silver in two.
This time, 65% of the Haryanvis who won the Olympic quota are women. Girls are serious about their goals and career-oriented. Once they start working with dedication, they live up to it.
Thanks to this, for the first time in wrestling, 5 out of 6 are women, and in shooting, 4 out of 6 are women. The one who got the first quota in archery is also a woman. Such a long controversy went on in wrestling, but the women wrestlers did not let it affect them. With technique, enthusiasm, and quick decisions at the right time, the players of Haryana can give a golden gift to the country.