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Sushil Kumar Wins Bronze for India at the 2008 Beijing Olympics
Sushil Kumar Wins Bronze for India at the 2008 Beiji...

Delhi's Sushil Kumar bags India a bronze medal in men's 66kg freestyle wrestling category making India's total medal tally of 3 a recent bronze from Vijender Singh struck gold in Beijing. (Reuters Photo) Read more »

India's Best Shooters at The Beijing Olympics 2008
India's Best Shooters at The Beijing Olympics 2008

Shooting competitions at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing will be held from August 9 to August 17, at the Beijing Shooting Range Hall (rifle and pistol events) and Beijing Shooting Range Clay Target Field (shotgun events). If there's one event India has a chance of getting some medals it's definitely shooting! While Manavjit Singh Sandhu and Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore are hot favourites to win medals this Beijing 2008 let's wish all 9 of our Indian Shooters all the Best and Hope they hit it right on target! Also Read: India at Beijing Olympics 2008: The Indian Squad Indians to watch o... Read more »

India at Beijing Olympics 2008: The Opening Ceremony
India at Beijing Olympics 2008: The Opening Ceremony

The Olympics kicked of today the 8th of August, 2008 at Beijing with it's Grand Opening Ceremony. India's small contingent of 98 including 56 athletes looked good from far, as the male members decked out in off-white sherwanis. But as they came closer, things looked hardly impressive with the female members of the contingent making it a veritable go-as-you-like with their contrasting outfits that made them look completely misfit for the occasion. The tennis duo of Sania Mirza and Sunitha Rao , attired in black trousers and practice jackets, looked completely out of sorts and the contra... Read more »

India at Beijing Olympics 2008: India's Tennis Hopefuls
India at Beijing Olympics 2008: India's Tennis Hopefuls

The Olympics are here again. But India's performance in the Olympics till date has not been so impressive. This year, with the hockey team out of the medal contingent, we can at least look up to tennis for some consolation.. Following a long series of tit-bits, Paes and Bhupatahi got ready to play together for India in Beijing Olympics. Both these players have lots of potential, so we can hope medal in tennis for India. Besides, female tennis players Mirza and Rao too have the caliber to win medal. Also Read: India at Beijing Olympics 2008: The Indian Squad Indians to watch out for in th... Read more »

Indian Athletes Competing in The 2008 Beijing Olympics
Indian Athletes Competing in The 2008 Beijing Olympics

Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics will be held during the last 10 days of the games, from August 15 to August 24, 2008, at the Beijing National Stadium. The Olympic sport of Athletics is split into four distinct sets of events: track events, field events, combined events, and road events. Out of the 56 Sports contestants competing from India in the Beijing Olympics 2008, 17 will compete in Athletics Events. Also Read: India at Beijing Olympics 2008: The Indian Squad Indians to watch out for in the 2008 Beijing Olympics India's Best Shooters at The Beijing Olympics 2008 India at Be... Read more »

Indians to watch out for in the 2008 Beijing Olympics
Indians to watch out for in the 2008 Beijing Olympics

This is India’s Total Olympics Medal Tally: * 8 Gold medals, 1 Silver medal and 2 Bronze medals in Hockey * 2 Silver medals in Athletics and 1 in Shooting * Bronze for wrestling (Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav 1952 Helsinki) * Bronze for tennis (Leander Paes 1996 Atlanta) * Bronze for weightlifting (Karnam Malleswari 2000 Sydney) Also Read: India at Beijing Olympics 2008: The Indian Squad Indian Athletes Competing in The 2008 Beijing Olympics India's Best Shooters at The Beijing Olympics 2008 India at Beijing Olympics 2008: India's Tennis Hopefuls India is all se... Read more »

India at Beijing Olympics 2008: The Indian Squad
India at Beijing Olympics 2008: The Indian Squad

A contingent of 56 athletes will represent India, and are supported by a support-staff of 42 officials. The athletic contingent is the largest, with 16 athletes. Here's the India's finest and most talented sportspeople representing India in the Beijing Olympics '08- The Indian Squad! Also read: Indians to watch out for in the 2008 Beijing Olympics Indian Athletes Competing in The 2008 Beijing Olympics India's Best Shooters at The Beijing Olympics 2008 India at Beijing Olympics 2008: India's Tennis Hopefuls
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