In India today women players are ruling from Olympics to cricket. Know the story of some such legendary players
Publish Date – 6:28 am, Tue, 8 March 22
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March 8 is Women’s Day. On this special occasion, today we are going to tell you the story of 8 women of the world of sports who are not only an example of courage and strength but also inspired women across the country to be like them.
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Tennis star Sania Mirza is known as a player to challenge the orthodox thinking in India. She is the only female player to win six Grand Slams for India. She has been trolled for wearing a skirt to marrying a Pakistani cricketer. However, despite all this, Sania never gave up and spread the light of change with her game across the country. At the same time, after becoming a mother two years ago, she returned to the world of tennis and now she is known as Supermom.
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Weightlifter Karnam Malleswari is credited for winning India’s first medal in the Olympic Games. The star player of Andra Pradesh won the bronze medal in weightlifting in Sydney Olympics in the year 2000. He was awarded the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna in the year 1995 and the Padma Shri in the year 1999.
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India’s Paralympian Deepa Malik is an example not only as a female sportsperson but also as a personality. In the year 2016, he won the silver medal in shot put at the Paralympic Games. Deepa Malik has undergone several body surgeries due to which she is forced to sit on a wheelchair. Although it is not their compulsion. She has proved herself in every way, due to which she is an inspiration not only for women but for everyone.
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In the 2010 Commonwealth Games, India got a female badminton player in the form of Saina Nehwal, who became an inspiration to crores of girls of the country. The Olympic medalist player inspired many girls in the country to take up the game of badminton as a career. Today lakhs of girls in many badminton academies of the country have decided to be like him.
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The story of Indian boxer Test MC Mary Kom is known to every child of the country today. Six-time world champion Mary Kom has made her mark at the international level from a small village in Manipur. After becoming a mother, she set a new example of returning to the ring. He has inspired the new generation of the country. Today every young boxer in the country dreams of becoming Mary Kom.
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Indian athlete PT Usha is called the flying fairy of the country. She was very close to becoming the country’s first Olympic medalist. She was Asia’s most successful athlete in the 1980s. During this he won a total of 23 medals, out of which 14 were gold medals. PT Usha inspired many girls of the country to come into the world of sports and assured that she can achieve every success in the world. After him, the country got stars like Dutee Chand and Hima Das.
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Mithali Raj’s name does not require any identity in the world of cricket. Today women cricketers are getting a lot of recognition, although till a few years ago, Mithali was prominent in the names by which women’s cricket was known in the country. This player, who has played six World Cups, has played the most international matches in the world and has completed 20 thousand runs in his cricket career.
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Dipa Karmakar and Aditi Ashok are two such players who may not have won a medal in the Olympic Games but represented the country in two such sports, about which the fans have no hope. Dipa Karmakar finished fourth in gymnastics in the year 2016, but after that the popularity of this sport increased in the country, while the same happened a few years after the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 when the country started seeing a future in golf after Aditi Ashok’s performance.
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