Rio 2016 News

After the last High-Performance Director left his post back in October 2015, the Athletic Federation of India is en route to appoint another one in Germany’s Volker Herrmann ahead of Tokyo Olympics. Herrmann’s job would be to look after coaches, pick training places and decide meets.

Olympic Gold Quest has announced to support to 2017 World Weightlifting Champion Mirabai Chanu, who lifted a new national record of 194 kgs to win the Gold medal at the World Championships in Anaheim. She became only the second Indian weightlifter after Karnam Malleswari to achieve that feat.

PV Sindhu has beaten the likes of Virat Kohli, Sachin Tendulkar and MS Dhoni to become the most searched sportsperson in India following her success at the 2016 Rio games where she won a silver medal. MS Dhoni is the highest placed cricketer on the list at 3rd place followed by Virat Kohli.

After dismal performances by the Indian Olympic contingent at Rio, The Sports Ministry of India has decided to 'thoroughly review' the outing. Sports Minister Vijay Goel has also written individual letters to all the athletes for their suggestions to develop the infrastructure in the country.