An amazing world record of long jump was set in 1968 by Bob Beamon. He made a crazy awesome leap of 8.9 meters. This world record is considered more amazing as it was set in Mexico City which is 8000 feet above sea level. The air is thinner in Mexico
As sweated dripped from the forehead of Lin Dan, Chinese badminton player in the Wembley Arena last week at the 2012 Olympics, London’s Ainsley Richards jumped into action on the court. Her job was not to pass the shuttlecock to the players. It was to mop up the player’s sweat falling on the floor.
Indian sports and controversies are like best friends. Controversies appear out of nowhere every time for India. This time it happened at Olympics in boxing. Asian Games gold medalist boxer, Vikas Krishan was declared as the winner on Friday in the pre-quarterfinals of the welterweight class. But later India suffered a huge
Shiva Thapa is the youngest Indian boxer to qualify for Olympics. He was earlier involved with athletics and football but he joined boxing after getting inspiration by watching Mike Tyson on TV. Shiva Thapa is 18 (56kg) and got his London ticket by winning gold medal at the Asian Olympic Qualifiers