{"id":11849,"date":"2021-08-02T20:28:11","date_gmt":"2021-08-02T14:58:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/?p=11849"},"modified":"2021-08-03T12:11:20","modified_gmt":"2021-08-03T06:41:20","slug":"sindhu-shuttles-to-glory-hockey-on-historic-highs-at-tokyo-olympics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/sindhu-shuttles-to-glory-hockey-on-historic-highs-at-tokyo-olympics\/","title":{"rendered":"Sindhu shuttles to glory; Hockey on historic highs at Tokyo Olympics"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n

This Sunday, the shimmer of India’s sporting history was amplified by two historic wins at Tokyo Summer olympics. With a remarkable victory over China’s He Bing Jiao in Women’s single Badminton Bronze medal match, 26-yr old PV Sindhu became the only woman in India’s sporting history to win two consecutive olympics medal. The Silver medalist of Rio Olympics, Sindhu beat her opponent in two straight sets of 21-13, 21-15.<\/p>\n

President Ramnath Kovind congratulated Sindhu on her unprecedented feat. He tweeted “P V Sindhu becomes the first Indian woman to win medals in two Olympic games. She has set a new yardstick of consistency, dedication and excellence. My heartiest congratulations to her for bringing glory to India.”<\/p>\n\n

In another historic win, after a 4 decade long wait Indian Men’s Hockey team defeated Great Britain by 3-1 to play in semi finals.<\/strong> Though India lost the semi final match against Belgium but the trail for the bronze remains alive. India won its last Gold in hockey in Moscow olympics in 1980.<\/p>\n

For the first ever time Women Hockey team lead by Rani Rampal too clinched the semi final berth by defeating Australia 1-0.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

The Sliver medal feat of Manipur’s Mirabai Chanu on the opening day is a hallmark of opulence of the Indian saga at Tokyo olympics. She is only .<\/strong><\/p>\n

the second Indian after Karnam Malleswari to win a medal in weightlifting in over two decades.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

Feeling proud on this first day\u00a0 winning moment, the Prime Minister of India Mr Narendra Modi had tweeted,<\/p>\n\n

\n
\n

\u201cCould not have asked for a happier start to @Tokyo2020! India is elated\u00a0 by @mirabai_chanu\u2019s stupendous performance. Congratulations to her for winning the Silver medal in weightlifting. Her success motivates every Indian. #Cheer4India #Tokyo2020\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n\n

With a bronze already in the bag, Assam’s boxer Lovlina Borgohain’s too will compete in the semifinals of the 69kg women category on August 4 2021.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Earlier in the day, Olympic debutant Kamalpreet Kaur competed in the finals of the women’s discus throw and stood 6th in the final rankings. This was the first ever final in the sport for an Indian athlete.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n

The Voices explores a few shades of the current games.<\/p>\n\n

Tokyo Olympics Stats- As it unfolds in the shadow of a global Pandemic<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

After a delay of about 1 year due to the pandemic, opening of Tokyo Olympics-2020 took place on 23rd<\/sup> July 2021. All the participants have already been vaccinated. A total of 11,656 athletes of ages ranging from 12 to 66 years representing 206 countries (including IOC Refugee Olympic Team, comprising of 29 athletes who have been displaced from their respective home nations because of some conflict or natural disaster etc.) are participating in 339 sporting events. They all are the contenders for around 5000 gold, silver and bronze medals.<\/p>\n\n

Notable sports Debut at Tokyo 2021<\/strong> – Tokyo olympics will feature these sports for the first time. 3 on 3 basketball, skateboarding, karate, sport climbing and surfing.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

Tokyo Olympics also marks the highest ever number of participation from LGBTQ+ community. Number stands around 80. India’s Dutee Chand too became the first individual from the community to participate in the games. She came out as a lesbian in 2019.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n

On the global level most of the major countries have sent more women than men athletes for the Tokyo Olympics-2021. Meanwhile India too has sent its highest number of women participants in its history of Olympics.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

Gender wise list showing data relating to some major countries including strength of Indian players participating in Tokyo Olympics-2021<\/p>\n\n

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Country<\/strong><\/td>\nWomen<\/strong><\/td>\nMen<\/strong><\/td>\nTotal Number of participants<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
United States<\/td>\n329<\/td>\n284<\/td>\n613<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Australia<\/td>\n252<\/td>\n219<\/td>\n471<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
China<\/td>\n298<\/td>\n133<\/td>\n431<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Great Britain<\/td>\n201<\/td>\n175<\/td>\n376<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Canada<\/td>\n225<\/td>\n145<\/td>\n370<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ROC*<\/td>\n183<\/td>\n146<\/td>\n329<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
India<\/strong><\/td>\n56**<\/strong><\/td>\n71<\/strong><\/td>\n127 <\/strong>(Including 2 reserves and and 2 alternates)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/figure>\n\n

(* Russian Olympic Committee) (**Country\u2019s highest till now)<\/p>\n\n

India @ Tokyo 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

State wise participation from India<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

Northern and southern states have contributed the highest number of players who have qualified for Olympics-2021. 7 players from North East\u00a0 includes the name of Mirabai Chanu who grabbed the silver medal on the very first day of the mega event.<\/p>\n\n

State wise number of Indian players participating in Tokyo Olympics-20<\/strong>21<\/p>\n\n

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Sr. No.<\/strong><\/td>\nState\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\nTotal Number of participants<\/strong><\/td>\nSr. No.<\/strong><\/td>\nState<\/strong><\/td>\nTotal Number of participants<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1<\/td>\nHaryana<\/td>\n29<\/td>\n12<\/td>\nJharkhand<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\nPunjab<\/td>\n19<\/td>\n13<\/td>\nWest Bengal<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\nTamilnadu<\/td>\n12<\/td>\n14<\/td>\nAndhra Pradesh<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>\nUttar Pradesh<\/td>\n9<\/td>\n15<\/td>\nGujarat<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>\nKerala<\/td>\n8<\/td>\n16<\/td>\nMadhya Pradesh<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>\nMaharashtra<\/td>\n8<\/td>\n17<\/td>\nTelangana<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/td>\nDelhi<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n18<\/td>\nAssam<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/td>\nManipur<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n19<\/td>\nHimachal Pradesh<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9<\/td>\nOdisha<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n20<\/td>\nMizoram<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10<\/td>\nKarnataka<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n21<\/td>\nSikkim<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11<\/td>\nRajasthan<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n22<\/td>\nUttarakhand<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0<\/td>\nSub Total=<\/td>\n108<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\nGrand Total<\/strong><\/td>\n127<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/figure>\n\n

India\u2019s medal tally in the last three Olympics<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Year\/Olympics<\/strong><\/td>\nGold<\/strong><\/td>\nSilver<\/strong><\/td>\nBronze<\/strong><\/td>\nTotal Medals<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2008 Beijing Olympics<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n–<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2012 London Olympics<\/td>\n–<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2016 Rio Olympics<\/td>\n–<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/figure>\n\n

Indian players have won for the nation, a total of 28 medals since 1900 Olympics, both in individual as well as team events (Excluding Tokyo Olympics-2021), out of which 11 are from hockey, 5 from wrestling, 4 from shooting, 2 in athletics, 2 in boxing and 2 in badminton, 01 in tennis and 01 in weightlifting.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

Here are the 10 countries with the most Olympic medals:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Sr. No.<\/td>\nCountry<\/td>\nNumber of medals<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1<\/td>\nUnited States<\/td>\n2827<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\nUnited Kingdom<\/td>\n883<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\nGermany<\/td>\n855<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>\nFrance<\/td>\n840<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>\nItaly<\/td>\n701<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>\nSweden<\/td>\n652<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/td>\nChina<\/td>\n608<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/td>\nRussia<\/td>\n546<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9<\/td>\nNorway<\/td>\n520<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10<\/td>\nCanada<\/td>\n501<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/figure>\n\n

With the help of this info graphic, we can compare the positions of different countries in respect of Olympic medals grabbed till the commencement of Tokyo Olympics-2021.<\/p>\n\n

Present medal tally of Tokyo Olympics-2021 with five leading countries along with the position of India.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

(As on 2.08.2021)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Rank<\/strong><\/td>\nCountry<\/strong><\/td>\nGold<\/strong><\/td>\nSilver<\/strong><\/td>\nBronze<\/strong><\/td>\nTotal<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1<\/td>\nChina<\/td>\n29<\/td>\n17<\/td>\n16<\/td>\n62<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\nUSA<\/td>\n22<\/td>\n25<\/td>\n17<\/td>\n64<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\nJapan<\/td>\n17<\/td>\n6<\/td>\n10<\/td>\n33<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>\nAustralia<\/td>\n14<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n15<\/td>\n33<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>\nROC<\/td>\n12<\/td>\n21<\/td>\n17<\/td>\n50<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
43<\/strong><\/td>\nIndia<\/strong><\/td>\n0<\/strong><\/td>\n1<\/strong><\/td>\n1<\/strong><\/td>\n2<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/figure>\n\n

(* Russian Olympic Committee)<\/p>\n

The sporting fiesta continues and so does the journey towards eternal glory written in sweat, blood and grit by these modern day gladiators\u00a0 .\u00a0<\/p>\n\n

Data compiled by Sunil Kumar Gund
<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

Story edited by NK Jha<\/strong><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This Sunday, the shimmer of India’s sporting history was amplified by two historic wins at Tokyo Summer olympics. With a remarkable victory over China’s He Bing Jiao in Women’s single Badminton Bronze medal match, 26-yr old PV Sindhu became the only woman in India’s sporting history to win two consecutive olympics medal. The Silver medalist<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":182,"featured_media":12041,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70,72],"tags":[756,754,497,529,758,752,753,749,755,504,561,750,751,757],"ppma_author":[444],"class_list":{"0":"post-11849","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"category-uncategorized","9":"tag-badmintan","10":"tag-bronze","11":"tag-ignousojnms-2","12":"tag-ignouthevoices","13":"tag-indiaatolympics","14":"tag-indianhockey","15":"tag-mandeepsingh","16":"tag-mirabaichanu","17":"tag-pvsidhu","18":"tag-thevoices-2","19":"tag-thevoicesignou","20":"tag-tokyo2021","21":"tag-tokyoolympics","22":"tag-womenhockey"},"aioseo_notices":[],"yoast_head":"\nSindhu shuttles to glory; Hockey on historic highs at Tokyo Olympics - The Voices<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/sindhu-shuttles-to-glory-hockey-on-historic-highs-at-tokyo-olympics\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Sindhu shuttles to glory; Hockey on historic highs at Tokyo Olympics - The Voices\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"This Sunday, the shimmer of India’s sporting history was amplified by two historic wins at Tokyo Summer olympics. With a remarkable victory over China’s He Bing Jiao in Women’s single Badminton Bronze medal match, 26-yr old PV Sindhu became the only woman in India’s sporting history to win two consecutive olympics medal. The Silver medalist\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/sindhu-shuttles-to-glory-hockey-on-historic-highs-at-tokyo-olympics\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Voices\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/thevoices.ignou\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-08-02T14:58:11+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-08-03T06:41:20+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Hockey-Sindhu.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"450\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Sunil Kumar Gund\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@TheVoices_IGNOU\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@TheVoices_IGNOU\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Sunil Kumar Gund\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/medialit.in\\\/thevoices\\\/sindhu-shuttles-to-glory-hockey-on-historic-highs-at-tokyo-olympics\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/medialit.in\\\/thevoices\\\/sindhu-shuttles-to-glory-hockey-on-historic-highs-at-tokyo-olympics\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Sunil Kumar Gund\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/medialit.in\\\/thevoices\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/3fdc17f40394579ffa1155109a1e3f5f\"},\"headline\":\"Sindhu shuttles to glory; Hockey on historic highs at Tokyo Olympics\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-08-02T14:58:11+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-08-03T06:41:20+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/medialit.in\\\/thevoices\\\/sindhu-shuttles-to-glory-hockey-on-historic-highs-at-tokyo-olympics\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":913,\"commentCount\":1,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/medialit.in\\\/thevoices\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/medialit.in\\\/thevoices\\\/sindhu-shuttles-to-glory-hockey-on-historic-highs-at-tokyo-olympics\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/medialit.in\\\/thevoices\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/08\\\/Hockey-Sindhu.jpeg\",\"keywords\":[\"badmintan\",\"bronze\",\"ignousojnms\",\"ignouthevoices\",\"indiaatolympics\",\"indianhockey\",\"mandeepsingh\",\"mirabaichanu\",\"pvsidhu\",\"thevoices\",\"thevoicesignou\",\"tokyo2021\",\"tokyoolympics\",\"womenhockey\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Sports\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/medialit.in\\\/thevoices\\\/sindhu-shuttles-to-glory-hockey-on-historic-highs-at-tokyo-olympics\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/medialit.in\\\/thevoices\\\/sindhu-shuttles-to-glory-hockey-on-historic-highs-at-tokyo-olympics\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/medialit.in\\\/thevoices\\\/sindhu-shuttles-to-glory-hockey-on-historic-highs-at-tokyo-olympics\\\/\",\"name\":\"Sindhu shuttles to glory; Hockey on historic highs at Tokyo Olympics - The Voices\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/medialit.in\\\/thevoices\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/medialit.in\\\/thevoices\\\/sindhu-shuttles-to-glory-hockey-on-historic-highs-at-tokyo-olympics\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/medialit.in\\\/thevoices\\\/sindhu-shuttles-to-glory-hockey-on-historic-highs-at-tokyo-olympics\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/medialit.in\\\/thevoices\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/08\\\/Hockey-Sindhu.jpeg\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-08-02T14:58:11+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-08-03T06:41:20+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/medialit.in\\\/thevoices\\\/sindhu-shuttles-to-glory-hockey-on-historic-highs-at-tokyo-olympics\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/medialit.in\\\/thevoices\\\/sindhu-shuttles-to-glory-hockey-on-historic-highs-at-tokyo-olympics\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/medialit.in\\\/thevoices\\\/sindhu-shuttles-to-glory-hockey-on-historic-highs-at-tokyo-olympics\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/medialit.in\\\/thevoices\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/08\\\/Hockey-Sindhu.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/medialit.in\\\/thevoices\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/08\\\/Hockey-Sindhu.jpeg\",\"width\":600,\"height\":450,\"caption\":\"Pic Credit: SportsTiger\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/medialit.in\\\/thevoices\\\/sindhu-shuttles-to-glory-hockey-on-historic-highs-at-tokyo-olympics\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/medialit.in\\\/thevoices\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Sindhu shuttles to glory; Hockey on historic highs at Tokyo Olympics\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/medialit.in\\\/thevoices\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/medialit.in\\\/thevoices\\\/\",\"name\":\"The Voices\",\"description\":\"Let's Break the Silence\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/medialit.in\\\/thevoices\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/medialit.in\\\/thevoices\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/medialit.in\\\/thevoices\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"The Voices\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/medialit.in\\\/thevoices\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/medialit.in\\\/thevoices\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/medialit.in\\\/thevoices\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/02\\\/cropped-cropped-cropped-Voice-Logo-without-name.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/medialit.in\\\/thevoices\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/02\\\/cropped-cropped-cropped-Voice-Logo-without-name.png\",\"width\":512,\"height\":512,\"caption\":\"The Voices\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/medialit.in\\\/thevoices\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/thevoices.ignou\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/TheVoices_IGNOU\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/channel\\\/UCsLvQ1nfCY0qrxFt8TAnf7g\\\/videos\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/medialit.in\\\/thevoices\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/3fdc17f40394579ffa1155109a1e3f5f\",\"name\":\"Sunil Kumar Gund\",\"description\":\"Working as: Manager Speed Post, National Sorting Hub, Chandigarh, PIN-160017 Pursuing; Masters In Journalism & Mass Communication, [IGNOU].\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/medialit.in\\\/thevoices\\\/author\\\/sunil-kumar-gund\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Sindhu shuttles to glory; Hockey on historic highs at Tokyo Olympics - The Voices","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/sindhu-shuttles-to-glory-hockey-on-historic-highs-at-tokyo-olympics\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Sindhu shuttles to glory; Hockey on historic highs at Tokyo Olympics - The Voices","og_description":"This Sunday, the shimmer of India’s sporting history was amplified by two historic wins at Tokyo Summer olympics. With a remarkable victory over China’s He Bing Jiao in Women’s single Badminton Bronze medal match, 26-yr old PV Sindhu became the only woman in India’s sporting history to win two consecutive olympics medal. The Silver medalist","og_url":"https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/sindhu-shuttles-to-glory-hockey-on-historic-highs-at-tokyo-olympics\/","og_site_name":"The Voices","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/thevoices.ignou","article_published_time":"2021-08-02T14:58:11+00:00","article_modified_time":"2021-08-03T06:41:20+00:00","og_image":[{"width":600,"height":450,"url":"https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Hockey-Sindhu.jpeg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Sunil Kumar Gund","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@TheVoices_IGNOU","twitter_site":"@TheVoices_IGNOU","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Sunil Kumar Gund","Est. reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/sindhu-shuttles-to-glory-hockey-on-historic-highs-at-tokyo-olympics\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/sindhu-shuttles-to-glory-hockey-on-historic-highs-at-tokyo-olympics\/"},"author":{"name":"Sunil Kumar Gund","@id":"https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/#\/schema\/person\/3fdc17f40394579ffa1155109a1e3f5f"},"headline":"Sindhu shuttles to glory; Hockey on historic highs at Tokyo Olympics","datePublished":"2021-08-02T14:58:11+00:00","dateModified":"2021-08-03T06:41:20+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/sindhu-shuttles-to-glory-hockey-on-historic-highs-at-tokyo-olympics\/"},"wordCount":913,"commentCount":1,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/sindhu-shuttles-to-glory-hockey-on-historic-highs-at-tokyo-olympics\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Hockey-Sindhu.jpeg","keywords":["badmintan","bronze","ignousojnms","ignouthevoices","indiaatolympics","indianhockey","mandeepsingh","mirabaichanu","pvsidhu","thevoices","thevoicesignou","tokyo2021","tokyoolympics","womenhockey"],"articleSection":["Sports"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/sindhu-shuttles-to-glory-hockey-on-historic-highs-at-tokyo-olympics\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/sindhu-shuttles-to-glory-hockey-on-historic-highs-at-tokyo-olympics\/","url":"https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/sindhu-shuttles-to-glory-hockey-on-historic-highs-at-tokyo-olympics\/","name":"Sindhu shuttles to glory; Hockey on historic highs at Tokyo Olympics - The Voices","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/sindhu-shuttles-to-glory-hockey-on-historic-highs-at-tokyo-olympics\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/sindhu-shuttles-to-glory-hockey-on-historic-highs-at-tokyo-olympics\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Hockey-Sindhu.jpeg","datePublished":"2021-08-02T14:58:11+00:00","dateModified":"2021-08-03T06:41:20+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/sindhu-shuttles-to-glory-hockey-on-historic-highs-at-tokyo-olympics\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/sindhu-shuttles-to-glory-hockey-on-historic-highs-at-tokyo-olympics\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/sindhu-shuttles-to-glory-hockey-on-historic-highs-at-tokyo-olympics\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Hockey-Sindhu.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Hockey-Sindhu.jpeg","width":600,"height":450,"caption":"Pic Credit: SportsTiger"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/sindhu-shuttles-to-glory-hockey-on-historic-highs-at-tokyo-olympics\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Sindhu shuttles to glory; Hockey on historic highs at Tokyo Olympics"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/#website","url":"https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/","name":"The Voices","description":"Let's Break the Silence","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/#organization","name":"The Voices","url":"https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/cropped-cropped-cropped-Voice-Logo-without-name.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/cropped-cropped-cropped-Voice-Logo-without-name.png","width":512,"height":512,"caption":"The Voices"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/thevoices.ignou","https:\/\/x.com\/TheVoices_IGNOU","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCsLvQ1nfCY0qrxFt8TAnf7g\/videos"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/#\/schema\/person\/3fdc17f40394579ffa1155109a1e3f5f","name":"Sunil Kumar Gund","description":"Working as: Manager Speed Post, National Sorting Hub, Chandigarh, PIN-160017 Pursuing; Masters In Journalism & Mass Communication, [IGNOU].","url":"https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/author\/sunil-kumar-gund\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Hockey-Sindhu.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"authors":[{"term_id":444,"user_id":182,"is_guest":0,"slug":"sunil-kumar-gund","display_name":"Sunil Kumar Gund","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/457eaaf397f4e4e4be413f935830809e55c7775fd7963c29087c99ac0c512e6f?s=96&d=mm&r=g","0":null,"1":"","2":"","3":"","4":"","5":"","6":"","7":"","8":""}],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11849","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/182"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11849"}],"version-history":[{"count":40,"href":"https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11849\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12086,"href":"https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11849\/revisions\/12086"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12041"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11849"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11849"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11849"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=11849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}