India's Joseph G Abraham competes in the men's 400m hurdles heats during the 12th IAAF World Athletics Championships at the Olympic Stadium on August 15, 2009 in Berlin, Germany. PIC/Getty Images |
Lal Takhar (rowing gold), Sanam Singh (men's tennis doubles gold), Vikas Krishan (men's boxing gold), Preeja Sreedharan (women's 10,000m & 4x400m relay golds), Ashwini Akkunji (women's 400m hurdles & 4x400m relay golds), Joseph Abraham (men's 400m hurdles gold) and Sudha Singh (women's 3000m steeplechase gold) were definitely not front page material until a fortnight ago.
It all started of course with Pankaj Advani, India's billiards ace, who repeated his Doha gold medal-winning feat. Unfortunately, cue sports aren't
The rest of Advani's teammates here however now carry on their promising shoulders the burden of a billion-plus medal hopes at the Olympic Games. Thankfully all of them realise the significance of what lies ahead. "I can't
World No 1 pugilist Vijender Singh too can't wait for 2012. "After Beijing and now Guangzhou, I want to win an Olympic gold medal," he said. Then of course, India also has its existing super heroes in the likes of shooters Bindra, Gagan Narang, Ronjan Sodhi, Manavjit Singh Sandhu, Tejaswini Sawant, boxers Vijender Singh, Suranjoy Singh, wrestlers Yogeshwar Dutt, Sushil Kumar, tennis ace Somdev Devvarman, Leander Paes, Mahesh Bhupathi all proven champions on the international stage. They too will inevitably be
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