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Bronze is not enough

A bronze medal at an Olympics is no mean feat. Add two crucial facts - it came in a brutal combat sport that ended male hegemony at the Games. And she became just the second woman to bring home an Olympic medal to a country where her tribe does not always get a fair deal. Kaushik Chatterji writes. Dancing queen

Bedlam at T3 as heroes arrive

Never underestimate the power of people. But it can, on a smaller scale, smash flowerpots, rip apart metallic railings and storm the arrival lounge of the eighth-largest airport terminal in the world even as armed security personnel look on. This one had a fair bit to do with exuberance, though.

Champions' return home to rousing welcome

MC Mary Kom broke into an impromptu jig with her fans as the star boxer along with wrestlers Sushil Kumar and Yogeshwar Dutt were accorded a grand welcome after they returned following their historic exploits at the London Olympic Games.

Fans welcome Magnificent Mary home

Hundreds of cheering fans welcomed Mary Kom at the airport, breaking into an impromptu jig in which the boxer also participated. She was accompanied by her husband Onler Kom and her mother Akham Kom.

Sushil, Yogeshwar return home to hero's welcome

India's Olympic medal winning wrestlers Sushil Kumar and Yogeshwar Dutt returned home late on Monday night to a hero's welcome as hordes of supporters, including young grapplers from nearby akhadas, turned up at the international airport making it a carnival like atmosphere.

Taking centrestage

Villages have become nurseries for Olympics, churning out starry-eyed champions. From another concrete structure in the dusty by-lanes of Baprola Village, Sushil Kumar's abode now stands as a defining landmark. Expectedly, the trappings of prosperity too have become marked. HT reports.

India's Olympic strike rate rises

The 2012 London Olympics may have ended, but the debate about India's performance continues. Finishing 55th in a long list of 204 countries may not be worth the boast, but it is a fact that India's medal strike rate has improved. Abhijit Patnaik and Sujoy Das report.

Shot put winner tests positive, loses medal

Olympic women’s shot put champion Nadezhda Ostapchuk has been stripped of the gold medal she won at the London Games a week ago after testing positive for a banned anabolic steroid.

Tendulkar, Sehwag laud fighter Sushil

Sachin Tendulkar lauded his dedication while Virender Sehwag was in awe of his "mental strength" as India's star cricketers gave a collective round of applause to wrestler Sushil Kumar for clinching a silver medal at the just-concluded London Olympics.

Olympics comes to rocking end with a pop party

Some of Britain's greatest singers and celebrities provided a touch of glamour and vibrance as London on Sunday bid a grand farewell to bring down the curtains on the 30th Olympic Games with a heady mix of music, culture and dazzling fireworks in London. Celebrations as curtain comes down | US top of the world | Closing ceremony | London 2012 flashback

Grand finale: Sushil's silver

Sushil Kumar fought valiantly, but was far too dehydrated to prevail against his much swifter Japanese opponent Tatsuhiro Yonemitsu. He still ended up earning India its second silver of these Games. Sukhwant Basra reports. Sushil settles for silver | Take three | Sushil says | Twitter buzz | Quote shoot | Awards for Sushil

Curtain falls on London Olympics, Cameron says we delivered

15 years on, friends in deeds as well

Sushil Kumar and Yogeshwar Dutt are childhood friends who fed off each other to sustain and actuate their medal dreams. Sukhwant Basra reports. Know Sushil | 'We chase medals, not women'

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