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HindustanTimes Sat,25 May 2013

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
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The unsung ones behind India's Olympic heroes

Away from the glitz and glamour of celebrations to hail the heroes of India's most successful Olympic Games are the unsung non-governmental agencies that played a significant role in the athletes' accomplishments.
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The power of ones

Instead of stressing on team sports in the Olympics, India must focus on individual disciplines it's good at.

Winning is nothing

It’s the last day of the Olympics and all across our nation’s rolling tracks and fields, we are bursting with pre-ordered pride. Indrajit Hazra writes.
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Nothing less than a 'medal spring' awaits us in Rio: Prez

Calling for creating a strong sporting nation with sound sports infrastructure, President Pranab Mukherjee today set the ball rolling for the next Olympics in Brazil expressing hope that India will improve its ranking in the world.

President felicitates Olympic heroes

President Pranab Mukherjee felicitates Olympics bronze medallist boxer MC Mary Kom during a function at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi. (PTI/Shahbaz Khan)
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HT@Olympics

Country Gold Silver Bronze Total
USA 46 29 29 104
China 38 27 22 87
Great Britain 29 17 19 65
Russia 24 25 33 82
India 0 2 4 6
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