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"No one supported her. So she went all alone for it. Even my neighbours told me not to send her outside, that it was not good.
#WPL #WPLAuction #ChaseYourDream #WomenInSports #Inspiration
#WPL #WPLAuction #ChaseYourDream #WomenInSports #Inspiration
But I was very confident that my daughter would handle everything," says #JasiaAkhtar's father.
Gul Mohammed Wani, works as a daily labourer in #Kashmir's Shopian and earns just enough to support his four-member family.
Gul Mohammed Wani, works as a daily labourer in #Kashmir's Shopian and earns just enough to support his four-member family.
Playing for the #Rajasthan team for the past two years, Jasia is among the top players in ODI rankings for women's domestic cricket in India with 500 plus runs as well as in T20 rankings with 590 runs.
"My grandmother would wake me really early to go swimming with me at Anderson Club. She swam and exercised every morning, and this was her routine for a few days before she passed away.
#IndianAthlete #WomenInSports #History #RepresentingIndia #WomenEmpowerment
#IndianAthlete #WomenInSports #History #RepresentingIndia #WomenEmpowerment
She believed she had survived long because of how fit she was," says Ritendranath Mitra, grandson of Bengal's gifted athlete #IlaMitra who
once qualified in 1940 to compete in the #Olympics.
At 12, she was well-recognised in the region for her sports abilities.
once qualified in 1940 to compete in the #Olympics.
At 12, she was well-recognised in the region for her sports abilities.
Her proud father would take her for swimming practice and escort her to several track competitions all through the city while managing his office schedule.
“In school, I used to think, ‘what are the Olympics?’ I never thought I would participate in the Olympics”, #PTUsha once recalled in an interview.
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#Olympics #WomenInSports #history #timelapse
@PTUshaOfficial
#Olympics #WomenInSports #history #timelapse
PT Usha’s historic run in the 400 m hurdles final in the 1984 Olympics was a heartbreaking loss for India but one that turned out to be as much of an inspiration as a victory.
In the years to come, she went on to set the tracks ablaze for the next few years, winning golds at the Asian Games and Asian Championships, setting records and being the darling of the crowd wherever she went.
(1/5)भारतीय पैरा एथलीट अवनी लेखरा ने अपने शानदार खेल की बदौलत दुनियाभर में एक बार फिर भारत का नाम रोशन कर दिया है।
मंगलवार को वर्ल्ड शूटिंग पैरा स्पोर्ट्स रैंकिंग जारी की गई, जिसमें गोल्डन गर्ल अवनी ने R2- 10 मीटर एयर राइफल महिला SH1 और
मंगलवार को वर्ल्ड शूटिंग पैरा स्पोर्ट्स रैंकिंग जारी की गई, जिसमें गोल्डन गर्ल अवनी ने R2- 10 मीटर एयर राइफल महिला SH1 और
(2/5)R8-50 मीटर राइफल 3 पोजिशन महिला इवेंट में दुनियाभर में पहली रैंक हासिल की है।
इसके साथ ही, शूटिंग में एक साथ दो वर्ल्ड रैंकिंग में ऐसा करने वाली अवनी भारत की पहली पैरा खिलाड़ी बन गई हैं।
इस महीने फ्रांस में आयोजित वर्ल्ड शूटिंग चैंपियनशिप में अवनी ने 2
इसके साथ ही, शूटिंग में एक साथ दो वर्ल्ड रैंकिंग में ऐसा करने वाली अवनी भारत की पहली पैरा खिलाड़ी बन गई हैं।
इस महीने फ्रांस में आयोजित वर्ल्ड शूटिंग चैंपियनशिप में अवनी ने 2
(3/5)गोल्ड मेडल जीत इतिहास रचा था। 11 जून को उन्होंने 50 मीटर राइफल इवेंट, जबकि 7 जून को उन्होंने 10 मीटर एयर राइफल इवेंट में भी गोल्ड मेडल जीता था। वहीं अब जून के महीने में ही वर्ल्ड नंबर वन का खिताब भी अवनी ने अपने नाम किया है।
Denise McCluggage: pioneira nas pistas e na cobertura do automobilismo
#Racing #womeninsports #womeninmotorsport
#Racing #womeninsports #womeninmotorsport
hoje o ELAS NA HISTÓRIA traz a pioneira Denise McCluggage que não só arrasou nas pistas, como também foi crucial para o jornalismo dos esportes à motor. segue o fio 🧵
Em 1959, McCluggage se tornou a primeira mulher a vencer o evento de carros esportivos no Thompson Raceway em Connecticut, com um Porsche RS.
19 Year Old Mzansi Girl Working For @AFCorse Ferrari At #Kyalami9H 🇿🇦🏎️💃
AF Corse Ferrari is in town to compete at the Kyalami 9 Hour this weekend and they have a young South African Mechatronic Engineering student working for them, Nicola Watt.
#k9hour #WomenInSports
AF Corse Ferrari is in town to compete at the Kyalami 9 Hour this weekend and they have a young South African Mechatronic Engineering student working for them, Nicola Watt.
#k9hour #WomenInSports
AF Corse is a racing team synonymous with the Ferrari GT racing program led by Amato Ferrari (not related to Ferrari family) with numerous international championship titles to its name.
Nicola was born and raised in Kyalami, just across the road from the Kyalami Grand Prix circuit and grew up in a sports obsessed family. She is a big motorsport fan and has an insatiable love for the analytics and engineering in the success of the cars
See 63 in the middle? I want you to meet Ari. She’s a student council member. She’s an A student. She’s a proud Native. She also started and played every snap at center for our middle school football team. We didn’t give her the spot. We never once took it easy on her….
We told our boys that no one was going to take it easy on her, and could possibly try to throw extra bodies at her to find a weakness. BUT NO ONE FREAKING COULD. 💪 Her shotgun and under center exchange rates were almost perfect. She held blocks and double-teamed extremely well.
She is a key reason we tied for 1st in the south division. She was always at practice, always working her butt off and never made excuses. She led that line. I am HONORED to be her coach. And I just needed y’all to know her name. #womeninsports
#Inspiration #ChaseYourDream #WomenInSports
A typist by profession, Revanna Umadevi Nagaraj was 47 when she defied all stereotypes to win the World Ladies Billiards Championship. (1/6)
A typist by profession, Revanna Umadevi Nagaraj was 47 when she defied all stereotypes to win the World Ladies Billiards Championship. (1/6)
Born into a family of weavers, Bengaluru's Umadevi Nagaraj was 23 when she got a typewriting job at the Dept. Of Horticulture office in Lalbagh.
During her free time, Umadevi began visiting the Karnataka Government Secretariat Club (KGS) nearby to play tabble tennis. (2/6)
During her free time, Umadevi began visiting the Karnataka Government Secretariat Club (KGS) nearby to play tabble tennis. (2/6)
It was here that she first held a cue in her hands and knew that she was meant to play Billiards. Umadevi began practicing the sport whenever she got time. Her hard work bore fruit when she achieved the 3rd position in State Snooker Ranking. (3/6)
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Delhi's Rishitaa Jain is only 17, but she has already won 4 golds for India in powerlifting. (1/4)
Delhi's Rishitaa Jain is only 17, but she has already won 4 golds for India in powerlifting. (1/4)
"My relatives would worry that I would bulk up or look manly, and no one would marry me. Even in school, some of my classmates would tease me saying that heavy lifting was a sport for men and girls cannot lift weights,” says Rishitaa. (2/4)
But Rishitaa's parents never stopped supporting her, and Rishitaa never let the criticism bring her down.
Instead, she trained harder than ever and broke any misconceptions that those around her had about women powerlifting. (3/4)
Instead, she trained harder than ever and broke any misconceptions that those around her had about women powerlifting. (3/4)
