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100 days to Paris Olympics 2024: Tracking India's top 10 medal hopes
ESPN tracks how the India's top 10 medal prospects are doing 100 days out from the start of the Olympics.
Summer Olympics
100 days to Paris: Every Indian athlete that has qualified for the Olympics so far
From Neeraj Chopra to PV Sindhu, here's a list of every Indian to have qualified for the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Badminton
Satwik, Chirag win like champions: Looks incredible, feels inevitable
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty became India's first-ever Asian Games gold medallists in badminton.
Badminton
Asian Games: Prannoy the gladiator defies injury and age to win quarters, secure medal
HS Prannoy beat Lee Zii Jia 21-16 21-23 22-20 in the quarterfinal to win India's first men's singles badminton medal at the Asian Games since 1982.
Badminton
Asian Games badminton draw: Sat-Chi, Prannoy lead Indian medal hopes in individual events
Badminton
Asian Games: China winners again as India's historic badminton silver a story of what ifs
Badminton
Asian Games 2022 badminton draw: what are India's medal chances in team events?
India's badminton campaign at the Hangzhou Asian Games is set to begin from Thursday with men's and women's team events
Badminton
Will the real PV Sindhu please stand up?
The Asian Games could prove to be PV Sindhu's shot at redemption after a tough 2023 season.
News
Badminton keeps Russian ban as qualifying looms
Badminton upheld its ban on Russian and Belarusian players, days before Olympic qualifying begins. Modern pentathlon, meanwhile, said it would set up a "pathway" for athletes from the two countries to return but didn't commit to a date.
news - in badminton
Prannoy loses the final but tweaks in diet, training prove effective
Prannoy finished as the runner-up at Swiss Open, which was his first BWF Tour final since since the US Open in July 2017.
news - in badminton
BWF Worlds: Srikanth, Lakshya chase history in captivating SF duel
The winner will be the first ever Indian male finalist at the BWF World Championships.
news - in badminton
Srikanth, Lakshya to meet in Worlds SF; Sindhu, Prannoy lose
Defending champion PV Sindhu was beaten by World No 1 Tai Tzu Ying in the quarter-final, with HS Prannoy also defeated by Loh Kean Yew in the last eight.
news - in badminton
BWF Worlds: Fearless Lakshya Sen comes of age in slugfest against Zhao
In 67 minutes on Friday, Lakshya went from being a promise that could be, to a racket-flinging victor waiting for his applause.
news - in badminton
Lakshya, Srikanth and Prannoy reach quarters, Sindhu to face Tai
Sindhu face Tai Tzu Ying next, while Srikanth faces Mark Caljouw in the quarterfinals
news - in badminton
Prannoy joins Srikanth and Lakshya in Worlds pre-QFs
Prannoy faces either Luis Enrique Penalver of Spain or Rasmus Gemke of Denmark in the pre-quarterfinals
news - in badminton
BWF Worlds: Lakshya learns the art of rallies to enter third round
With many top-ranked players missing, Lakshya Sen has a real chance to make a run deep into the World Championships.
news - in badminton
BWF World Championships: Prannoy wins, but Indian doubles teams lose
Despite Carolina Marin and Nozomi Okuhara's absence, PV Sindhu isn't short on rivals looking to be World Champion themselves.
news - in badminton
World C'ships: Who can stop Sindhu from defending her crown?
Despite Carolina Marin and Nozomi Okuhara's absence, PV Sindhu isn't short on rivals looking to be World Champion themselves.
news - in badminton
Carolina Marin pulls out of BWF World Championships
'We have also taken the decision of not having a formal date of comeback to competitions until we are 100% sure my knee is fully recovered,' says Marin.
news - in badminton
World C'ships: Marin's return sets up SF against Sindhu
ESPN takes a look at what the Indian contingent can expect at the BWF World Championships, taking place in Huelva from December 12-19.
news - in badminton
Hungry Lakshya Sen keen to show he belongs in big boys' club
. "I may look up to some of these guys," says Lakshya, "but when we are on opposite sides of the court, we are equals. I want to win as much as they do."
news - in badminton
World Tour Finals: Sindhu, Srikanth sidestep landmines in Bali
ESPN takes a look at what the Indian contingent can expect at the BWF World Tour Finals in Bali.
news - in badminton
Agus leaves; Srikanth, Sai stranded without a coach
Agus Dwi Santoso has quit from his role as Indian men's singles coach, ESPN understands.
news - in badminton
Srikanth downs Prannoy, faces Dane hurdle on road to final
Srikanth has gone 32 months without reaching a final. He faces Anders Antonsen in the semifinal of the Indonesia Masters Super 750.
news - in badminton
Battling back injury & limited training, Prannoy slays Axelsen
Prannoy, who had not progressed past the second round in any tournament in 2021, now faces Kidambi Srikanth in the quarterfinals of the Indonesia Masters Super 750.
Medal Tracker
Overall Medal Leaders
- 113USA
- 88CHN
- 71ROC
Individual Medal Leaders
USA | 39 |
CHN | 38 |
JPN | 27 |
USA | 41 |
CHN | 32 |
ROC | 28 |
USA | 33 |
ROC | 23 |
GBR | 22 |
Overall Medal Leaders
- 7McKeon
- 5Dressel
- 4McKeown
Individual Medal Leaders
Dressel | 5 |
McKeon | 4 |
McKeown | 3 |
Scott | 3 |
Ledecky | 2 |
Hashimoto | 2 |
McKeon | 3 |
Nagornyy | 2 |
Melnikova | 2 |
Olympics News
Venezuelan Olympic boxing medalist Francisco Rodríguez dies at 78
Venezuela's first Olympic gold medaist -- boxer Francisco "Morochito" Rodríguez -- has died at the age of 78.
Alexis Ohanian invests in women's track with new invitational
Alexis Ohanian announced Tuesday that his venture capital firm was investing in women's track with the 776 Invitational, with the largest purse ever for a women's-only track event.
Konnor McClain, eMjae Frazier among six gymnasts to watch in 2025
After a memorable and historic season filled with record-setting scores and epic performances, we can't help but to look ahead to next season.
2024 NCAA gymnastics championships finals: LSU wins first-ever national title
With Haleigh Bryant leading the squad, LSU earned its first national title on Saturday in a whirlwind day at the NCAA gymnastics championships.
Armand Duplantis breaks pole vault world record for 8th time
Sweden's Armand Duplantis broke the pole vault world record for an eight time with a 6.24-meter effort in the first Diamond League meeting of the 2024 season in China.
Sports bodies criticize track's move to pay gold medalists
Olympic sports bodies have criticized World Athletics for promising to pay $50,000 for each track and field gold medal won at the Paris Olympics.