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Aarathy Kasturi Raj (22 May 1994) [1] is an Indian speed skating track athlete. [2] She won a bronze medal in the women's 3000m relay event at the 2022 Asian Games. [3] [4] [5] [6]
Aarathy's father C. Kasturi Raj is a businessman and her mother, Mala Raj is a gynaecologist She is married to Tamil Nadu cricketer Sandeep Warrier in 2019. [7] She did her MBBS from SRM Medical College, Chennai. [6] She did her post graduation in Clinical Embryology. [8] She trains under coach Sathyamoorthy at the Nehru Stadium in Chennai. [8] For Asian Games, she also trained under Belgian coach Ferri. She works at the hospital run by her family. [6]
Arianna Fontana OMRI is an Italian short track speed skater, who has won eleven Olympic medals among these two gold medals in the 500m short track, one at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang and the second one at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. Her medal haul following the 2022 Games made her the short track skater with the most Olympic medals. It also made her the Italian sportswoman with the highest number of Winter Olympic medals, one more than Stefania Belmondo. She specializes in the 500 m event.
Shiny Kurisingal Wilson is a retired Indian athlete. She has been a National Champion in 800 metres for 14 years. Shiny Abraham Wilson represented India more than 75 times in international competition. She holds the added distinction of representing Asia in four World Cups. She is also perhaps the only athlete to have taken part in six Asian Track & Field Meets in a row beginning 1985 in Jakarta. During this period she won seven gold, five silver and two bronze medals in the Asian competitions. She collected a total of 18 gold and two silver medals from the seven South Asian Federation (SAF) Meets she has competed.
Originally having participated in Olympics as the delegation of the Republic of China (ROC) from 1924 Summer Olympics to 1976 Winter Olympics,China competed at the Olympic Games under the name of the People's Republic of China (PRC) for the first time in 1952 Summer Olympics held in Helsinki, Finland, although they only arrived in time during the last days to participate in a one event. That year, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) allowed both the PRC and ROC to compete with the name "China", although the latter withdrew in protest. Due to the dispute over the political status of the "two Chinas", the PRC started a period of isolationism, withdrawing from several international sporting bodies and the UN system until the mid-1970s, when the country participated for the first time in the Asian Games in 1974 and the World University Games in 1977. Returning to the IOC officially only in 1979, which gave it the right to send an official delegation, starting from the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, United States. Their first appearance at the Summer Olympic Games after 1952 was the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. The People's Republic of China staged boycotts of the Games of the XVI Olympiad in Melbourne, Australia, Games of the XVII Olympiad in Rome, Italy, Games of the XVIII Olympiad in Tokyo, Japan, Games of the XIX Olympiad in Mexico City, Mexico, Games of the XX Olympiad in Munich, Germany, and Games of the XXI Olympiad in Montreal, Canada. China also boycott the Games of the XXII Olympiad in Moscow, USSR due to the American-led boycott and the ongoing Sino-Soviet split, together with the other countries.
The India men's national volleyball team represents India in international volleyball competitions. It is managed by the Volleyball Federation of India and is currently sponsored by Sahara India Pariwar and Asics.
Marianne St-Gelais is a Canadian former short track speed skater. She won two silver medals in the 500 m and 3,000 m relay at the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics, and a third silver in the 3,000 m relay at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.
Katherine Reutter-Adamek is an American short track speed skater. She is a two-time medalist in the Winter Olympics, 2011 overall world silver medalist and the 2010–2011 overall ISU Short Track Speed Skating World Cup champion.
The 2022 Asian Games, officially the 19th Asian Games and also known as Hangzhou 2022, was a continental multi-sport event which was held from 23 September to 8 October 2023 in Hangzhou, China. The games marked the 110th anniversary since the creation of the first continental event, starting with the 1913 Far Eastern Championship Games. The games were hailed as an incredible success by numerous officials from the Olympic Council of Asia and Asian Paralympic Committee.
Sandeep Warrier is an Indian international cricketer. He made his international debut for the Indian cricket team in July 2021 against Sri Lanka. He is a right-arm medium-fast bowler who has played for Kerala and currently plays for Tamil Nadu in domestic cricket.
Zhang Yufei is a Chinese competitive swimmer who specializes in sprint freestyle and butterfly events. Considered one of the most promising swimmers in the international scene, she produced a tally of thirty-seven medals in her swimming career, spanning the Youth Olympics, Asian Games, World Championships and the Summer Olympics. In 2023, she was named as the most valuable player in the women's division, in the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou.
Lovlina Borgohain is an Indian boxer. She won a bronze medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in the women's welterweight event, becoming only the third Indian boxer to win a medal at the Olympics. She won gold medal at 2023 IBA Women's World Boxing Championships and bronze medals at the 2018 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships and the 2019 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships. Borgohain is the first female athlete and the second boxer from Assam to represent the state in the Olympics. In 2020, she became the sixth person from Assam to receive Arjuna Award.
Karthika Jagadeeswaran is an Indian speed skating track athlete. She won a bronze medal in the women's 3000m relay event at the 2022 Asian Games.
Heeral Sadhu is an Indian speed skating track athlete. She won a bronze medal in the women's 3000m relay event at the 2022 Asian Games.
Sanjana Bathula is an Indian speed skating track athlete. She was the reserve member for the Indian team which won a bronze medal in the women's 3000m relay event at the 2022 Asian Games. but she didn't receive a medal.
Aishwarya Kailash Mishra is an Indian athlete from Maharashtra. She competes in 400m. She is named in the Indian athletics team for the 400m event as a reserve athlete for the relay team event for the 2022 Asian Games at Hangzhou, China. She was part of the women's 4 × 400 m relay Indian team that won silver along with Vithya Ramraj, Subha Venkatesan and Prachi Choudhary at the 2022 Asian Games.
Chaoba Devi Oinam is an Indian sepak takraw player. She won a bronze medal in the women's regu event at the 2022 Asian Games. The Indian team consisting of Maipak Devi Ayekpam, Chaoba Devi Oinam, Khushbu, Priya Devi Elangbam and Leirentom Bi Devi Elangbam lost Thailand 10-21, 13-21 in the semifinals. In Sepak Takraw both losing semifinalists get the bronze medals.
Vikram Rajendra Ingale is an Indian speed skating track athlete from Maharashtra. He was in the Indian speed skating team for the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, China. He was part of the relay team that won the bronze medal in the men's 3000m event along with Siddhant Kamble, Aryanpal Singh and Anandkumar Velkumar.
Siddhant Kamble is an Indian speed skating track athlete from Pune. He was in the Indian speed skating team for the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, China. He was part of the relay team that won the bronze medal in the men's 3000m event along with Vikram Ingale, Aryanpal Singh and Anandkumar Velkumar.
Aryanpal Singh Ghuman is an Indian speed skating track athlete. He was selected for the Indian speed skating team for the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, China. He was the reserve member of the relay team that won the bronze medal in the men's 3000m event along with Vikram Ingale, Siddhant Kamble and Anand Kumar. but he didn't receive a medal.
Anandkumar Velkumar is an Indian speed skating track athlete from Tamil Nadu. He was selected for the Indian speed skating team for the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, China. He was part of the relay team that won the bronze medal in the men's 3000m event along with Vikram Ingale, Aryanpal Singh and Siddhant Kamble.