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Paulose in action at the Doha Asian Games
Sinimol Paulose won a 2nd gold in the Doha Asian games in the 800 m event. With her performance in this event she managed to qualify for the same in the world indoor championships as well!
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Sinimol Paulose in DohaSinimol Paulose won the gold in the ongoing 3rd Asian Indoor Athletics Championships(Doha) in the 1500 m event. She had won gold in the same event in the previous Championship as well. She clocked 4.15.42 seconds , thus qualifying for the World Indoor Championships benchmark being set at 4.16.00. Her previous achievements also include a silver medal in the 800m event in the 2nd Asian Indoor Athletics event in Amman in 2006.
After her spectacular display in the Australian open 08, Sania Mirza is now ranked 29th in the world. In singles she reached the third round only to be defeated by Venus Williams. Also she lost the mixed doubles finals along with her partner Mahesh Bhupathi. Looks like we have a chance for an Olympic medal in the tennis arena at Beijing this year.
Her jump in the rankings make her the no1 in Asia & the first Indian woman to do so. This hardly comes as a surprise because of her current form & she has more places to go still. But I'm disappointed she has decided to pull out of the Banglore Open. People have been on Sachin Tendulkar or even Sourav Ganguly's case since forever. But they din't quit. Maybe Sania should learn to ignore what everyone in the world has to say & listen only to those who matter.
In our male dominated , sports deprived(yeah ok! cricket worshipping) country who does everyone think to be our best bet for a medal at the upcoming Beijing Olmpics in August 2008? None other than our long jump athlete Anju Bobby George. She is a world class athlete having won the gold in Busan Asian Games - 2002. As it is sports other than cricket are neglected in our country, and being a woman sports person is no mean feat. It requires determination & unwavering enthusiasm & we know Anju is made of strong stuff.
There were many firsts for Anju when she won medals at world competitions. Like- she was the first Indian to have won a medal(bronze) ever at the Paris World Championships - 2003 & she was also the first Indian to have won a medal(silver) at the 3rd IAAF World athletics final 2005. Her most recent achievement was being placed 9th in the finals of th11th IAAF World Championships in athletics in August 07.
Though she is mostly know for her long jump prowess, Anju is also a triple jump athlete. Though she may not have won medals for the latter but she came in th 4th place in the Asian games -2002(when she won gold in long jump). One can find more information about this great athlete on her own official website - AnjuBobbyGeorge
And definetly our country has showered her with accolades from time to time. She is an Arjuna Awardee(2002),Padmashree Awardee(2004) & also the winner of the prestigious Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award(2003).
I wish she does get a medal this year at Beijing & preferably Gold. In last Olympics the Russians wrecked her chances of a medal by jumping over 7.0 m. I wish her goodluck!
