Gold Medal

Indian paddlers Payas Jain and Yashaswini Ghorpade defeated the Chinese duo of Han Xinyuan and Qin Yuxuan 3-2 in a thrilling finals of Asian Junior and Cadet Championships in Laos. The Indian players scored 11-9, 11-1, 10-12, 7-11, and 11-8, and secured a gold medal for India. Furthermore, this was the first gold medal that the Indian juniors have won in an Asian Championships.

Indian player Lakshya Sen followed PV Sindhu in winning the badminton men's singles final gold with a win over Ng Tze Yong of Malaysia at the Commonwealth Games 2022 on August 8. Lakshya made it to the men's singles final after beating Jia Heng Teh of Singapore in the semifinal and won a gold medal at the CWG, in Birmingham, England, United Kingdom.

The India lawn bowls team bagged a historic gold medal for the nation at the Commonwealth Games.  On August 2, the women's lawn bowl squad made India proud, after it secured the gold medal against South Africa, in finals. The Indian quartet of Lovely Choubey (lead), Pinki (second), Nayanmoni Saikia (third) and Rupa Rani Tirkey (slip) beat South Africa 17-10 in the women's fours final, at the CWG 2022.

At the ISSF Junior World Championship, Indian shooters won gold in the women's skeet team event in the finals, and the men's team won bronze. Areeba Khan, Raiza Dhillon, and Ganemat Sekhon won gold in the women's event, and the bronze medal was won by Rajveer Gill, Ayush Rudraraju, and Abhay Singh Sekhon. India is presently second in the ranking, with a total of seven medals in the competition.

Seshadri Sukumar, a Chennai-based 66-year-old former bank employee turned into a full-time sports photographer following his passion for the last 35 years. As a photographer, he has traveled all around the world covering major sporting events including Olympics, FIFA, Asian Games, ICC Cricket tournaments, and many more. He also won a gold medal from the Photographic Society of America during the 2016 Rio Olympics for his iconic images.