Olympic

Mary D’souza Sequeira, Mumbai's first women Olympian athlete and 'Dhyan Chand' award winner had to organize a dance and a whist competition to raise funds to participate in Finland’s Helsinki 1952 Olympics. Her journey as an athlete began with the Asian Games 1951, where she bagged bronze in the 200m race and silver in the 4x100m relay. Sequeira claimed gold in the 1954 Manali’s Asian Games.

The International Olympic Committee chief Thomas Bach on May 19 said, almost 75% of the people residing in the Tokyo Olympic village are vaccinated or scheduled for vaccination. Bach emphasized that at least 75% of the participants will be vaccinated before the games. Interestingly, the statement came amid Tokyo 2020 organisers facing severe backlash to cancel/postpone the games due to COVID-19 infections in various countries.

A recent opinion poll, conducted by Kyodo News, has indicated that more than 70% of the Japanese want the Tokyo Olympics to either get cancelled or postponed. Only 24.5% of the people surveyed supported the Olympics' schedule. While about 39.2 % of the respondents voted in favour of cancellation, 32.8% opted for deferment. Moreover, about 93% of the Japanese have expressed fear that the COVID-19 cases can rise again.

Fitness trainer Mindy Pedersen explained the dynamics of high-intensity interval training (HIIT) like the Japanese Tabata workouts. Tabata workout follows eight repetitions of the 20:10 format i.e. 20 seconds of rigorous exercise followed by 10 seconds of rest. This should be followed by 60-90 seconds of rest before starting any different exercise. Highly effective for weight loss, Tabata that originated in Japan was designed for Japanese… read-more

PV Sindhu has quit the national camp for the Olympics and moved to London. Reportedly, the badminton player took the decision owing to personal reasons and is said to have informed the academy that she will be staying in England, the next 2 months. Sindhu's father has alleged that there was a lack of attention in training by Coach Pullela Gopichand. However, Sindhu has denied having any issues with her coach or institute.