Amit Kamath

Articles by Amit Kamath

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  Oct 20, 2021

  Prakash Padukone’s commandments: Focus on results, not rankings; find youngsters who are physically gifted

  Prakash Padukone’s commandments for Indian badminton: Focus on results, not rankings; find youngsters who are physically gifted; hire full-time professionals to work at BAI.
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  Sep 16, 2021

  Prime Volleyball League will be 'pathbreaking idea for Indian sport', says CEO Joy Bhattacharjya

  Can a sports league in India function without any involvement of the national federation responsible for that sport? The Prime Volleyball League is hoping to pull off just that. PVL CEO Joy Bhattacharjya speaks with Firstpost on the ‘pathbreaking’ concept.
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  Sep 13, 2021

  Biggest challenge for an athlete is repeating a gold at the Olympics, says Neeraj Chopra

  “Yeh time hai aage badhne ka. I’ll now hang this gold at home and start preparing for the next season’s competitions and then the next Olympic Games,” said Neeraj Chopra.
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  Sep 06, 2021

  After Tokyo high, PCI targets creating certified classifiers, streamlining competition structure

  After India’s record-setting haul of 19 medals at Tokyo Paralympics, Deepa Malik, head of PCI, said they will look to capitalise on the momentum by creating more certified classifiers in the country, holding timely selection trails, and conducting timely Nationals.
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  Sep 04, 2021

  Tokyo Paralympics 2020: After acing three shoot-offs for bronze medal, annual progress review awaits PhD student Harvinder Singh

  At Tokyo’s Yumenoshima Archery Ranges, it wasn’t just time that was testing Harvinder. During his matches, the weather also played tricks. It was raining on some occasions, and windy at other times.
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  Sep 01, 2021

  ‘Every jump was a war’: Tales of battles fought by podium finishers in high jump at Tokyo Paralympics 2020

  Cancer. A horrific childhood accident. Polio. Crippling poverty. Loneliness. Anxiety attacks. A last-minute meniscus injury. A COVID scare and training disruption. These are just some battles fought by the medal-winning trio in the high jump event at Tokyo 2020.
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  Aug 31, 2021

  The medal that wasn’t: Firstpost Explains why Vinod Kumar’s bronze in F52 discus throw was reassigned

  What does ‘Classification Assessment in Competition’ mean? What does it mean to have an athlete designated as Classification not Completed? Don’t athletes get classified before competition? After the Vinod Kumar incident, Firstpost Explains:
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  Aug 29, 2021

  Princepal Singh interview: Indian youngster on why he skipped NBA Draft, his future and more

  One of India's most promising basketball prodigies, Princepal Singh, talks to Firstpost about skipping the NBA Draft last month, the G League Ignite stint, needing to bulk up and more.
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  Aug 19, 2021

  World Athletics U20 Championships: Bronze at last after years of expectations from 4x400m relay teams at marquee events

  Two runners running their third race of the day. One runner carrying an ankle injury that necessitated doctors asking him to pull out of the Worlds. One runner running for vindication. Stories behind India's mixed 4x400m relay bronze at the U20 Worlds.
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  Aug 19, 2021

  Neeraj Chopra’s gold at Tokyo 2020 removed huge mental block from Indian athletes’ psyche: AFI chief Adille Sumariwalla

  Chopra's gold is also the second individual gold medal won by an Indian at the Olympics after Abhinav Bindra at Beijing in 2008.
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