Sports
“Quote” Born in 1994 in Haryana, India, Bajrang Punia is a freestyle wrestler who competes in the 65kg weight category. Growing up in an impoverished community, Punia could not afford to play sports that require expensive equipment like badminton or cricket. Therefore, he opted to compete in mud-wrestling and kabaddi. His father, a former wrestler, ...
“Winners dont wait for chances. They take them.” Born in 2002 in New Jersey, USA, Athing Mu is a professional middle-distance track runner. Mu is one of seven children. Her parents moved to the USA from Sudan a year before she was born. Growing up, the family didn’t have much money. “When you’re from an ...
“What people see is who crosses the finish line first. But for me it’s like I’m always becoming better, always running faster times. Always do better, that is the thing I value the most.” – Karsten Warholm 25-year-old Karsten Warholm is a Norwegian athlete who competes in sprints and hurdles. He began running at the ...
“Winning doesnt always mean being first. Winning means you’re doing better than you’ve ever done before.” Armand “Mondo” Duplantis is a Swedish-American pole vaulter. Mondo was born in Louisiana, the US to a family of athletes. His father and coach, Greg, has represented the USA in the pole vault, his mother, Helena, is a former ...
“You were born to win. But to be a winner, you must plan to win, prepare to win and expect to win.” Elaine Thompson-Herah was born in 1992 is a Jamaican sprinter who competes in 100m and 200m races. She began racing competitively at her high school, after which she was recruited by the University ...
“Practice like you’ve never won. Play like you’ve never lost.“ The Indian men’s national field hockey team represents India in international competitions. Past victories In 1928, the team won its first Olympic gold and, until 1960, was unbeatable at the Olympic Games, winning 6 consecutive gold medals. This makes the Indian men’s team the most ...
“To overcome adversity, what we need most of all is hope. A flame of hope glowing in the distance allows us to keep trying. To keep moving forward no matter how hard it is.” – Rikako Ikee 21-year-old Rikako Ikee is a Japanese professional swimmer who specializes in butterfly stroke. Rikako was destined for a ...
“A person can do incredible things if he or she has enough hope.” – Shannon K. Butcher Yusra Mardini is a Syrian-born professional swimmer who is a member of the Refugee Olympic Team. Growing up in Damascus, Syria, Mardini began swimming under the coaching of the Syrian Olympic Committee. Before the war in Syria, represented ...
“The five S’s of sports training are: strength, stamina, speed, skill and spirit: but the greatest of these is spirit.” – Ken Doherty Ravi Kumar Dahiya was born in 1997 in Haryana, India, and is a professional freestyle wrestler. He began wrestling at the young age of 10 and began training seriously after two years. He ...
“It’s hard to beat a person who never gives up.” – Babe Ruth Anita Włodarczyk was born in Rawicz, Poland, in 1985 and is a Polish professional hammer thrower. From the start, she was an athletic child and took an interest in track and field events such as hammer, throw, discus throw, and shot put. ...
“It’s not whether you get knocked down; it’s whether you get up.” – Vince Lombardi Born in the year 1997 in Assam, India, Lovlina Borgohain is a professional boxer. She began by kickboxing like her elder twin sisters Licha and Lima, who have competed at the national level, but did not pursue it beyond that. ...
“The harder the battle, the sweeter the victory.” – Les Brown Born in 2000, Selemon Barega is an Ethiopian long-distance runner who competes primarily in the 5000m and 10,000m. Growing up in an impoverished village, Barega frequently ran long distances to carry food and water back home. He took up running at age seven and ...
