Try GOLD - Free
Sweating to shine: Meerut's Rupal training hard for world athletics
Hindustan Times Lucknow
|January 17, 2025
Every athlete aims to win a medal at the Olympics and it hurts a lot when they fail to do so for different reasons.
LUCKNOW:
Meerut's sprinter Rupal Chaudhary is the true example of this as even after qualifying for the 2024 Paris Olympics, she couldn't go there as she fell ill.
That was really a big setback to Rupal's dream of winning a medal at the Olympics, especially after winning twin medals at the 2022 Under-20 World Junior Athletics and even after recovering from injury, which kept her off the track for almost a year in 2023.
Almost five months have gone by since the Paris Olympics in August, and for Rupal it's a fresh start, setting aside all the old memories of winning medals in juniors, an injury lay off and missing an appearance in the Olympics.
"I am not going to miss the next Olympics. For now, I am aiming to qualify for the World Athletics Championship this September in Tokyo. I have learnt many things since my twin medal win in 2023 and I am not going to repeat those mistakes ever in my life," said Rupal who has been training at the national camp at Thiruvananthapuram for the last two months.
This story is from the January 17, 2025 edition of Hindustan Times Lucknow.
Subscribe to Magzter GOLD to access thousands of curated premium stories, and 10,000+ magazines and newspapers.
Already a subscriber? Sign In
MORE STORIES FROM Hindustan Times Lucknow
Hindustan Times Lucknow
PASSPORT FOR ACCUSED: VALIDITY 1 YEAR IF PERIOD NOT SPECIFIED IN ORDER, SAYS HC
The Allahabad high court has observed that if a competent court grants a no-objection certificate (NoC) or permission for travelling abroad to a person accused in a criminal case, without specifying the duration for which the passport may be issued, the passport authority is justified in granting a passport valid for only one year.
1 min
November 05, 2025
Hindustan Times Lucknow
{ MILLING NON-HYBRID PADDY } U.P. ANNOUNCES 1% REBATE ON RECOVERY RATE
LUCKNOW : The Uttar Pradesh government has announced a 1% rebate in the recovery rate for milling non-hybrid paddy, aimed at encouraging rice mills to process such varieties and boosting the state's rice milling industry.
1 min
November 05, 2025
Hindustan Times Lucknow
After World Cup win, time for India to build from ground up
As the women’s cricket team rejoices, focus must turn to better support to the domestic players
3 mins
November 05, 2025
Hindustan Times Lucknow
NCLAT junks ban on WhatsApp-Meta data sharing, but upholds ₹213 cr fine
The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) on Tuesday upheld a ₹213.14 crore penalty imposed on WhatsApp and its parent com-
1 min
November 05, 2025
Hindustan Times Lucknow
World beating women’s team arrives in Capital
The World Cup-winning Indian women's cricket team along with support staff landed in the capital on Tuesday evening ahead of their expected meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi for felicitation at his official residence.
2 mins
November 05, 2025
Hindustan Times Lucknow
SIKH TRUCKER WAS SOBER AT TIME OF FATAL CRASH, SAY U.S. AUTHORITIES
A Sikh driver who crashed his semi-truck killing three people in California last month was not driving while intoxicated, contrary to initial reports, but the case remains a grossly negligent homicide, US authorities have said.
1 min
November 05, 2025
Hindustan Times Lucknow
Bihar’s frozen transition and the signs of a churn
In a remarkably short time, political strategist Prashant Kishor has managed to reshape Bihar's political conversation and capture public imagination.
3 mins
November 05, 2025
Hindustan Times Lucknow
Meta secures relief on data sharing ban, penalty stays
The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) on Tuesday upheld a 213.14 crore penalty imposed on WhatsApp and its parent company Meta Platforms Inc for abusing their dominant market position through the messaging platform's 2021 privacy policy update, but set aside a five-year ban on data sharing for advertising purposes.
2 mins
November 05, 2025
Hindustan Times Lucknow
Influencing G2 truce to Delhi’s advantage
For India, the US-China détente is both a pause and a test — a pause in global trade tensions, and a test of whether New Delhi can convert that calm into advantage
4 mins
November 05, 2025
Hindustan Times Lucknow
‘No matter how hard he tries, no room for Nitish in GA’
As the high-decibel campaigning for the first phase of Bihar assembly polls came to an end, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, who also held a rally in Vaishali district, spoke on a range of poll-related issues. Edited excerpts of his interview with Saubhadra Chatterji:
3 mins
November 05, 2025
Listen
Translate
Change font size