Top ten Indian athletes to watch at Asian Games
The bronze medallist of the women’s singles at the 16th Asian Games in Guangzhou, Sania Mirza is currently on a high following her US Open mixed double triumph. Although she first opted of the Incheon events, patriotic Indian tennis star made a u-- A successful 2014 behind her, ace India shuttler Saina Nehwal is now looking for an "even better" outing in the coming year with her eyes trained on 2016 Rio Olympics, besides getting ready to try her hand in coaching. Photo: AP/ File
- Along side his Olympic and Commonwealth Games triumphs, Gagan Narang already has a handful of medals at the Asian Games. However, that is unlikely to stop him from clinching glory at the Asian Games in Incheon.
- Vikas Thakur lifted 333kg (150+183) to produce the lift of his lifetime and bagged silver at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. He can add one more feather to his glory, if he wins a silverware in Incheon.
- Having put up a solid show to win a gold medal in the Glasgow Commonwealth Games, ace shuttler Parupalli Kashyap will be eyeing to achieve a same feat at the Incheon Asian Games.
- 'Pistol King' Jitu Rai clinched a Commonwealth Games gold in 2014. Representing India in Incheon, he will be keen to have an encore of his Glasgow feat.
- Satish Sivalingam's shot to fame arrived when he lifted a total of 328kg (149+179) to clinch gold in the men's 77kg weightlifting event at the Commonwealth Games 2014 in Glasgow. He will be seeking to reproduce such feat in Incheon.
- Fresh from her bronze medal win at the World Badminton Championship, P V Sindhu will be a player to watch out for. She also won bronze at the Glasgow games and would be keen to better that performance in the Asian Games in Incheon.
- Indian boxing legend Mary Kom will be keen to reproduce the form (that won her five world titles in the 46-48 kg category between 2002 and 2010) in the Asian Games scheduled to start from September 19 in Incheon, South Korea.
- Olympic gold, Commonwealth Games gold, India's ace shooter Abhinav Bindra has hit almost every single target within his sight. He will be keen to end his potentially last Asian Games with a gold at the Asiad in Incheon, South Korea.
The bronze medallist of the women’s singles at the 16th Asian Games in Guangzhou, Sania Mirza is currently on a high following her US Open mixed double triumph. Although she first opted of the Incheon events, patriotic Indian tennis star made a u-
Top ten Indian athletes to watch at Asian Games
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