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Mariyappan Thangavelu poses after winning the gold medal in the mens final high jump-T42 during the Paralympic Games at the Olympic Stadium in Rio de Janeiro on Friday. (Photo: AFP)

Tamil Nadu boy jumps to gold in Rio Paralympics 2016

Mariyappan wins gold in Paralympic Games.

11 Sept 2016 5:59 AM IST

Sunday Chronicle

Rio 2016: Super Six@Rio

Presented is a selection of those athletes who lifted the collective spirit of the world at the 31st Olympiad.

28 Aug 2016 12:20 AM IST

Saving grace: P.V. Sindhu rose to the occasion to save Indias face in Rio

Sunday Chronicle

Woman power can't mask India's overall failure

If not for the stellar efforts of Sindhu and Sakshi, India would have been the butt of jokes in Rio.

28 Aug 2016 12:00 AM IST

Simone Biles (Photo: AP)

A to Z of Rio Olympics

Bolt and Phelps are excluded from the list because we all know these two guys aren't normal.

24 Aug 2016 2:08 AM IST

U.S. boxers pack a tiny senor into their wraps to count the number of punches they land in practice.

Game on: At the Olympics, tech makes a jump

Micro chips step in to play a big role in an arena where micro seconds divide the winners from the losers.

21 Aug 2016 1:24 AM IST

Pusarla V Sindhu

Shuttler's dream dinner guest? Tennis star Rafael Nadal

During the Premier Badminton League earlier this year, Sindhu, who played for Chennai Smashers, had opened up in an...

20 Aug 2016 1:29 AM IST

Vanderlei de Lima lights the Olympic flame during the opening ceremony for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Friday (Photo: AP)

Rio 2016: Underdog Vanderlei de Lima gets lighting honour

Pele, who needs no introduction, was the original choice to light the cauldron but he backed out citing health reasons.

7 Aug 2016 5:57 AM IST

Nuts & bolts of 100 meters

Just when it appeared that the 100m was losing its sheen in the new millennium, an ebullient champion from Jamaica...

5 Aug 2016 3:29 AM IST

Italys Dorando Pietri crosses the marathon finish line at the 1908 London Olympics. He was later disqualified for getting outside help.

The story of marathon at Olympics

Fittingly enough, Spyridon Louis, a Greek farmer and a water carrier, became the winner in 1896.

4 Aug 2016 2:08 AM IST

In this file photo, Cuban runner Alberto Juantorena poses on the podium at the 1976 Olympic Games.

Athletics is not only about stars

Peter Snell is still the most successful New Zealander in Olympic athletics.

3 Aug 2016 1:40 AM IST

Olympic Games stoke patriotic fervour

The founders of the modern Olympics didn't want the event to inflame nationalistic passions.

2 Aug 2016 1:33 AM IST

Rio Games are poorer without these names

The image of golf, which is returning to the Olympics after 112 years, has taken a massive beating after its top four...

1 Aug 2016 1:43 AM IST