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Wrestling had been one of India's most successful sports at the Olympics with 4 medals since Independence. Wrestling however was a male-dominated sport and female wrestlers were frowned upon in the state of Haryana. Sakshi Malik charted a journey against the odds at a very young age and at the Rio Olympics, she scripted an amazing comeback to win Bronze in the 58kg event. It ended India's wait for a medal at those Olympics and also shattered mindsets and opened the door for more parents to send their daughters to Wrestling arenas.

Wion Broadband Olympic Edition | Comeback Queen Sakshi Malik adds to India's Wrestling legacy at Rio

Gymnastics had always been on the margins of Indian sport and it was only Ashish Kumar's medal at the 2010 Commonwealth Games and Asian Games that saw the sport being taken seriously. But within Indian Gymnastics it was all about the men and the female gymnasts were accorded step-motherly treatment. Dipa Karmakar harnessed that hurt and channeled it first to a Commonwealth Games medal in 2014 and then qualification for the Rio Olympics. Karmakar shocked the world by reaching the final of the Women's Vault and narrowly missed out on a medal. Karmakar looks back on her journey in this conversation with Sports Editor Digvijay Singh Deo and 2016 Olympic medalist Sakshi Malik

Wion Broadband Olympic Edition | The Small Wonder, Gymnast who stunned the world | Dipa Karmakar

Success at the Olympic Games isn't always about medals. Some performances act as a trigger and change mindsets. At the 2016 Rio Games Dipa Karmakar finished 4th in the Women's Vault and shocked the world. India had no history in Gymnastics to write home about but that did not deter the fiercely driven gymnast from Tripura. Sakshi Malik also broke barriers as she ended India's wait for that elusive medal in Rio. Wrestling was regarded as a male-bastion but Malik never allowed the criticism to come between her goal and inspired a new generation to come forward and take up female Wrestling.

Wion Broadband Olympic Edition | The Trailblazers from Rio 2016 | Sakshi, Dipa shatter stereotypes

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A Kenyan athlete tells AFP anonymously that he has used EPO (Erythropoietin) without being aware of the risks to his health and regretting the choice that forced him to interrupt his athletic career. Kenya barely survived a string of high-profile doping scandals in 2016 that almost saw the African nation celebrated for its distance runners barred from the Rio Olympics

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Rio Olympics silver medallist also admitted that there was a rivalry between the two

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Algeria?s Abdellatif Baka won in 3 mins & 48.29 secs; he was more than 1.7 seconds faster than the Olympic winner

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Dutt's medal is being upgraded as late Besik Kudukhov, the silver medallist's dope test resulted positive recently

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Solo had made the comment at the Rio Olympics after Sweden beat USA

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He said the anti-doping organisations targeted Russia under 'political pressure' and pledged to organise competitions for banned athletes

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Former athletes were unanimous in their condemnation of callous officials at the Games

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'Everything leading up to it, during and after has been surreal,' the US athlete said

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Briton Mo Farah won his second straight 5,000m in 13min 3.30sec to match the feat of Finland's Lasse Viren

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He lost to the Mongolian Ganzorigiina Mandakhnaran whose quarterfinal defeat dashed hopes of a repechage

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He has so far declined to announce what he will do after he hangs up his spikes

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The 19-year-old became the first American gymnast to win four golds at a single Games ?

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After topping the podium in Beijing and London, the Netherlands were favourites going into the Rio Games

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The win was a perfect farewell for German coach Silvia Neid, who was managing the side in her last match

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Alise Post of the United States and Venezuela's Stefany Hernandez followed Pajon

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The swimmers had said they were mugged. A judge has ordered a probe, saying their story is full of inconsistencies

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The CAS panel did not accept the argument of the athlete that he was a victim of sabotage

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The video footage appears to support police accusations that the swimmers vandalised a gas station bathroom that night

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Everybody has been making a beeline for her home in Mokhra village. Even the chief minister called to congratulate the family

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Malik is only the fourth Indian woman athlete to win an Olympic medal

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This prevents the Olympic gold medalist from leaving the country after doubts emerge of claim that he and teammates were robbed at gunpoint

Brazilian judge orders seizure of Ryan Lochte's passport

Tuesday's race was the first of three editions to take place in the ocean

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The 12th-ranked?pair have given Malaysia another chance to win its first ever Olympic gold

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'Pride of Uzbekistan' won by a massive 14kg over silver medalist Martirosyan of Armenia in 105kg weightlifting event

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Taylor, the defending Olympic and world champion, made his mark of 17.86 metres in the first attempt

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Srikanth stunned World No 5 Jan O Jorgensen in straight sets while PV Sindhu dispatched a higher seeded opponent Tai Tzu-Ying

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'The only thing I was thinking was that I must get that gold medal,' said Miller

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He trumped France's defending Olympic champion Renaud Lavillenie to win the men's pole vault title

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He is only the second man from the country to win an Olympic gold medal in gymnastics

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The doping scandal has now cost over 100 Russians their place at the Rio Games

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The aerial camera, encased in a heavy black cover, belonged to the official Olympics broadcast unit

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Her time of 8:59:75 was just shy of the 8:58.81 world record set by Russia's Gulnara Galkina at the 2008 Beijing Games

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The gymnast attempted her renowned Produnova vault in her second attempt

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Art photographer JR is famous for plastering huge black-and-white photographs that look like sculptures onto street scenes around the world

French artist JR leaves giant imprint on Rio Olympics

'For me I've been to Brazil multiple times and I've felt safe every time I've come here. I've never felt an issue,' he added

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'We used to live calmly. Now, we are constantly tensed. Nobody can sleep, there are lots of killings, death, shootings'

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