Aditi Ashok warms up for Paris with T22 finish at Portland Classic
Aditi Ashok and Diksha Dagar open India’s challenge in the Olympics women’s golf event in the morning wave at Paris on Wednesday.
Aditi Ashok and Diksha Dagar open India’s challenge in the Olympics women’s golf event in the morning wave at Paris on Wednesday.
On a day of multiple twists and turns, it was the resilience of American Nelly Korda that ultimately secured her place in history as an Olympic gold medallist.
Neeraj Chopra made it a golden evening for India in Tokyo with his historic effort with the javelin though one could argue Aditi Ashok had set the tone earlier on in the day.
In terms of statistics, it should be a no-contest in the women’s golf competition of the Olympic Games in Tokyo between Nelly Korda and Aditi Ashok.
For my generation, the name Korda will always be associated with a beaky, blonde left-handed tennis player from what was then Czechoslovakia.