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Following her Olympian feats at Kasumigaseki GC where she missed a Games medal by a whisker, Aditi Ashok has ensured her berth at the upcoming AIG Women’s Open.

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.

Aditi Ashok continued to produce some phenomenal golf to be on the cusp of a historic medal for India at the Tokyo Olympic Games with a polished performance on Friday.

Aditi Ashok kept hopes high even as Indian hockey history was written not very far away, but the spotlight was reserved for world no. 1 Nelly Korda who simply destroyed the Kasumigaseki Country Club on Thursday.

Five years ago, Aditi Ashok was a wide-eyed teenager and the youngest competitor in the women’s golf event at the Rio Olympics.

Imagine being 20, and being handed an opportunity to play out your most heartfelt dream. Little wonder, therefore, Diksha Dagar is floating her way around Tokyo and the Olympic Games.

With the men’s golf event having run its course it is time for the ladies to take centre-stage at the Tokyo Olympic Games.

USA’s Xander Schauffele held on brilliantly to win the men’s golf event gold ahead of a record-setting Rory Sabbatini of Slovakia.

There’s been a bit of an anti-climax in the Indian push for golf glory at the Tokyo Olympics with top hope Anirban Lahiri strangely off colour.

American Xander Schauffele held on to a one-shot lead going into Sunday’s final round of the men’s Olympic golf tournament on Saturday but Hideki Matsuyama lurks.

Thai star: Jazz Janewattananond slipped to tied seventh place, in the weather-hit Olympic Games men’s golf competition on Friday.

From Galgorn Castle in Northern Ireland to the Tokyo suburb of Saitama is quite a journey, but when the Olympics call, it becomes one worth undertaking.

Anirban Lahiri turned in a resilient 67 to share eighth place on the weather-affected opening day of the men’s golf competition of the Tokyo Olympic Games on Thursday.

Anirban Lahiri and Udayan Mane are desperate to put golf firmly on the map at home with success at the Tokyo Olympic Games.

Udayan Mane will tee off with late inclusion Jorge Campillo of Spain and Ondrej Lieser of the Czech Republic in the opening round of the men’s golf competition of the Tokyo Olympics on Thursday.

When golf returned to the Olympics in Brazil five years ago, a new course was designed specifically for the competition.

The Tokyo Olympics golf competition was hit with a double whammy over the weekend with Spain’s world no. 1 Jon Rahm and US star Bryson DeChambeau testing positive for Covid-19.

Behind his dark shades out on the course, Hideki Matsuyama portrays himself as a man of mystery and of few words.

Bangalore will be well-represented at the golf competition of the Tokyo Olympic Games with all three Indians on the squad connected in one way or another to the Garden City.

Three birdies and a back-nine eagle helped Anirban Lahiri climb 18 places into a mid-pack tie at the Rocket Mortgage Classic in Detroit on Sunday.

Aditi Ashok will make her second appearance at the Olympic Games after being named on the Tokyo short-list by the International Golf Federation.

Anirban Lahiri has happily accepted a second opportunity to compete in the Olympic Games men’s golf competition in Tokyo next month.

The last thing Anirban Lahiri would have expected to see was his name on the shortlist for the Tokyo Olympic Games next month.