New Delhi: India’s top ranked woman golfer Aditi Ashok will take part in her second successive Olympic Games in Tokyo next month after finishing 45th on the qualifying list released on Tuesday.
Aditi thus joined Anirban Lahiri and Udayan Mane to make it a team of three to Tokyo. Lahiri also like Aditi, will be participating in his second straight Games after Rio, 2016. Aditi and Lahiri, figured in the first list of 60 players, of whom some are likely to skip the Games.
“I still think of Rio 2016 like it was only yesterday. To have the honour of playing for India is beyond exciting. I am privileged to have the opportunity to represent my country and my sport at the Games again,” the golfer tweeted.
I still think of @Rio2016 like it was only yesterday. To have the honour of playing for India @OlympicGolf @Tokyo2020 is beyond exciting. I’m privileged to have the opportunity to represent my country & my sport at the games again.#Tokyo2020 #OlympicGolf
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📸 @GettyImages pic.twitter.com/rVN0Tu1ckD— Aditi Ashok (@aditigolf) June 29, 2021
Even as Aditi came through in the first list, Diksha Dagar also figures in the second list as the fifth reserve in case of some specific pull-outs. Diksha, who trailed Tvesa Malik till last week overtook the latter with a tied-fourth finish at an event in the Czech Republic. Mane made the cut following the withdrawal of Emiliano Grillo of Argentina.
His entry will be confirmed on July 6 by the IGF and by then it will also be known who all are withdrawing from the women’s section.
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