![]() Faced with a must-win game against Zimbabwe, India had slipped to a precarious 17/5. India had suffered heavy defeats against Australia and West Indies. The Indian cricket team, in 1983, was an underdog team that was totally not in the list of teams expected to reach the semifinals, let alone become world champions. With his journey coinciding crucially with the travails of Partition, Balbir Sr’s inspiring story is made for the silver screen. That’s how he ended being top goal-scorer for independent India in successive Olympics – at London, Helsinki and Melbourne. It is said that Balbir Sr’s unorthodox upright posture when he entered the striking circle flummoxed many a rival goalkeeper because it gave no clue to which side of the goal he would place it. Sadly, this unheralded hero of Indian hockey’s golden era remains unknown to most Indians. ![]() Balbir Singh Sr Balbir Singh Sr Photo SourceĪs a triple Olympic gold winner in hockey (1948, 19), independent India’s first flag-bearer at the Olympics, an astonishing goal-count and today at 93 India’s oldest living Olympian, Balbir Singh Sr’s achievements should have been acknowledged and celebrated long ago. This sporting legend has triumphed in life’s race, overcoming humble beginnings, financial difficulties, inadequate facilities and diseases to become one of the greatest athletes to have represented India on the tracks in the Olympics.Īt the age of 16, she became the youngest Indian sprinter to compete in the 1980 Moscow Olympics. Her fourth position in 400 meters hurdles in 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, is by far the closest to an Olympic medal on the tracks by an Indian female athlete! This is exactly why P T Usha’s inspiring story deserves to be told!Ģ. P T Usha P T Usha Photo Sourceįlying Rani, Payyoli Express, Golden Girl… the epithets are as numerous as the 102 international medals and 1,000-plus awards she has won at national and state-level meets. But Pilavullakandi Thekkeparambil Usha is not just a winner in the world of athletics. With Bollywood undergoing a biopic boom of sorts, its time the incredibly inspiring stories of these 8 Indian sports heroes graced the silver screen. While these stories deserved being celebrated, there several other unsung achievers who have made India proud at the global level. In fact, biopics of Pullela Gopichand, Saina Nehwal, Mariyappan Thangavelu, Sachin Tendulkar, Dhyan Chand and Murlikant Petkar are already in the making. This year there were as many as five sports-based films – Azhar, M S Dhoni – The Untold Story, Budhia Singh – Born to Run, Sultan and Dangal, which dominated the box office throughout the year and were hugely appreciated by the masses. Official poster of upcoming biopic, Sachin: A Billion Dreams Photo Source
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