Mihir Vasavda

The Indian Express

In India's late medal surge at Asiad, six gold medals that matter

By: Rohit Mundayur, Mihir Vasavda

Archers, women's hockey team, boxers and a wrestler make it count as India move to 5th place on the medal tally

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Paradise gained: Hockey lionesses are golden pride of India after defying China

By: Mihir Vasavda

Lalremsiami's 10th minute goal was protected by her teammates like their life depended on it; they had worked on the unity and seamlessness

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Taarak Mehta, sad songs, ice cream: Meet 17-year-old archer who toppled Korea

By: Mihir Vasavda

Kumkum Mohod adds individual gold to the team title she won, beats two Koreans and a Chinese archer en route to emphatic win

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Aman Sehrawat ends year of illness and absences with Asian Games gold

By: Mihir Vasavda

The wrestler overcame a stretch of missed tournaments to beat reigning world champion Han Chong-Song 11-7 in the final

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As the Asian Games close, with a last-minute gold rush, India set to finish fourth

By: Mihir Vasavda

For 12 days, India had managed only 10 gold medals. Then, with the Asian Games running out of hours, the medals began to pile up. Six golds on Friday. Five more on Saturday.

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Nagoya barely embraced the Asian Games. Then everyone turned up to say goodbye

By: Mihir Vasavda

Nagoya's Asian Games overcame early organisational problems, but the compact, low-key event never quite captured the city's imagination — a contrast underscored by the biggest crowd arriving only for the closing ceremony.

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Team depth to individual gaps: India's Asian Games report card for LA 2028

By: Mihir Vasavda

Talent spotting, investment under lens; officials say performance ‘encouraging'

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Asian Games tour diary: Notes from a city too polite to say no

By: Mihir Vasavda, Rohit Mundayur

Earthquake warnings, a station maze, a last cookie and a closing-ceremony horse from a fortnight in Aichi-Nagoya

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V10s for the sound, modern F1 for the science: Mika Hakkinen on how the sport has changed

By: Mihir Vasavda

If the Flying Finn, twice World champ, were starting his career today, he would particularly like to race Oscar Piastri, and team up with Lando Norris

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India to have ‘new training squad' for next season, men's hockey coach Fulton says

By: Mihir Vasavda

As the Asian Champions Trophy brings international hockey back to Punjab for the first time since January 2009, the tournament comes with a subplot of its own: could the otherwise meaningless tournament be the swansong for some of the senior players in the Indian team?