Gujarat’s super six women will make it to the Olympics

Author: Pranjal Protim Boruah

Gujarat excels in the sports industry. And once again, the girls are leading the prosecution.
Against the backdrop of the Gujarat government’s huge Olympic dream, six female athletes from the state – Elavenil Valarivan, Ankita Raina, Maana Patel and para-athletes Parul Parmar, Bhavina Patel and Sonal Patel – have practically booked their tickets for the Tokyo Games and decided the 61-year-old waits
While Rome in the 1960s was more famous for the late Milkha Singh almost held 400 meters a week, the Games also saw Gujarat’s last participant in the sport’s largest arena when Govind Sawant was part of the silver medal-winning hockey team.
Prior to that, wrestler Shankarrao Thorat was part of the Berlin Games contingent teams in 1936.
More than six decades later, an exciting group of female sports stars evoke state romance on the biggest stage of the sport as Gujarat’s eyes build an infrastructure that can see them participating in the Olympics in the not-so-distant future – a miracle that will unfold in the future.
Ravinder Kishen Raina, Ankita’s father, praised Prime Minister Narendra Modia categorically for her views. “We all know that his dream was to make Gujarat a sports force, and he started the Shaktidoot program. I think the system took the financial burden off the shoulders of the parents and helped their children play. The results are visible,” Raina the parent said. “As parents we do our best, we do sacrifices, but then it is even difficult to organize the economy needed to reach this level. Therefore, I feel that the support of the Gujarat government was a goddess to us, ”he added.
The series Valarivan, the mother of ace shooter Elavenil, responded to the opinions: “The Gujarat government has supported us so much that Elavenil had pointed out that she represents the state at national events despite the offers of others. She was very clear about that.”
Ms. Valarivan also felt that family support was key to driving the girl’s child to sleep. “Both I and our husband were happy to let our children chase their sleep. I think it’s very important, especially in a conservative society like that, ”he added.
There is no end to the joy of the Patel family, and the trials show that Maana, one of the ace-swimmers in India, has gone through. And Aanal Patel, the mother of Maana, was understandably proud of her baby, who refused to grow up – and give up.
“I think meeting Michael Phelps (in 2019) was a turning point in his career. He was able to tell about the battle of Maana and inspire him to carry it,” Aanal said.
“To be honest, no one would have thought he was going to have surgery. He believed in himself,” he said.
Nothing is impossible, as they say.

Elavenil ValarivanElavenil Valarivan
(Shooting)
He was barely away from his teens when Elavenil Valariva was baptized in the world’s first 10-meter air rifle incident. And why not, he holds two ISSF World Cup gold medals as well as an Asian Shooting Championship gold medal that adds to his impressive list of four ISSF Junior World Championship gold medals.
Now at the age of 21, a student at the city’s University of Bhavan, who shoots a bull’s eye under the wings of London Olympics bronze medalist and ace thrower Gagan Narang, carries a billion hope for a coveted Olympic medal and marks an important chapter in an athlete who took the sport by accident but then wrote And if Elavenil manages to hold on to his nerve and isn’t surprised by the opportunity, don’t be surprised to see a brilliant medal around his neck.

Meaning of Patel
(Swimming)
Honestly, Maana Patelin was scheduled to board a flight to Rio five years ago. The reason you can talk about Pooh-Pooh is not hard to see: He has broken and then written record books with a hat drop. But fate had different plans for a teenager who was disappointed then to stay on the Olympic bus.
Although Tokyo was still a distant dream, his loved ones assert that it was not far away. An unfortunate shoulder injury dragged him back – into a corridor of uncertainty – but strong family support, along with timely professional help, saw Maana return with a number of results. Her impressive performances helped her earn a universal quota when she became the first Indian woman and third swimmer to enter the Tokyo Games.
But he had his share of challenges, and the frightening fighting spirit saw his surprisingly swimming brotherhood as he wrote an unlikely miracle that shocked even his closest partner — his mother.

Parmar hair
(For Badminton)
Gandhinagar’s Parul Parmar brings an old-world charm to the modern world of glitz and glamor that not only left him vulnerable and busy fighting for the rights he should have had in his non-existent ideal world. But the harshness of reality had prepared Parul to overcome various adversities. Despite her unanimous focus on sports and avoiding razzmatazz, her accomplishments largely went unnoticed – she has been the world’s best women in singles SL3 since 2014 and has been a two-time world championship and two-time Asian Championship gold medalist.
The games are the culmination of a 48-year-old child from a dream more than a decade ago when he took the bat to hit the blues. Badminton debut at the Paralympics Parul fights his apathy and rights. The medal could be the perfect Swan Song for that unbearable spirit he must once again defeat the demons.

Ankita Raina
(Tennis)
The soft-spoken Ankita is modest in India’s No. 1 women’s tennis. But unlike the personality of the outside court, he has won hearts with fierce competitiveness and made it clear of his perseverance. The winner of 11 doubles and 18 doubles ITF titles, 2021, is turning into a year to remember a 28-year-old girl born in Ahmedabad who not only won the virgin WTA pair crown, but also achieved her highest ranking in doubles (93). But Ankita is eating his name in the Indian tennis yearbooks when he played an important role in guiding India to the playoffs of the Billie Jean King Cup (former Fed Cup) for the first time in history. While driving high, Ankita also made her Grand Slam debut in the women’s singles in the Australian Open and followed it with the French Open and Wimbledon this season.
For the games, Ankita joins hands with the renowned Sania Mirza in a duel. While they face an uphill mission, it is not wise to lower their fighting spirit. Ankita is also in the race for two-seater seats thanks to her bronze medal at the Asian Games.

Bhavina Patel
(Wheelchair Table Tennis)
While the sports world complains about the postponement of games last year, Bhavina Patel told Mirror that it is a blessing as she gets more time to sharpen her skills to face the best.
Picking up paddles for fun, things started to change for Bhavina when he picked up a bronze medal in his first national championship. Success followed and so did his hunger when he became one of the great forces in wheelchair table tennis.
In 12th place in his class, the 34-year-old former Asian championship bronze and silver medalist must gather his experience as he hopes to get a mark in the games.

Sonal Patel
(Wheelchair Table Tennis)
He aspired to become a teacher, but fate turned the paddles into the hands of Sonal Patel, and the 33-year-old had no stop when he won several international medals for his country.
Inspired by her husband Ramesh Chaudhar, who herself is a para table tennis player, love and support saw Sonal overcome the challenges of life to become a force to be taken into account in the sport. Although he is ranked 20th in the world, Sonal is sure to be among the top ten in his category, but so far he has focused on making his Olympic debut memorable.