Bearing first-hand accounts of legendary Indian Olympians from 1948 till 2012 on its pages, ‘My Olympic Journey’ promises to be a must-read for all Indian sports fans, arriving just a month before this year’s Rio Olympic Games.
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From India’s Golden Age hockey player Balbir Singh to present day doubles tennis star Rohan Bopanna, each athlete has his/her own share of amusing, heart-wrenching as well as inspiring stories that people would love to learn of once the book is finally in their hands.
Over the past couple of days, #MyOlympicJourney has been trending on multiple social networks as leading names from various corners of the sports fraternity joined in to appreciate the writers’ commendable accomplishment on completing such a humongous project involving Indian sports.
Lending his support to the creators’ effort was India’s highest achiever at the Games, 2008 Beijing Olympics gold medallist shooter Abhinav Bindra on Twitter:
Olympic Bronze winner turned professional boxer Vijender Singh chipped in with his thoughts on the release as well:
The shooter who missed podium finish by a whisker at the London Olympics 2012, Joydeep Karmakar took to Twitter to comment on the book’s release:
Ace shuttler Ashwini Ponnappa, too, didn’t miss out on expressing her excitement at being featured amongst India’s sporting greats in this invigorating publication:
Tennis star Mahesh Bhupathi conveyed his delight as well:
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