Covid impacted all sports events including the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. It was a test of both mental and physical resilience to work within extreme constrains, and yet do justice to India’s star athletes. These images were shot on assignment for PTI (Press Trust of India).
India’s Pusarla V. Sindhu reacts after winning her women’s singles badminton bronze medal match 21-13 21-15 against China’s He Bingjiao, at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in Tokyo, Sunday, August 1, 2021. (PTI Photo/Gurinder Osan)
Indian players celebrate their victory against Australia during women’s field hockey quarterfinal match at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in Tokyo, Aug. 2, 2021. (PTI Photo/Gurinder Osan)
Indian skipper Manpreet Singh reacts as a German player lies on the ground in disappointment after their men’s field hockey bronze medal match, at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in Tokyo, Aug. 5, 2021. India won the match, 5-4. (PTI Photo/Gurinder Osan)
India’s Deepika Kumari reacts during the women’s individual 1/16 eliminations round of the archery event, at the Summer Olympics 2020, in Tokyo, July 28, 2021.(PTI Photo/Gurinder Osan)
India’s Mary Kom reacts after she lost her bout in women’s Fly (48-51kg) Round of 16, at the Summer Olympics 2020 in Tokyo, July 29, 2021. (PTI Photo/Gurinder Osan)
India’s Lovlina Borgohain (blue) exchanges punches with Busenaz Surmeneli of Turkey in the women’s welterweight (64-69kg) category boxing semifinal match, at the Summer Olympics 2020, in Tokyo, Aug 4, 2021. Borgohain lost the match. (PTI Photo/Gurinder Osan)
India’s Manika Batra during her table tennis round 3 match at Summer Olympics 2020, in Tokyo, July 26, 2021. (PTI Photo/Gurinder Osan)
