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Hindustan Times
22-05-2025
- Sport
- Hindustan Times
Chandigarh: 21-yr-old Heena emerges victorious in golf championship
Showing off her mettle, 21-year-old Heena Kang won the S Wazir Singh Memorial Championship with a thumping lead of twelve strokes at the Chandigarh Golf Club on Wednesday. Heena emerged victorious with a gross score of 138, 6 under par, over 36 holes to be crowned theLadies Club champion. Her nearest rivals Ojaswini Saraswat and Amreen Sandhu brought in identical scores of 150 over two days. Heena started her round with a birdie on the first hole but bogeyed the third. She then had pars on all holes till the 11th, following which she went on a birdie hunting spree, making three consecutive birdies on the 12th, 13th and 14th holes. The solitary blemish in the back-nine came on the 15th hole, where she dropped a shot but promptly recovered with a birdie on the 17th and finished her round with a par on the 18th. Goody Malhi won the Nett Category with a score of 143, having shot 70 on Day 1 and 73 on Day 2. Neelam Garg finished as Nett runner-up with an aggregate of 145. Heena, who has been training under Laurence Brotheridge for the last five years, just returned from Japan, where she represented India in the Queen Sirikit Cup. She will be heading to play the Singapore Open in the second week of June, which would be her last amateur event, as she intends turning professional after that.
The Hindu
16-05-2025
- Sport
- The Hindu
FIR filed in cyclist Esow Alban road accident case
A first information report (FIR) has been filed in connection with the accident that involved India's top cyclist Esow Alban when he was training on Noida Expressway two days back, the national federation said on Friday. Esow escaped with 'minor' injuries after he was hit from behind by two bikers on Wednesday, but he said that it could have been worse. 'An FIR has been filed by the authorities in connection with the accident, and necessary legal action will be taken as per the law,' Cycling Federation of India (CFI) said. It said the accident occurred during a team training session and Esow 'was riding at the rear of the group when a motorbike struck him from behind.' The 24-year-old Esow from Andaman and Nicobar Islands trains at the residential SAI Cycling Academy, which houses a top-class velodrome inside the Indira Gandhi Sports Complex. The cycling facility has got recognition from the world body UCI. 'Today, I was hit from behind by two bikers during my training ride. They were speeding at over 100 km/h. I was in my lane. Focused. Disciplined. Yet they blamed me and showed no regret,' Esow wrote on his Instagram handle on Wednesday. READ: Indian Sports Wrap, May 16: Young star Zara Anand helps India to fifth-place finish at Queen Sirikit Cup in Japan 'I'm grateful to be safe, with only a few scratches.' His backside and hands had bruises, and the rear wheel of his cycle was broken from the impact. CFI Secretary General Maninder Pal Singh had told PTI that it was a 'minor' accident and Esow would be able to train soon. Esow is the first Indian cyclist to win an individual medal at the global level, a silver in keirin event at the 2018 junior track World Championships. He won a silver in sprint and a bronze in keirin in the 2019 edition also. 'This could've been worse -- not just for me, but for any cyclist on the road. To everyone out there: We cyclists are not in your way. We are humans. We are athletes. We represent our nation,' he had said. 'Respect cyclists. Give us space. Give us safety.' On Friday, the CFI said the local police immediately transported Esow to a local hospital and he was discharged after 'medical evaluation and minor treatment'. 'No serious injuries were detected. Esow sustained minor abrasions on his body. He is expected to resume training shortly,' it said. 'The impact caused damage to his bicycle, including a broken ZIPP carbon wheel and scratches on the LOOK 795 frame. Fortunately, the frame damage is repairable, which will be repaired.' Related Topics Esow Alben / SAI
Hans India
13-05-2025
- Sport
- Hans India
Zara Anand top Indian after Day 1 at Queen Sirikit Cup
Miyazaki: Zara Anand was the top Indian at Tied-12th after the first round of the Queen Sirikit Cup here in Japan. Zara, one of the most promising amateurs in India, shot 1-over 73 with three birdies against four bogeys in the round. Two of those bogeys came on the 14th and the 18th. The other two Indians in the prestigious competition are Heena Kang (76) at T-21 and Mannat Brar (77), who had an off day and was T-25. Heena had two birdies, four bogeys and a double bogey while Mannat had two birdies, five bogeys and a double bogey. The Indians as a team were lying tied-seventh with the two top individual scores giving them a total of 5-over 149. Hosts Japan made an encouraging start in their quest to end a home jinx in the Queen Sirikit Cup. They progressed well with three-under-par 69s from Aira Nagasawa and Anna Iwanaga and went into the lead after the opening round of the 45th edition of the Asia-Pacific Amateur Ladies Golf Team Championship. With an aggregate score of six-under 138 in the 13-nation event the Japanese will head into Wednesday's second round with a one-stroke lead from defending champions Korea. There is then a four-shot gap back to Thailand in third on 143. They are followed by China (146), Hong Kong, China and Singapore (both 147), India and Vietnam (both 149), Australia and Indonesia (both 150), Chinese Taipei and Malaysia (both 151) and the Philippines (158). In the individual standings, Nagasawa and Iwanaga were joined at the top of the leaderboard by Korean Oh Soo-min, 10th in the World Amateur Golf Ranking (WAGR) and bidding to retain the low individual award she claimed in New Zealand last year. Several of the pre-event favourites struggled to find their range. There were 75s from Zhou Shiyuan and Xu Ying, both of whom boast victories on the China LPGA Tour, and 76s for Thai Achiraya Sriwong and Japan's Mamika Shinchi, both in the top-50 in the WAGR. Australian Sarah Hammett, the individual runner-up last year, signed for an 83, which included a triple-bogey eight at the par-five 16th.
