Rani Rampal is an Indian field hockey player. At the age of 15, she was the youngest player in the national team which participated in the 2010 World Cup. She has completed her schooling but was not able to get the graduate degree due to practice sessions and matches which were lined up. She plays forward on her team. She has played 212 international matches and scored 134 goals. She is currently the Captain of the Indian Women's Hockey Team. She is also well known as a striker who often...

An incredible story of a girl whose mother, a domestic help in a village in Odisha, left home with three kids and groomed her eldest child to become the Indian rugby captain. Listen to Sumitra Nayak’s Bollywood story on Guts Glory Gumption -India's Rugby Captain See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Nethra Kumanan is the first Indian woman to qualify for the Olympics and also the first Indian sailor to get a direct entry into the Summer Games. Nethra Kumanan is the 10th Indian to qualify for a sailing event at an Olympics, but her achievement is a bit more special. Nethra Kumanan is the first woman from India to do so and significantly, the first Indian sailor to have booked a place at the Olympics directly and that too by topping a qualifying event for the Summer Games. The nine Indians...

Srihari achieved the Olympics B qualification standard in 100m backstroke at the FINA World Junior Championships in 2019 with a national mark of 54.69s. Srihari Nataraj did not dive into a pool for five months last year. There was a time when the youngster was pleading with authorities to open the swimming pools, at least for those preparing for Tokyo Olympics qualification, as he saw training restart in most other sports post lockdown. What he has been aiming for is the A qualification...

Murali Sreeshankar is an Indian athlete who competes in the long jump event. He holds the National record of 8.26 metres set in 2021. In March 2018, Sreeshankar cleared a 7.99 m jump at the Federation Cup in Patiala. He was named in the Indian contingent for the 2018 Commonwealth Games but had to pull out 10 days before the April event after being diagnosed with appendicitis. Following an emergency appendix surgery, he was placed on a liquid diet, which resulted in significant weight loss and...

Tajinderpal Singh Toor is an Indian shit putter who holds the outdoor national record of 20.92m. Hailing from a family of farmers, he switched from cricket to shot put at the insistence of his father. He recorded his personal best outdoor throw of 20.40m at the Federation Cup National Senior Athletics Championships in Patiala but fell short of the World Championships qualification standard of 20.50m.In the following month, he won the silver medal at the 2017 Asian Athletics Championships in...

Sunil Chhetri is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a striker or winger and captains both the ISL (Indian Super League) side Bengaluru and the Indian National Football Team. Popularly known as Captain Fantastic, having scored the second highest number of goals in international matches among active male players after Cristiano Ronaldo and 6th on the all time list, he is both the most – capped player and all time top goal-scorer for the Indian national team, with 72 goals in 115...

In the words of Neeraj Yadav "I used to consider myself a weaker person. I used to be scared. But sports boosted up my confidence and motivated me. Now when I come to the ground, I do not consider myself a person with an impairment. I always feel that I can achieve what I have dreamt of." He has also competed in wheelchair tennis. His ambition is to win a medal at the Paralympic Games. He plans to compete in the discus throw at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. His main event originally was...

Achanta Sharath Kamal is a professional Table Tennis player from Tamilnadu, India. He is the first Indian table tennis player ever to become nine times Senior National Champion hence breaking the record of eight times National Champion Kamlesh Mehta. Recently he received the fourth highest civilian award, Padmashri  His current world rank is 41 as of September, 2019. Sharath won the men's singles gold in the 16th Commonwealth Table Tennis championship held at Kuala Lumpur in 2004. He is a...

With a career spanning over a decade, Aditi Chauhan has been a phenomenal success in the world of football. She is the first Indian Woman to play English League Football and also the first member of the Indian National Team to play in the top tier English club. Aditi is also the founder and CEO of India's Number 1 Women's Football Academy - She Kicks Football Academy. Catch her talking about her life on this podcast. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Formula 4 Racer Mrinalini Singh bursts all myths around women being bad drivers. She is an IT professional who races for passion and shines in her Ahura Racing outfit. She has also courted controversies in a short sporting career. Listen to her on Guts Glory Gumption See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Subedar Anandan Gunasekaran is a well-known name amongst Indian sports fans. 12 years after surviving he lost his left leg and despite being on the wrong side of 30, the 400M Asian record holder is now on a quest for the ultimate prize of winning a medal for India at the 2021 Tokyo Paralympics. In these difficult times, his journey is a constant reminder to all of us that nothing is impossible See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Indian race walker KT Irfan was the first track and field athlete from India to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics but Covid struck and he had to wait for long to learn if his qualification would be valid post Covid. He was much relieved after IOC's announcement that he could indeed compete. But since 2020, Covid denied him of paricipation in big events, the 31-year-old is now hoping that he gets some exposure tours ahead of the Games. He wants to be the first Indian race walking Olympic...

Suyash Yadav is India’s first para-swimmer to win a gold medal at the Para Asian Games in Jakarta in 2018. It was an year of extremes for him, injuries on one side, medal haul on the other. He will compete at the Tokyo Para Games this year. Listen to one of india‘s star swimmers on GGG See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

G Sathiyan is often referred to as the Virat Kohli of Indian Table Tennis. He is an engineer TT player who has captured the imagination of the world with his innovative style of play. One of the brightest medal prospects at Tokyo . Listen to him as we countdown to the games 100 days from now! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Have you ever thought about the fittest man you know? Meet Deepak Raj, a techie who was once 95kgs, and then transformed himself to participate in over 20 ironman races. Listen to him on Guts Glory Gumption about becoming an ironman and bringing the race to India to give a shot in the arm to India's fitness journey  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hailing from a family of athletes, a life in Sports was natural but his struggles have been unique. Ashish will box for Indian in the middleweight category at the Tokyo Olympics. Listen to this pugulist's story of working on his mental health to become a world beater on Guts Glory Gumption  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Harmilan Bains is the rising star of Indian athletics. She won the National Federation Cup Senior Athletics Championship in 1500m, beating the likes of PU Chitra. Listen to Bains on Guts Glory Gumption, on her trials and tribulations and how she has grown to become an accomplished runner  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

From a fat teenager to the Indian hockey captain is a fabulous transformation story. In a career spanning over two decades, Sreejesh and his team have created several 'chak de' stories for India. Hear him speak about his Olympics plans and makings of PR Sreejesh on Guts, Glory, Gumption  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

From a boy in Kolkata's backyard, who struggled to speak another language to reigning in the world of archery. He was rejected in 30 second at the Tata Archery Academy but the same system moulded him to become a top class archer. Every rejection has ignited Atanu's spirit. One of the brightest medal prospects at Tokyo speaks on Guts Glory Gumption on his rise, fall and quest for the Olympic podium  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Shrey Kadian is a softball gold medallist from the Special Olympics World Summer Games 2015. Shrey, a special child had a difficult childhood, unable to speak till the age of 7. His family too was ostracized, but once he found a special school that directed his energies into sports, Shrey prospered. On the Podcast Guts, Glory, Gumption, the 13 year old veteran athletes from Special Olympics Bharat speaks about winning a gold medal and undertaking a variety of roles, even serving as the...

Nikhat Zareen won’t be at the Olympics but she is in red hot form. Lately the Telangana boxer has beaten the two-time World Champion. The sharp and agile Indian boxer speaks about overcoming prejudice and injury on Guts, Glory, Gumption. Even though she is missing the Olympics in Tokyo, after losing her spot to rival and legend MC Marykom, Nikhat continues to grab the headlines.      See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Commonwealth Games Gold Medallist Deepika Kumari has been the brightest talent in Indian Archery ever since she burst into the stage. Deepika shot to World No.1. Despite medals crowding her trophy cabinet, one spot remains vacant, that of an Olympic medal. London to Rio to Tokyo, expectations on Deepika have continued to pile. But she says that now she has learnt to handle fame and adulation better. Listen to Deepika Kumari’s quest for Olympic glory on Guts, Glory, Gumption. See...

Robin Singh, a product of the Tata Football Academy has had a colourful career in the beautiful game. From East Bengal to Pailan Arrows to Bengaluru FC to Real Kashmir, Singh has kicked the ball across the length and breadth of the country. He has been an Indian International as well.  Covid forced him to take a break from the game. As he prepares to return, he is also training the gen next of Indian Football. Hear the Indian forward on Guts, Glory, Gumption   See omnystudio.com/listener for...