A heartwarming tale of how they used their time to beautify the schools where they are quarantined.
Asian Games silver medal-winning sailor Sweta Shervegar, a qualified homeopath, dons a PPE kit to become a COVID warrior in Mumbai.
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'Thanks to them, I have enough money to run my house for three months at least.'
'Most of our elite athletes are in national camps so they are safer.' 'They don't have to go out to buy vegetables or groceries; they are not as exposed as we are.' 'Most of them work for government organisations, they get salaries and stipends.'
Prithvi Shaw posted an adorable picture to wish his father on his birthday.
Mirabai Chanu talks about training in lockdown and her plans to return to her old fitness regime.
'When we talk about social distancing, it almost impossible to maintain this in slums.' 'So we had to talk to the people about cleanliness.' 'It was a task because everybody uses public toilets. So our volunteers targeted those spots to spread awareness.'
Norma Godinho challenges sporting know-it-alls.
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'Head out!' 'It has been a long time that we have not met family and friends.'
And, run to the court.'
Bengaluru centre back Gursimrat Singh Gill choreographs and stars in a bhangra video.
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'No matter when the Olympics are -- they can be after four months or after one year and four months -- I will be ready.'
'For years we train for the Olympics and when we are this close, how can we stop training?'
'The way we are playing now, if we continue to play the same hockey, no one can stop us from standing on the podium in Tokyo.'
'I play in the present without thinking about the buzz in the background,' says Vivek Sagar Prasad, who has just won the FIH Rising Star of the Year award.
'I am a gadha (donkey)! But God has been on my side and I have managed to produce players,' Dronacharya Awardee Merzban Patel tells Laxmi Negi/Rediff.com.
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