Golfer Aditi Ashok Misses Medal By A Whisker, Finishes 4th In Women's Individual Stroke Play

Saturday, 7 August 2021Newsdesk

Aditi Ashok narrowly missed out on becoming the first Indian golfer to win a medal at the Olympics, finishing fourth in Tokyo on Saturday. She was in medal contention for much of the four rounds but fell agonisingly short, finishing a shot behind Japan's Mone Inami and Lydia Ko of New Zealand, who were tied for the silver medal and went into a playoff. Inami won the playoff to clinch silver while Lydia settled with a bronze. She finished only two shots behind the gold medal winner Nelly Korda of USA. Aditi finished with a score of 269 with 15-under par to finish fourth overall after four rounds in the women's individual stroke play event.

New Delhi, 07 August 2021

As per news report of NDTV, "I think it's good, just even top 5 or top 10 at an Olympics is really good. Because you know that sport or that person has a medal chance. So just having more top finishes, even if it's not exactly a podium finish, will maybe bring eyes to the sport and more support, more kids pick up more, whatever, that helps grow the game," Aditi Ashok said after the culmination of her event. "When I started golf I never dreamt of being or contending at the Olympics, golf wasn't even an Olympic sport. So sometimes you just pick it up and work hard and have fun every day and sometimes you get here," she added.

Source -NDTV