So near yet so par: India’s tryst with fourth-place Olympic heartbreaks continues
The Hindu
Fourth-place heartbreaks at sport’s grandest stage continued — the run beginning way back in 1956.
They say fourth is the worst place to finish in the Olympics. If last is the most embarrassing, fourth is the most painful. When one endures it by the narrowest of margins, and in a sport like golf, it can’t get any worse. , and with it, post-independent India’s tryst with fourth-place heartbreaks at sport’s grandest stage continued, the run beginning way back in 1956. “You don’t want to join that club,” Aditi said, but joined she did, after missing out on what would have been a landmark medal.
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