Sports personalities tweet about Digvijay Singh Deo's new book on India's greatest Olympians
Penguin Books’ ‘My Olympic Journey: 50 of India's Leading Sportspersons on the Biggest Test of Their Career’ is the latest paperback that’s securing a spot in every avid sports fan’s shelf across the country. Jointly authored by CNN News 18 Sports Editor Digvijay Singh Deo and multimedia professional Amit Bose, the book, within 24 hours, has shot into the Best-Sellers’ category on Amazon where it is available for pre-booking ahead of its 2 July release date.
Bearing first-hand accounts of legendary Indian Olympians from 1948 till 2012 on its pages, ‘My Olympic Journey’ promises to be a must-read for all Indian sports fans, arriving just a month before this year’s Rio Olympic Games.
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From India’s Golden Age hockey player Balbir Singh to present day doubles tennis star Rohan Bopanna, each athlete has his/her own share of amusing, heart-wrenching as well as inspiring stories that people would love to learn of once the book is finally in their hands.
Over the past couple of days, #MyOlympicJourney has been trending on multiple social networks as leading names from various corners of the sports fraternity joined in to appreciate the writers’ commendable accomplishment on completing such a humongous project involving Indian sports.
Lending his support to the creators’ effort was India’s highest achiever at the Games, 2008 Beijing Olympics gold medallist shooter Abhinav Bindra on Twitter:
Looking forward to @Diggy_SinghDeo book #MyOlympicJourney. Getting together 50 Olympians needs a special effort.https://t.co/cK8ohsPw6f
— Abhinav Bindra (@Abhinav_Bindra) June 12, 2016
Olympic Bronze winner turned professional boxer Vijender Singh chipped in with his thoughts on the release as well:
At my 1 Olympic in Athens I used to shave my tiny moustache to look mature.More such anecdotes on #MyOlympicJourney https://t.co/LHcA6xv3Pc
— Vijender Singh (@boxervijender) June 13, 2016
The shooter who missed podium finish by a whisker at the London Olympics 2012, Joydeep Karmakar took to Twitter to comment on the book’s release:
#MyOlympicJourney by @Diggy_SinghDeo has 49Olympians + yours truly featured with their untold stories from Olympics
— joydeep karmakar (@Joydeep709) June 14, 2016
Ace shuttler Ashwini Ponnappa, too, didn’t miss out on expressing her excitement at being featured amongst India’s sporting greats in this invigorating publication:
Really excited to feature in @Diggy_SinghDeo book on the Olympics. #MyOlympicJourney is a must read. https://t.co/YLHqWwRflu
— Ashwini Ponnappa (@P9Ashwini) June 13, 2016
Tennis star Mahesh Bhupathi conveyed his delight as well:
Delighted to feature in @Diggy_SinghDeo book on 50 of India's leading Olympians. #MyOlympicJourney is a great efforthttps://t.co/7W9V1rhZb7
— Mahesh Bhupathi (@Maheshbhupathi) June 14, 2016