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2019: Another Exciting Year in the Sports World has come to an end
The year 2019 is about to end, and no one can deny that this year was also a memorable and exciting year in the sports world where many old records were broken and many new records were made. This year saw many players emerging during multi-sport, multi-country events in the world. The year 2019 has become significant in terms of achievements in the sports field, where Afghanistan scored the highest T20I score, German cancer researcher Fiona Kolbinger became the first female to win a 4,000 km bicycle race, Kenya's Eliud Kipchoge secured first place in the world to run a marathon in under 2 hours and Nirmal Purja summits World’s 14 highest peaks in 6 months 6 days. And if we talk about India, we need not to forget that our nation has been in the limelight for its achievements in sports ranging from badminton to athletics. This year, India recorded its best-ever performance in the Special Olympic World Games with 362 Medals, Commonwealth Weightlifting Championship with 13 Medals and South Asian games with 312 Medals.
Let's take a look at this year's Major Sports Achievements -
JANUARY:
India's Arunima is the world's first amputee female to reach the Antarctic summit
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- Indian mountaineer Arunima Sinha has now become the world's first female amputee to climb Mount Vinson, the highest peak in Antarctica. Sinha broke the world record by becoming the first female amputee to climb Mount Everest in 2013.
FEBRUARY:
Mithali Raj became the first female to play 200 ODI Cricket matches
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- India's women cricket team captain, Mithali Raj became the first female cricketer to play 200 ODIs during the third ODI match with New Zealand.
Highest ever T20I score created by Afghanistan
- Afghanistan scored 278 at the loss of three wickets in their scheduled 20 overs, which was scored against Ireland at the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium in Dehradun to record the highest score in T20I. They surpassed Australia's record score of 263/3, which Australia made in 2016 against Sri Lanka.
MARCH:
Cricket to join 2022 Asian Games
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- Cricket is included in the sports program for the 2022 Asian Games, which will be held in Hangzhou, China. Cricket was dropped from the Asian Games in Indonesia in 2018 after featuring in 2010 and 2014.
Roger Federer won his tennis career's 100th title at Dubai
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- Roger Federer is the second man to reach this feat after Jimmy Connors of America who finished his tennis career with 109 titles.
India won 362 medals at the Special Olympics World Games
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- India received 362 medals including 85 gold, 153 silver and 124 bronze at the Special Olympic World Games 2019 in UAE's Abu Dhabi, made history for the nation.
APRIL:
73-year-old Isaac Hayek sets a new record as the oldest football player in the world
- 73-year-old Israeli Isaac Hayek set a new world record as the oldest man in the world to play in a professional football match. The previous record-holder was 53-year-old Uruguayan Robert Carmona who played a professional game in 2015.
MAY:
Claire Polosak became the first-ever female cricket umpire to officiate in a men's ODI match
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- Australia's Claire Polosak became the first female cricket umpire to officiate in a men's one-day international in the ICC World Cricket League Division 2.
Rafael Nadal clinched the 2019 Italian Open title
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- Rafael Nadal claimed a record 34th ATP Masters 1000 title by defeating Novak Djokovic in the final of 2019 Italian Open.
JUNE:
Indian women's hockey team wins Federation Internationale de Hockey series
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- The Indian women's hockey team won the FIH by beating Japan 3–1 in the final held at Hiroshima Hockey Stadium, Japan.
JULY:
Kristóf Milák set a new world record in the 200-meter butterfly at the 2019 FINA World Championships
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- Hungarian swimmer Kristóf Milák set a new world record in the 200m butterfly event at the FINA World Championships 2019 in South Korea where Kristóf took 1: 50.73. He surpassed the record set by Michael Phelps, who clocked 1: 51.51 at an event in Rome 2009.
AUGUST:
Fiona Kolbinger became the first female to win a 4,000 km bicycle race
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- German cancer researcher Fiona Kolbinger won the mixed annual 4,000 km Transcontinental Cycling Race from Burgas in Bulgaria. Fiona became the first female to win the world's hardest bicycle race.
Aishwarya Pissay is the first Indian to claim the World Title in Motorsports
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- Aishwarya Pissay scripted history by becoming the first Indian to clinch a world title in motorsports. She lifted the FIM World Cup in the women's category after the final round of the championship in Hungary.
PV Sindhu won the gold in the 2019 BWF World Championship
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- PV Sindhu clinched the gold medal at the BWF World Championship 2019 and became the first Indian shuttler in the BWF World Championship to win a gold medal.
SEPTEMBER:
India registered the best performance in 2019 World Wrestling Championship
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- India has won a total of 5 medals at the World Wrestling Championships. It is recorded as their best medal haul in an edition of the World Wrestling Championship ever.
OCTOBER:
India will build First Olympic Hospitality House in 2020 Tokyo Olympics
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- JSW and the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) announced the launch of India House to be built in Tokyo for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
Eliud Kipchoge secured first place in the world to run a marathon in under 2 hours
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- Eliud Kipchoge of Kenya scripted the history in two-hour obstacle marathon on a specially prepared course in a vast Vienna park. The informal time he completed was 1 hr 59 min 40.2 seconds. The Olympic champion became the first player to run a marathon at Prater Park within two hours.
Nirmal Purja summits World’s 14 highest peaks in 6 months 6 days
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- Nirmal Purja, a Nepali climber, has covered the world's 14 highest peaks in six months and six days, totalling 189 days.
NOVEMBER:
Chris Lynn scored the highest individual score in the T10 format
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- Australian batsman Chris Lynn scored the highest individual score in T10 format at Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates on 18th November. He scored 91 off 30 balls for the Maratha Arabians in the match against Bengal Tigers.
DECEMBER:
Lionel Messi was awarded the Ballon d'Or Award
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- Messi made a record by winning his sixth Ballon d'Or award and overtakes Liverpool's Virgil van Dijk, Sadio Mane and Juventus star Cristiano Ronaldo to lift the most prestigious individual trophy of Football. He set the world record by receiving the award for the sixth time.
GS Lakshmi becomes the first female match referee to oversee a men's ODI
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- Former Indian female cricketer GS Lakshmi has become the first female match referee to oversee the men's ODI. She has officiated the opening match of the third series of the World Cup League 2 in the United Arab Emirates.
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