Reported By Sanchita chatterjee Kolkata, Dec. 20: Like every year Beyond The Finish Line threw up stories that led people breasting the winner's tape, even as the guests lauded Tata Steel World 25K Kolkata for bringing such a positive change in mindset of the city over the last decade.
Hosted by Dr Boria Majumdar, the panel included Asian Archery Gold winner Ankita Bhakat, Living legend Joydeep Mukherjee and football icon Bhaichung Bhutia, besides ace composer singer Anupam Roy.
Ankita while speaking about her Gold said, "Paris Olympics was a wakeup call. I got overawed. Things got out of control. So I refocused and worked hard. I decided to leave the disappointments behind. The Gold at the Asian Championship held at Dhaka was the result. Next Olympics is again a huge pressure. No one from India has won gold in our field. But we will give our best."
Speaking about overcoming odds, Joydeep Mukherjee remembered the historic 1966 Indian Davis Cup team that reached the finals, where they faced Australia at home in the World Group Challenge Round in Kolkata on grass courts. He remembers how he and Ramanathan Krishnan secured a famous doubles win against the pair of Newcombe and Roche.
That episode is still a burning example of guts and punching above the weight from Mukherjee alongside Ramanathan Krishnan and Premjit Lal.
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