"Olympian Anirban Lahiri sounds good, but Olympic medalist Anirban Lahiri would sound way better." Briefcase 1 Anirban Lahiri, SSP Chawrasia booked their berth earlier this year2 Aditi Ashok got her confirmation yesterday3 President of IGF Peter Dawson blasted golfers, who had pulled out of Rio owing to the Zika virus scareStar golfers Anirban Lahiri and S.S.P. Interestingly, the Rio Olympics will be Lahiri's second outing at a quadrennial multi-sporting event. With July 11 being the cut-off date for qualification, Lahiri and Chawrasia have made the grade for Rio as per the International Golf Federation's (IGF) rankings for the Olympic men's competition. On his qualification, Chawrasia said, "I'm extremely excited about having the honour to represent my country at the Olympics."

Source: India Today July 12, 2016 06:45 UTC