The women from India
A category unto themselves, little remains to be said about the Indian women in the Olympics that has not already been said before.
Although the photograph shows Dipa Karmakar, PV Sindhu and Sakshi Malik, the list of Indian women who have captured the imagination of an often misogynist nation stretches to names like steeplechase qualifier Lalita Babar, archers Bombayla Devi Lashiram and Deepika Kumari, golfer Aditi Ashok and wrestler Vinesh Phogat who injured her knee in a heroic show.
Much remains to be done for Indian women in sports, but the few who competed at Rio walked through unchartered territory, making it possible for generations of women afterwards to dream an Olympic dream.
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