Vinesh Phogat
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Wrestling: 6 medals in last 7 competitions
Vinesh Phogat is India's brightest medal prospect at the Rio 2016 Olympics. Grown up in Haryana, the cousin of India's first women wrestler Geeta Phogat, announced her arrivalon the world stage by clinching bronze at the Asian Wrestling Championships in 2013.
The reigning Commonwealth Games champion wrestles in the 48-kg category and has put up some world-class performances in recent years.
After being disqualified for being 400 gms overweight in the penultimate Olympic qualifying tournament held in Mongolia, the 21-year-old won a gold medal in the last qualifying tournament to book a place at the Olympics in Istanbul, Turkey.
Lalita Babar
3000m steeplechase: Had the fastest time in the world last year - 9:27.09
The Asian champion Babar clocked 9:34.13 and broke her own personal record, the National record and the Championships record at 2015 Asian Championships in Wuhan, China. In the process, she qualified for the 2016 Rio Olympics.
Two months later, she ran an internationally-competitive 9:27:86, making her the first Indian woman to ever qualify for a World Championship final in Beijing. The 26-year old finished eighth in the finals last year.
If she wins a medal, it would be a big underdog story and it would be India's first ever track and field medal.
