In the second episode of SportsTiger’s exclusive series ‘Mission Gold’, listen to Indian sprinter Arokia Rajiv’s journey from a small town in Tamil Nadu to qualifying for India at the Olympic Games. Rajiv talks about his transition from starting with long jump to becoming a 400m sprinter. Rajiv also spoke about the challenges he faced mentally due to lockdowns and the Olympics getting postponed. The 29-year-old won silver medals in the men's and mixed 4 × 400 m relays at the 2018 Asian Games and bagged third place in the individual 400 m in 2014. He won medals in both the 400 m and 4 × 400 m events at the 2016 South Asian Games and 2017 Asian Championships. He competed in the relay at the Rio Olympics in 2016.
In the second episode of SportsTiger’s exclusive series ‘Mission Gold’, listen to Indian sprinter Arokia Rajiv’s journey from a small town in Tamil Nadu to qualifying for India at the Olympic Games. Rajiv talks about his transition from starting with long jump to becoming a 400m sprinter. Rajiv also spoke about the challenges he faced mentally due to lockdowns and the Olympics getting postponed. The 29-year-old won silver medals in the men's and mixed 4 × 400 m relays at the 2018 Asian Games and bagged third place in the individual 400 m in 2014. He won medals in both the 400 m and 4 × 400 m events at the 2016 South Asian Games and 2017 Asian Championships. He competed in the relay at the Rio Olympics in 2016.