New Delhi: On Tuesday, at 3:33 a.m., Shooter Manu Bhaker was bound in India posted to 82.8k his followers on Twitter he took the Sabbath from social media.
“When I entered the preparation of the last leg for the Tokyo Olympics, I now go social media to the end of the Olympics.
I will need your love, blessings and support to bring glory to our country,” Post.
The athletes’ trends that developed quit the social media room ahead of a large ticket sporting event were not new, but of course it received momentum among Indian athletes.
The Punia and Vinesh Phogat wrestler and 10m Air Rifle Shooter Apurvi Chandela stayed away from Twitter and their Instagram handle, if it didn’t stop.
Deepak’s last Twitter post was back on February 2020 when he won the world junior wrestling, while the vinesh sports specific post on the Microblogging website on April 18 this year where he posted his video and fellow wrestlers who won the Asian championship in Almaty.
Similarly, APURVI switched from Twitter in the last December to focus on training and competition in front.
He, along with 12 other Tokyo-bound air shooters and gun shooters, have camped in Zagreb, Croatia, since May.
Bajrang Punia has rested from Twitter, Instagram and Facebook for almost two months in March as he prepares for the Olympics.
But he returned “to help India against the Covid-19 crisis” when the second wave gripped the country.
Lately, he has posted a photo of his training from the city of Vladikavazz Russia.
“That (decision) was difficult but not something I hadn’t done before.
In pursuing the Olympic gold, you made a small sacrifice like that.
There is no other thing that is important.
Social media can become a nuisance,” said Bajrang.
Deepak, who will compete in the men’s freestyle 86kg category in Tokyo, said he was never a big fan of social media.
“I was not active on this platform.
I believe in hard work and put a lot of hours in my training.
My focus won a medal at the Olympics.” Weightlifter Mirabai Chanu has limited the presence of its social media to only update online content organized by Indian sports authorities (Sai ) And news articles published.
He has been practicing at St.
Louis in the US since May.
There are other parts of the athletes whose social media activities are managed by their sports management companies.
These companies post online content on behalf of sponsored athletes when the sportsman related to focus on training their Olympics.
Some of them include Amit Panghal boxers and Pooja Rani Bohra and Javelin-Thrower Neeraj Chopra.