Yearender 2021: In the year 2021, these young players like Neeraj Chopra and Rituraj Gaikwad left their mark

As always, this year too many young players influenced the world in different sports. While javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra raised the head of 130 crore Indians with pride, Rituraj Gaikwad proved to be the trump card in the Chennai Super Kings victory at IPL 2021. On the soccer field, where Frederico Ciesa played a A key role in making Italy the champion of Euro 2020, young tennis star Emma Raducanu stunned sports fans around the world by winning the US Open title.

These young players were the most affected in 2021:

1. Neeraj Chopra
Young javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra made history by winning the gold medal at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics. Neeraj Chopra, 24, gave the Indians 130 crore a chance to rejoice by throwing 87.58 meters at the Olympics from Tokyo. With this, Neeraj Chopra also became the second player from India to win a gold medal in the individual event. Prior to this, Abhinav Bindra won the gold medal in shooting at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

NEERAJ CHOPRA

2. Avani Lekhara
19-year-old Avani Lekhara won two medals at the Tokyo Paralympic Games. With this, Avani became the first Indian player to win more than one medal at the Paralympic Games. Lekhara made history by winning the gold medal in the 50m Air Rifle 3 Position SH1 event. Additionally, Lekhara also won a bronze medal in the 10m Air Rifle SH1 event. These were Avani Lekhara’s first Paralympic Games. Apart from this, Avani became the first athlete in the country to win gold at the Paralympic Games.

AVANI LEKHARA

3. Rituraj Gaikwad
In the year 2021, Rituraj Gaikwad left an indelible mark on the world of cricket. Playing for Chennai in IPL, he scored 635 runs in 16 games. He also won the Orange Cap. Due to his great performance, Rituraj also won the team the title. Apart from this, Gaikwad also scored 4 centuries while playing for Maharashtra in the Vijay Hazare Trophy. At the same time, at the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, Rituraj scored 259 runs in 5 innings that included 3 half centuries.

Gaikwad

4. Venkatesh Iyer
Venkatesh Iyer rocked the second half of IPL 2021. Playing for Kolkata Knight Riders, Iyer scored 370 runs in 10 games with a 41.11 average. Iyer was instrumental in taking the team to the final. Additionally, Iyer scored 389 runs in 6 games with an impressive 63 average in the Vijay Hazare Trophy. During this, his strike rate was 133.

Venkatesh Iyer

5. Emma Radukanu
Emma Radukanu made history by winning the 2021 US Open title. Young British tennis player Radukanu became the world’s first player to win a Grand Slam title in the Open Era (1968-present) as qualified. Radukanu also became the first British player to win a Grand Slam in the past 44 years. Apart from this, Radukanu also achieved the distinction of being the youngest tennis player in the world after former Russian tennis star Maria Sharapova to win a Grand Slam title.

Emma raducanu

6. Barbara Krajikova
Barbara Krajikova achieved many new milestones this year. This young player from the Czech Republic made history by winning the French Open women’s singles and doubles titles. In the past two decades, she became the first tennis player in the world to achieve this feat. Krejcikova, who started the year outside of the top-100 in the WTA rankings, finished the year in fifth place in the world rankings.

Barbora krejcikova

7. Fredrik What did

Italy won the Euro 2020 title. In this, the team’s biggest victory hero was winger ‘Fredrico Kiesa’. This young player scored 2 goals for the team in the tournament and also won the Man of the Match award twice. Apart from this, Kisa also got a place in the Euro 2020 ‘Team of the Tournament’. Playing for the Juventus soccer club, Kisa scored 14 goals in 43 games this year.

Federico Chiesa

8. Pedri González
Barcelona and Spain soccer star Pedri González caught everyone’s attention for his impressive performance in 2021. The 18-year-old midfielder received the Golden Boy award for 2021. Pedri became Barcelona’s second player after Lionel Messi to win the Golden Boy award. Messi won this award in 2005.

Pedri

9. Dusan Vlahovich
Fiorentina and Serbian footballer Dusan Vlahovi caught everyone’s attention with their brilliant performance this year. Dusan Vlahovi scored a total of 33 goals in Serie A in 2021. With this, he equaled Cristiano Ronaldo’s record for most goals scored in a calendar year. The 21-year-old has scored 18 goals in 21 games so far this season.

Dusan

10. Simona Biles
The famous American gymnast and reportedly the best player in the world, Simona Biles, caught everyone’s attention in the year 2021. Biles withdrew from the finals of four events during the Tokyo Olympics, so health mental is a priority. However, he won silver in the overall team event and bronze on the balance beam. For his bold move, he was voted 2021 Best Athlete of the Year by Times magazine.

Simona biles