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‘From now on every event will be like an Olympics’: Diksha Dagar

Diksha Dagar, who last week became the first Indian golfer to tee off in a 100 Ladies European Tour event, will be on a packed European sojourn with an eye on securing crucial points in her bid to qualify for the Paris Olympics 2024 in July-August. The 23-year-old made her Olympics debut in Tokyo in 2021 alongside Aditi Ashok. Starting this week at the Amundi German Masters in Berlin, ‘centurion’ Diksha will participate in at least nine events, almost all in Europe, to prepare for the Summer Games. “All events from here on will be like an Olympics for me,” Diksha said during a Fit India Champions podcast. The women’s quota places for the Paris Olympics will be announced on June 24. The left-handed golfer is the only one to have played an Olympics for the able-bodied and two Deaflympics (for the hearing impaired). Managed by her father, Colonel Narinder Dagar, Diksha is a two-time Deaflympics medallist. The Rohtak girl won a silver in 2017 in Turkey and a gold in 2022 in Brazil. Diksha …