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After Hangzhou high, Mahesh Mangaonkar has LA dreams!
Updated On: 15 October, 2023 11:20 AM IST | Mumbai | Sundari Iyer
Mumbai-based Asian Games gold medallist in men`s team squash hopes to win a medal at 2028 Olympics, where squash has been included
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Mahesh Mangaonkar with his parents Dayanand and Anjali outside their Borivli home in Mumbai. PIC/Anjali’s personal collection
AFTER the high of winning the team gold with Saurav Ghosal, Abhay Singh and Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu at the recently-concluded Asian Games in Hangzhou, Mumbai’s squad star Mahesh Mangaonkar, 29, hopes to have an Olympic medal in his cabinet. His dream can come true since flag football, squash and cricket are set to be included at the Los Angeles Olympics in 2028. “I have a couple of years left before I take a call on retirement. Since squash will be included in the 2028 Olympics, I do want to take a shot at an Olympic medal. I surely want to play one more Asian Games. I want to push myself and be fit till the LA Games in order to fulfil my dream of being a part of the Olympics and winning a medal there. I will be 34 then, so hoping for the best,” he told www.mid-day.com.
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