#3 Esow Alben
Seventeen-year-old Esow Alben made history on August 16, 2018, after clinching India’s first junior cycling World Cup silver medal in the men’s keirin event of the UCI Junior Track Cycling World Championships in Switzerland. The silver medal was his first major achievement in the international circuit. With an impressive campaign at the Asian Championships to count on, Esow had earned the No. 1 ranking in the junior sprint category that made him the first-ever Indian to claim the top spot.
Recently this year, he bagged three medals at the UCI World Junior Track Cycling Championship in Germany, including an individual sprint silver, a team gold, and keirin bronze medal.
#2 Lalremsiami
Fondly called Siami by her teammates, the rising hockey star is believed to be the highest prospect in the Indian hockey team. Having played a total of 31 minutes in five matches and scored two goals to help India clinch a silver, Lalremsiami was awarded the ‘Under-21 rising star’ award. Struggling to make ends meet back home, Lalremsiami represented India at the 2018 World Cup, where she was the youngest player at 18. She became the first athlete from her hometown Mizoram to an Asian Games medal.
