Diksha Dagar unscathed in car accident which hospitalised mother, Paris 2024 Olympic campaign still on track

Indian golfer Diksha Dagar will compete at the Paris 2024 Olympics as planned despite being involved in a car accident, which caused her mother to be hospitalised.

Diksha Dagar and compatriot Aditi Ashok are scheduled to represent India in the women’s golf event at Paris 2024, which will tee off at the Le Golf National in Guyancourt from August 7 and end on the 10th.

According to media reports, the Dagar family - Diksha, her father and caddie Col. Naren Dagar, mother and brother - was involved in a car accident on Tuesday night while returning from an invitation at the India House.

“Their car was just crossing when the light turned and there was an ambulance on the side. A second car which was on the other side of the ambulance was not visible to Diksha's driver and it hit them from the side,” the PTI reported, quoting a source.

Diksha was unscathed after another vehicle hit their car and is fine to compete, Col. Dagar confirmed in the aftermath.

However, Diksha’s mother had to be hospitalised with a suspected injury in her spine. She will be in the hospital for the next few days for treatment and the extent of her injury is being assessed.

Dagar is a two-time winner on the Ladies’ European Tour (LET) and a former Deafalympics champion. She made her Olympic debut at Tokyo 2020, becoming the only Indian golfer to feature at the Summer Games as well as the Deafalympics.

The 23-year-old Arjuna Awardee had finished T50th in Tokyo and will be competing in her second Olympic Games at Paris.

The men's golf competition at Paris 2024 began on Thursday with India’s Shubhankar Sharma and Gaganjeet Bhullar competing in the event.