[ad_1] Kerala’s M. Sreeshankar, who won the long jump event at Indian GP-3, at the Sree Kanteerava Stadium in Bengaluru on Monday, 10 April, 2023. | Photo Credit: SUDHAKARA JAIN On a day when quality performances were at a premium, Rubina Yadav (Haryana) towered over the rest by attaining the women’s high jump qualifying mark […]
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[ad_1] Jeswin Aldrin after winning the silver at the Asian Indoor Championships in Kazakhstan last week. Photo: Special Arrangement | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement A lot had happened to long jumper Jeswin Aldrin last year. Despite a sensational 8.26m effort and a wind-assisted 8.37 that helped him qualify for the World Championships, and brought him […]
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[ad_1] The Madhya Pradesh runner improves his 800m personal best by more than three seconds at the National Open under-23 athletics The Madhya Pradesh runner improves his 800m personal best by more than three seconds at the National Open under-23 athletics Madhya Pradesh’s Parvej Khan improved his 800m personal best by more than three seconds […]
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[ad_1] Kamalpreet Kaur’s sporting discipline, the discus throw, is one of the least impacted by doping scandals Kamalpreet Kaur’s sporting discipline, the discus throw, is one of the least impacted by doping scandals Kamalpreet Kaur, the 26-year-old Indian discus thrower, was banned for three years with effect from March 29 after she tested positive for […]
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[ad_1] Atul and K.C. Servan won the gold and silver in the boys’ discus throw at the Asian youth athletics championships in Kuwait on Sunday. Meanwhile, Ashakiran Barla won the gold in the girls 800m on Saturday. The results (Indian medallists only): Boys: Discus: 1. Atul (56.23m), 2. K.C. Servan (55.91). Girls: 800m: 1. Ashakiran […]
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[ad_1] At the National Games, co-competitors Hima and Dutee Chand had encouraged Y. Jyothi prior to the 100m race and the 100m hurdler acknowledged the senior athletes’ role in her performance At the National Games, co-competitors Hima and Dutee Chand had encouraged Y. Jyothi prior to the 100m race and the 100m hurdler acknowledged the […]
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[ad_1] Gebrselassie’s career achievements include an astonishing 27 world records across distances, making him arguably the greatest distance runner of all time Gebrselassie’s career achievements include an astonishing 27 world records across distances, making him arguably the greatest distance runner of all time Two-time Olympic gold medallist Haile Gebrselassie was on Thursday named the international […]
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[ad_1] BHOPAL Jharkhand’s 15-year-old Ashakiran Barla, a semifinalist at last month’s under-20 World championships in Colombia, broke the girls 800m meet record in the 17th National youth athletics championships here on Sunday. Long jumper Mubssina Mohammed won Lakshwadeep’s first National-level gold in athletics. Kerala’s Ashlin Alexander and Maharashtra’s Sakshi Champalal Chavan emerged the fastest boy […]
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[ad_1] Rajasthan’s Siddharth Choudhary (boys’ shot put) and Nikita Kumari (girls’ discus) broke meet records in the HSBC 17th National youth (under-18) athletics championships which began at the Tatya Tope Stadium here on Saturday. Both also achieved the qualifying standard for next month’s Asian youth championships in Kuwait. The results (winners only): Boys: 3000m: Gaurav […]
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[ad_1] The Athletics Federation of India has postponed the fourth and fifth legs of the Indian Grand Prix, scheduled to be held in Bengaluru on September 11 and 18. The Indian Open 400m meet, to be held in Jamshedpur on October 1 and 2, has also been put off. The AFI appears to have postponed […]
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