Asian silver medallist Annu Rani produced her best in her last throw in the qualification round and entered the women’s javelin throw final at the World Athletics Championships in Oregon, USA, on Wednesday. It will be Olympian Rani’s second final in her third consecutive Worlds. National record holder Rani, who was eighth at the last […]
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When S. Dhanalakshmi clocked a very impressive 11.26s (joint second in India’s all-time list) for the 100m recently in Turkey and then followed it up with a sterling 22.89s 200m in Kazakhstan, many were stunned. Equally stunning were B. Aishwarya’s 14.14m triple jump, which broke Mayookha Johny’s 11-year-old National record and made her this year’s […]
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Says she was expecting this after seeing the spurt in good results from Aishwarya Says she was expecting this after seeing the spurt in good results from Aishwarya When Anju Bobby George saw B. Aishwarya doing the big long jumps at the Inter-State Nationals in Chennai, she had her doubts. “When I saw her big […]
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Avinash Sable had led the pack for nearly half the race in his 3000m steeple chase heat at the World Athletics Championships here while finishing seventh overall late last week. But the final on Monday evening was a very different story. The final was a slow, tactical race and a very tricky affair. And Olympian […]
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It has been a memorable journey for 22-year-old Y. Jyothi, who will be representing India for the first time in the Commonwealth Games this month-end in Birmingham. “I am slightly nervous and at the same time excited about the Games,” said Jyothi, the Visakhapatnam-born 100mH national record-holder with a timing of 13.04s. “I am more confident […]
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Steeple chaser Parul Chaudhary clocks personal best time National record holder M. Sreeshankar finished seventh with 7.96m in the men’s long jump final at the World Athletics Championships here on Saturday. The 23-year-old, who has a personal best of 8.36m which came in the Federation Cup at Malappuram in early April, opened his series with […]
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Sreeshankar is first Indian to qualify for men’s long jump title round at Worlds Sreeshankar is first Indian to qualify for men’s long jump title round at Worlds Avinash Sable came up with a fighting finish as he pipped Eritrea’s Yemane Haileselassie to take the third spot in his 3000m steeple chase heat. The result […]
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Juby Thomas, a former national high jump champion and the 1999 South Asian Games bronze medallist, died after an accident at Mulanthuruthy on Friday morning. He was 42 and is survived by his wife and three daughters. Thomas, a Railway chief ticketing inspector in Ernakualm who hailed from Piravom, was on his way to work […]
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Six-month visa for Sreeshankar, Aldrin and Chithravel; Dhanalakshmi explains reasons for missing Worlds Six-month visa for Sreeshankar, Aldrin and Chithravel; Dhanalakshmi explains reasons for missing Worlds Despite running around for a few days in New Delhi for his visa and then a late dash to the USA for the World Athletics Championships, which began in […]
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‘I am only thinking of going in with a free mind and aim to do my best, not bother with the distance’ ‘I am only thinking of going in with a free mind and aim to do my best, not bother with the distance’ With the World Athletics Championships just two days away, Neeraj Chopra […]
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