With just four days to go for the World Athletics Championships in the USA, triple jumper Eldhose Paul is still running around in New Delhi to complete his visa formalities. “I had my biometrics done today and will be going to the US Embassy tomorrow (Tuesday) for my visa interview. I hope to get my […]
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The long jumper is not putting any expectations but is now focusing on rhythm and getting that feeling right The long jumper is not putting any expectations but is now focusing on rhythm and getting that feeling right The World Athletics Championships begins in the USA on Friday but strangely 20 of the 32 long […]
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Other countries look at World Athletics qualifying standards differently; Jeswin Aldrin would have made it to the Worlds had he been an American Other countries look at World Athletics qualifying standards differently; Jeswin Aldrin would have made it to the Worlds had he been an American The Athletics Federation of India may have stopped automatic […]
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More than a month ago, Neeraj Chopra had admitted to this correspondent that the pressure of being an Olympic champion would be known only when he began competing. Given his performance at the three events since then, that question seems to have been answered. He has set a new National record each time, going closer […]
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Neeraj Chopra and Avinash Sable would lead the Indian charge at the World Championships next month as the Athletics Federation of India (AFI) on Thursday named a 22-member squad, with a couple of athletes being subject to satisfying the federation on their fitness and performance in the coming days. Rohit Yadav is the other javelin […]
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The responsibility of including high jumper Tejaswin Shankar in the Commonwealth Games squad has now been passed on to the Indian Olympic Association (IOA). The Athletics Federation of India (AFI) on Friday told the Delhi High Court that it was bound by the quota allocated by the Indian Olympic Association. AFI counsel Parth Goswami informed […]
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Long distance great Hari Chand, a two-time Olympian and a double Asian Games gold medallist, passed away in Jalandhar on Sunday. He was 69. Chand won the 5000 and 10,000m gold at the 1978 Bangkok Asiad and also the 10,000m title at the 1975 Asian Championships in Seoul. Chand, who hailed from Ghorewaha village in […]
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Two new meet records were set on the opening day of the 61st SNJ-National inter-State athletics championships here on Friday. None of the athletes could make the cut either for the Commonwealth Games or the World Championships. Long jumper M. Sreeshankar of Kerala set a new mark in the qualifying event with a jump of […]
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‘There is need to train any differently, it is all about setting the right targets’ ‘There is need to train any differently, it is all about setting the right targets’ It isn’t often that a top-level athlete admits to losing years to a bad mistake. Avinash Sable has no qualms doing the same but is […]
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The Andhra trio of K. Rajitha (400m gold), S. Pallavi (64 kg weightlifting gold), and M. Sireesha (400m bronze) that won medals in the ongoing Khelo India Youth Games in Panchkula (Haryana) has defied extreme hardship and financial constraints to make it thus far. Rajitha, belonging to the Koya tribe, lost her father at a […]
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