Sable, Eldhose, Aboobacker return to a rousing welcome at the SAI South Centre

Sable, Eldhose, Aboobacker return to a rousing welcome at the SAI South Centre

  When Avinash Sable, Eldhose Paul and Abdulla Aboobacker departed for the twin — World Athletics Championship and Commonwealth Games — events, each went with a different target and a different dream. For triple-jumpers Eldhose and Aboobacker, it was all about getting a personal best at what would be their debuts on the international stage. […]

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The story behind triple jump’s golden day at the CWG

The story behind triple jump’s golden day at the CWG

For the last few weeks, sitting in his national camp base in Bengaluru, M. Harikrishnan used to wake up at odd hours and watch his athletes train in Chula Vista and Oregon during the recent World Championships in the USA and then in the Birmingham Commonwealth Games. Surprisingly, despite three Indian triple jumpers qualifying for […]

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Teammates will be my main challengers: Paul

Teammates will be my main challengers: Paul

If this year’s performance list in the Commonwealth region is any indication, India should be winning all the men’s triple jump medals in Birmingham. For Indians occupy the top four rungs and three of them — Commonwealth leader Abdulla Aboobacker (17.19m), No. 2 Praveen Chithravel (17.18) and No. 4 Eldhose Paul (16.99) — will in […]

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Neeraj Chopra makes history with javelin silver

Neeraj Chopra makes history with javelin silver

Makes a strong comeback to become India’s first World Championships male medallist; Rohit finishes 10th; Eldhose ninth in triple jump Makes a strong comeback to become India’s first World Championships male medallist; Rohit finishes 10th; Eldhose ninth in triple jump Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra made history winning the javelin silver at the World Athletics Championships […]

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Neeraj Chopra flies to the final with his opening throw

Neeraj Chopra flies to the final with his opening throw

Fellow javelin thrower Rohit also make the cut; Eldhose Paul first Indian to qualify for triple jump final Fellow javelin thrower Rohit also make the cut; Eldhose Paul first Indian to qualify for triple jump final Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra needed just one throw to qualify for the javelin throw final at the World Athletics […]

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Last-minute flyer Eldose Paul gets lucky with 10-year US visa

Last-minute flyer Eldose Paul gets lucky with 10-year US visa

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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