National record holder Annu Rani finished seventh with 61.12m in the women’s javelin throw final at the World Athletics Championships on Friday. She had posted an identical mark while finishing eighth at the last Worlds in Doha in 2019. Rani, who was competing in her third Worlds and has a personal best of 63.82m which […]
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India’s best athletics medal haul had come at the Delhi CWG in 2010 with 2 gold, 3 silver and 7 bronze India’s best athletics medal haul had come at the Delhi CWG in 2010 with 2 gold, 3 silver and 7 bronze The spotlight will be on Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra but the likes of […]
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India’s Annu Rani finished seventh in the women’s javelin throw final with a below-par effort of 61.12m at the World Championships here. Competing in her second consecutive final in the showpiece, Rani achieved her best of the day in her second attempt, but failed to cross the 60m mark in other five throws on Friday. […]
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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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The Indian javelin Olympic champion sent his spear to 88.39m for his third career-best throw The Indian javelin Olympic champion sent his spear to 88.39m for his third career-best throw Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra qualified for his maiden World Championships final with a stunning first attempt throw of 88.39m here. The 24-year-old Indian, hot favourite […]
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Kerala reports India’s first confirmed monkeypox case The first known lab-confirmed case of monkeypox in India — the official declaration is yet to come from the Union Health Ministry — has been reported in a 35-year-old male in Kerala, who reached the State capital three days ago from the UAE. State Health Minister Veena George, […]
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India’s lone World Championships medallist feels that Neeraj could win gold and that Sreeshankar’s medal chances look bright India’s lone World Championships medallist feels that Neeraj could win gold and that Sreeshankar’s medal chances look bright Javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra’s Olympic gold in Tokyo appears to have inspired everybody. And Anju Bobby George feels that […]
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Rishi Sunak tops first round of voting in Tory leadership contest Former finance minister Rishi Sunak led the field of Conservative MPs bidding to become Britain’s next Prime Minister in the first ballot of Tory lawmakers on Wednesday, as the race narrowed to six with the elimination of two candidates. Mr. Sunak, an early frontrunner […]
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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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With his recent 89.94m at the Stockholm Diamond League, Neeraj Chopra is now just six centimetres away from the magical 90m mark. What will he be throwing at his peak? That’s a future many would like to peep into. The late Garry Calvert, the Australian coach who moulded Chopra’s career and guided him to the […]
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