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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Dhanalakshmi and Aishwarya caught in doping net

Dhanalakshmi and Aishwarya caught in doping net

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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If we can track one route, we can stop many: Anju George

If we can track one route, we can stop many: Anju George

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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