World Athletics, the global governing body of the discipline, issued a statement announcing Neeraj's nomination, a man, who has won everything gold across the biggest sporting/athletics competitions.
Neeraj Chopra was leagues ahead of other athletes as he defended his gold medal in the recently concluded 19th Asian Games with a throw of 88.88-metre.
The only athlete who came close to competing with Neeraj was none other than his compatriot Kishore Jena.
New Delhi [India], October 11: The World's largest women's marathon, the Nagoya Women's Marathon, has opened race entry for Indian women for its virtual online race.
Union Sports Minister Anurag Thakur hailed Prime Minister Narendra Modi for changing the mindset about athletics and focusing on providing better facilities to the athletes.
Sonipat (Haryana) [India], October 9: Rishihood University, India's first impact university instituted in Sonipat, Haryana in 2020 unveiled the Learners Arena, a sports complex dedicated to encouraging more student participation in sports and sports-related activities. Inaugurated by legenda
Athletes who clinched medals in the Asian Games in the athletics event, Tajinderpal Singh Toor, Priti Lamba and Kartik Kumar returned from China after enjoying success in the Asian Games on Friday.
Covering an area of 40 bighas of land, this state-of-the-art modern sports complex, with a project cost of approximately Rs 43 crore, shall have facilities such as synthetic athletic track, multipurpose indoor stadium with facilities for badminton, table tennis, volleyball, taekwondo, among
At the 1982 Asian Games in New Delhi, India won its last medal in the marathon competition. In fact, all of India's medals in marathons have come on the Indian routes.
President of the Athletics Federation of India (AFI), Adille Sumariwalla hailed Neeraj Chopra's ability to handle pressure after he clinched a gold medal in the men's javelin event in the Asian Games on Wednesday.
Indian runner Harmilan Bains clinched another silver in athletics after finishing second in the women's 800m final in the ongoing Asian Games on Wednesday.