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National Open Athletics Championships 2023: Manikanta Hoblidhar secures me
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
The 22-year-old sprinter had earlier in the semifinals, broken a seven-year-old national record by clocking 10.23 s in a 100 m event.
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Neeraj Chopra nominated for Men's Athlete of the Year award 2023 by World
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
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.
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Asian Games: 90-m mark in focus as Neeraj Chopra starts men's javelin thro
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
The athlete had won a gold medal in javelin back in the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta. With a throw of 88.06 m, he made a mark at continental level, giving signs of a fine future. Previously, he had also secured a gold medal in the Commonwealth Games 2018, with a throw of 86.47 m. Now five
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"My fight is against myself, to get better with my technique, throw": Neer
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Neeraj, who had recently won India's first-ever World Athletics Championships gold, will kickstart his Asian Games campaign in Hangzhou on October 4 with men's javelin throw final. Arshad will be a rival to watch out for during the final. Head to head, both athletes have faced off in nine in
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"Medals, competitors, statistics are for analysts to worry about": High-ju
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
In his just second competition as a decathlete, Tejaswin scored 7,648 points at the Jim Click Shootout competition in Arizona, USA, missing out on Bharatinder Singh's 2011 national record by 10 points. The score also allowed him to cross the 7,500-point mark needed to secure an Asian Games b
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"I was feeling little down, my strong points became weak": Avinash Sable r
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
The athlete failed to progress into the final of the World Athletics Championships 2023 as he finished seventh in the men’s 3000m steeplechase in Budapest. Sable, who holds India’s national record in men’s 3000m steeplechase with a mark of 8:11.20, logged 8:22.24 to finish seventh in heat on
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We watch movies, play cricket, volleyball: Asian record-holders on camarad
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
The Indian sporting fans witnessed a historic moment last week as the Indian quartet of Anas, Amoj, Muhammad Ajmal and Rajesh shattered the Asian Record in the semifinal heat of 4X400m Men's Relay at the 2023 World Athletics Championships. Completing the race in 2:59.05 seconds, India finish
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'Golden Boy' Neeraj Chopra opens up about moment he shared with Arshad aft
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
India's 'Golden Boy' Neeraj Chopra talked about the story that transpired behind the scenes, a special moment he shared with his arch-rival Arshad Nadeem in the final of the World Athletics Championships.
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Neeraj Chopra, Murali Sreeshankar to compete at Zurich Diamond League on T
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Reigning Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra will go into the Zurich meet after winning a historic gold medal at the World Athletics Championships 2023 last week, becoming the first Indian to be crowned world champion in any track and field category.
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"Won't have much pressure at Asian Games": Amoj Jacob calls India relay te
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Indian men’s 4x400m relay team comprising Muhammed Anas, Amoj Jacob, Muhammed Ajmal and Rajesh Ramesh made history at the World Athletics Championships in Budapest.
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"Matter of pride that three of us were in top six": Kishore Jena on India'
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
While Jena was pleased with his performance, he is eagerly anticipating the Asian Games and hopes to perform even better there.
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Anurag Thakur launches several digital initiatives on National Sports Day
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Sports Minister Anurag Thakur also launched an Information booklet on Sports Infrastructure Projects sanctioned under the Khelo India Scheme as well as launched a National Sports Federations portal, while also felicitating the 4x400m men’s relay team, fresh after creating an Asian record at
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