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Ultimate goal is to win Asian Games medal again for India: Jinson Johnson
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Jinson Johnson is aiming to be back at his best at the upcoming Asian Games, where he is the reigning champion in the 1500m event.
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Federation Cup 2023 athletics: Jyothi Yarraji clinches gold in women's 100
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Jyothi topped the podium with a meet-record time of 12.89 seconds. She also crossed the Asian Championships qualifying standard of 13.63 seconds set by the Athletics Federation of India (AFI).
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Federation Cup 2023 athletics: Annu Rani wins javelin throw gold, breaches
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Annu breached the all-important qualifying standards with a throw of 59.24 m, way above the standard of 56.46 m set by AFI, as per Olympics.com. She also qualified for the Asian Athletics Championships, scheduled for July in Bangkok, Thailand. The mark set for women's javelin throw for ea
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5th Asian Youth Athletics Championships: Javelin thrower Arjun wins silver
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
The Indian contingent has also done well in the fifth Asian Youth Athletics Championships in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. The team finished overall second behind China and brought home a total of 24 medals, including six gold, 11 silver, and seven bronze in the Under-18 championship.
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Praveen Chithravel sets new triple jump national record
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
He broke the men's triple jump national record of 17.30m registered by Renjith Maheswary at the third Indian Grand Prix in Bangalore in 2016.
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Want to be better than before technically: Neeraj Chopra ahead of big 2023
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Neeraj will begin his 2023 athletics season on May 5 in the Doha Diamond League. He is the current Diamond League champion. He became the first Indian athlete to win the prized trophy when he won it in September of last year at the finals in Zurich
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First international tournament, medal, travel will always be special: Bapi
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Bapi clocked a time of 51.38s, easily his personal best. His timing was also better than the previous Championship Record of 51.96s. In the previous editions of the tournament, Bapi's timing in the final would have been good enough to secure gold.
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India's Murali Sreeshankar bags gold medal in long jump at MVA High Perfor
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
The 24-year-old Sreeshankar's gold-winning jump at Chula Vista was over the World Athletics Championships 2023 qualifying standard for men's long jump set at 8.25m.
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Odisha's Bapi Hansda clinches silver at 5th Youth Asian Athletics Champion
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
He clocked 51.38 seconds, his personal best to finish ahead of Sri Lanka's Kuda Liyanage Ayomal who timed 51.40 to bag bronze while Qatar's Mahamat Abakar Abdrahman won the gold with a time of 50.91 secs
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MOC approves CWG Medallist Avinash Sable's proposal to train in Switzerlan
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Sable, along with his coach Scott Simons are scheduled to train at St. Moritz from August 7th till August 16th (10 days), before heading out to Budapest, Hungary for the World Championships.
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World Masters Athletics Indoor Championship: 95-year old Bhagwani Devi Dag
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Bhagwani Devi Dagar bagged a gold medal in Discuss Throw at the age of 95 in World Masters Athletics Indoor Championship at Torun in Poland.
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Watch: Neeraj Chopra trains in South Africa for upcoming season
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Sports Authority of India (SAI) took to social media platform Twitter to share visuals of Neeraj doing exercises and honing his javelin throwing skills. His training has been funded under the Target Olympics Podium Scheme (TOPS), which aims to support Indian athletes in their aim to win m
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