Search For "athletics"
UAE: Alketbi, Hammadi, Almatrooshi clinch medals at Dubai 2024 Para Athlet
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Paralympic stars and home favourites Noura Alketbi and Mohamed Hammadi put up a decent show as the hosts United Arab Emirates claimed two silver and three bronze medals on the penultimate day of the 15th Fazza International Para Athletics Grand Prix - Dubai 2024.
Read More
National Inter District Junior Athletics Meet to be held from Friday onwar
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
The 19th edition of the event will be live-streamed and will witness 5,588 athletes from 615 districts compete for medals across under-14 and under-16 categories. Each district can field 13 athletes at maximum.
Read More
'Golden Boy' Neeraj Chopra sweats it out in gym ahead of Paris Olympics 20
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
India's 'Golden Boy' Neeraj Chopra is sweating it out in the gym and athletic track in South Africa as he aims to bring another gold medal home in the upcoming Paris Olympics 2024.
Read More
Marathon world record holder Kelvin Kiptum dies in road accident aged 24
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
On October 8, 2023, in Chicago, the Kenyan shattered the men's marathon record with a time of two hours and 35 seconds.
Read More
Never got mentally down when people made fun of my weight: Neeraj Chopra i
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Neeraj Chopra, the man behind the javelin revolution in India, is known for his humbleness despite becoming an athletics icon. The Golden Boy has spoken about his life journey in the second episode of the 'Fit India Champions' podcast released on Saturday
Read More
Athlete Nirmala Sheoran handed eight-year ban by NADA following second dop
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
As per Olympics.com, this is the athlete's second infraction. Competing in 400-meter athletics, Nirmala had previously failed a dope test back in 2018, which resulted in a four-year ban. She returned to the racing track during last year's National Inter-State Championships held in Bhubaneswa
Read More
Bahrain shines with 4 new medals, Egypt clinches 5 on second day of AWST 2
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
The Bahraini athletics team maintained its remarkable performance at the 7th Arab Women Sports Tournament (2024), securing four medals on the event's second day, Friday, at Al Thiqa Club in Sharjah. The team's haul included three golds and a silver, complementing their collection from Day 1,
Read More
"Asked for my wheelchair at aircraft door...": Para-athlete alleges mistre
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Para-athlete Suvarna Raj, who has represented the country in global events, on Saturday accused the IndiGo airline crew of 'mistreatment', saying she requested the carrier to provide her a personal wheelchair at the aircraft door but the staff did not respond.
Read More
India para-athlete Suvarna Raj mistreated during her flight from Delhi to
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Suvarna travelled from New Delhi to Chennai on seat number 39D(Aisle) on Friday and complained that her wheelchair wasn't treated properly. She also complained about the attitude of crew members as she informed them to give her personal wheelchair at the aircraft door, but the staff didn't r
Read More
From being asked to quit to winning KIYG 2023 gold, MP middle-distance run
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
Vikas Bind won the 3000m gold medal in the ongoing Khelo India Youth Games 2023 on Tuesday with a new meet record of 8 minutes 29.16 seconds. In November 2023, Bind had clocked a timing of 8:18.06 to rewrite the 12-year-old Junior National Athletics meet record in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu
Read More
KIYG 2023: Bihar farmer's daughter Durga Singh runs into record books with
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
Durga Singh won the 1500m gold at the 38th Junior National Athletics Championship in Coimbatore last year clocking 4 minutes 38.29 seconds
Read More
KIYG 2023: Kerala's Anupriya, MP's Vikas Bind break Games records on first
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
Kerala's Anupriya V S and Madhya Pradesh's Vikas Bind set new Games records in girls' shot put and boys 3000 metres race respectively on the first day of athletics competitions in the ongoing Khelo India Youth Games 2023 at the Jawaharlal Nehru Outdoor Stadium here on Tuesday.
Read More