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TOPS to fund Olympic gold medallist Neeraj Chopra's training in Antalya, T
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Ministry of Youth Affairs approved Olympic Gold Medallist Neeraj Chopra's proposal to train at Gloria Sports Arena, Turkey for a period of 61 days. Neeraj has already trained at Gloria Sports Arena last year under Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS) funding.
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Odisha: CM Naveen Patnaik inaugurates multi-facility athletic complex
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Reportedly, the Birsa Munda Athletic Stadium complex in Rourkela features an athletics stadium with a 400 m synthetic athletic track and a natural turf football field with floodlights. The stadium has four galleries with a seating capacity of more than 9000 spectators, including seating for
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Watch: Neeraj Chopra trains in South Africa for upcoming season
Updated : 3 years 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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New Delhi Marathon: Man Singh, Appachangada Belliappa, Karthik Kumar make
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
The Asian Games entry standard for Indian men's marathoners is 2:15:00.
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Double Olympic champion David Rudisha urges athletes to go all out at New
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Speaking at the pre-marathon press conference, Kenya's legendary middle-distance runner pointed out that this was the last opportunity and platform for India's top marathoners to win their berths for the Hangzhou Games in September
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Indian Open-Throw and Jumps: Chithravel, Aldrin, Abhinaya, Toor to compete
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
With the domestic athletics season only just having begun, the Indian Open will be the first major competition where the Asian and Olympic Games prospects will get to test their mettle against each other in a field that has some serious firepower. A total of 195 athletes will compete across
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National Inter-District Junior Athletics Meet kicks off in Patna
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
A total of 5,482 athletes from 599 districts across the country have entered the competition for boys and girls in two age groups, under-14 and under-16.
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Priyanka Goswami, Akshdeep Singh qualify for 2024 Paris Olympics, World At
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Tokyo Olympian Priyanka Goswami, who won the 10,000m race walk silver medal at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games, finished first in the women's 20km race walk event in Morabadi with a time of 1:28:50.
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Asian Indoor Athletics C'ships: India end with 8 medals, Jyothi Yarraji se
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Jyothi Yarraji completed in 8.13 seconds, 0.03 seconds faster than her previous best. Yarraji, who also holds the national record in the outdoor women's 100m hurdles, topped qualifying on Saturday at 8.16 seconds.
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Tajinderpal Singh Toor captures gold in shot put at Asian Indoor Athletics
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Toor is an Asian Games gold medalist (2018), outdoor Asian champion (2019). He won a silver medal in the last edition of the championships in Tehran back in 2018 with a throw of 19.18 m.
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Khelo India Youth Games 2022: Rising from poverty to fame, Jharkhand's Ash
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Asha Kiran Barla has a personal best of 4 minutes 31 seconds in the 1500m event. On Friday she stayed behind the leading group in the initial stages but took the lead with 300m to go. She crossed the finish line nearly 13 seconds slower than her best time of 4:31 clocked last year.
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A great leap from Gujarat Youth Games to Khelo India Youth Games
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Laxita Vinod Sandilea, a first-year college-going student of Business Administration said she will compete in both 800m and 1500m at the Federation Cup junior athletics meet in May, which will act as qualifying for the continental meet.
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