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National Inter-State athletics: Dhanlakshmi Sekar pips Hima Das to take 20
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Dhanalakshmi Sekar won gold in the strong 200m final with a time of 23.27s on the last day of the meet. Hima Das settled for silver, clocking 23.29s while Aishwarya Kailash Mishra recorded 23.72s to win bronze
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Karnataka's Aishwarya B breaks national record in triple jump at National
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Aishwarya B made a national record in triple jump at 14.14m at the National Inter-State Senior Athletics Championships.
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Sprinter Hima Das returns, wins gold in women's 100 m event at 61st Nation
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Dutee Chand finished second at the event in the 100 meters Women's event at the 61st National Interstate Athletics Championships
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KIYG 2021: Maharashtra rule athletics with 8 gold
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Maharashtra's impressive haul of eight gold, three silver and a bronze medal in track and field has narrowed the gap at the top of the table, with their 29 gold just one short of Haryana's 30 after the day's morning session.
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BAC sanctions athlete Vinod Kumar for two years for Intentional Misreprese
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 31(ANI): The Board of Appeal of Classification (BAC) has sanctioned India's Para athletics athlete Vinod Kumar to a period of two years' making him ineligibility for competing. Disciplinary action has been taken for the offence of Intentional Misrepresentation.
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Olympian long jumper Murali Sreeshankar bags gold in Greece
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Athens [Greece], May 30 (ANI): Tokyo Olympian long jumper Murali Sreeshankar bagged a gold medal in Greece with a 7.95m jump at Venizeleia-Chania 2022 athletics meet on Sunday.
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Daughter of plumber and star sprinter Avantika eyes gold in KIYG 2021
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 27 (ANI): Avantika Narale, the daughter of a plumber, has come a long way. She shot into the limelight as a 15-year-old, when she rewrote Dutee Chand's 200m junior national record in 2018. Now, she has set her eyes on the gold medal in the Khelo India Youth
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Oakland Coliseum emerges as potential venue for T20 World Cup 2024
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 25 (ANI): Oakland Coliseum, the home of Major League Baseball (MLB) team Oakland Athletics and formerly to National Football League (NFL) team Oakland Raiders has emerged as a potential venue for the Men's T20 World Cup in 2024, which will be co-hosted by West Indies and
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IGP4: Yashvir's dramatic entry to 80m Club steals women's Long Jumpers' th
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], May 25 (ANI): It needed something special to take the focus away from the long jump pit in the Indian Grand Prix 4 Athletics Competition here at the Kalinga Stadium here on Tuesday night. And two young Javelin Throwers, Yashvir Singh (Rajasthan) and Rohit Yadav
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Indian Grand Prix 4: Nayana James pips Ancy Sojan in keen battle for long
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], May 25 (ANI): Nayana James produced two efforts over 6.37 metres to win the high-profile women's Long Jump title in the Indian Grand Prix 4 Athletics Competition here at the Kalinga Stadium here on Tuesday evening.
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Kenyan athletes smash into record books at World 10K Bengaluru 2022
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], May 16 (ANI): Kenya's Nicholas Kipkorir Kimeli and Irene Cheptai smashed into the record book by running the entire course in the 14th edition of the World 10K Bengaluru 2022, clocking 27:38 and 30:35 minutes respectively.
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Kenya's Nicholas Kipkorir Kimeli, Irene Cheptai win TCS World 10K Bengalur
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], May 15 (ANI): Kenya's Nicholas Kipkorir Kimeli and Irene Cheptai ran course records of 27:38 and 30:35 respectively at the 14th edition of the TCS World 10K Bengaluru 2022 - a World Athletics Elite Label Race - on Sunday.
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