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World Athletics Championships:India's mixed 4x400m relay team enters final
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Doha [Qatar], Sept 29 (ANI): India's mixed relay team comprising of Muhammed Anas, Vismaya, Krishna Mathew and Noah Nirmal have secured an Olympic berth after entering the finals of World Athletics Championships in the 4x400m race.
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Dutee Chand fails to qualify for semi-finals at World Athletics Championsh
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Doha [Qatar], Sept 28 (ANI): Indian sprinter Dutee Chand's campaign at the World Athletics Championships came to an end after she finished seventh in her heat in the 100-metre dash here on Saturday.
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Delhi shot-putter scripts national record
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 28 (ANI): A shot-put athlete Parth Lakra from national capital has scripted a national record with 18.01 m throw in the recently concluded 17th Federation Cup National Junior Athletics Championships.
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Jinson Johnson to lead Indian campaign at IAAF World Athletics Championshi
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Doha [Qatar], Sept 27 (ANI): Metric miler Jinson Johnson and the 4x400m mixed relay team will lead the Indian challenge in the IAAF World Athletics Championships at the Khalifa Stadium here.
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Sebastian Coe re-elected as IAAF's President
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Doha [Qatar], Sept 25 (ANI): International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF) on Wednesday announced that Sebastian Coe has been elected as its President for the second term during the 52nd IAAF Congress in Doha.
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Provisional entry lists announced for IAAF World Athletics Championships
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Doha [Qatar], Sept 19 (ANI): One-thousand-nine-hundred athletes from 209 teams will be in action in Doha during the IAAF World Athletics Championships 2019, provisional entry list confirmed on Thursday.
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Hima Das ruled out of World Championships 2019 due to back injury
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 18 (ANI): Indian sprinter Hima Das has been ruled out of the World Championships 2019 due to a back injury, Athletics Federation of India (AFI) said on Wednesday.
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Kiren Rijiju sanctions Rs 5 crore for Anju Bobby George's academy
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 17 (ANI): Union Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju on Tuesday sanctioned Rs 5 crore to athlete Anju Bobby George's Athletics Academy at Bengaluru.
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Tejaswin Shankar opts out from World Championships
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 11 (ANI): Ahead of the IAAF World Championships in Doha from September 27, high jumper Tejaswin Shankar has conveyed his inability to compete in the tournament to Athletics Federation of India (AFI) on Tuesday.
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Hima Das among 25-member national squad for IAAF World Championships
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 9 (ANI): Indian sprinter Hima Das is among 25-member national squad announced by the Athletics Federation of India's (AFI) selection committee on Monday for the IAAF World Championships.
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Dreamt of Arjuna Award after winning gold in Asian Athletics Championships
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 28 (ANI): Indian heptathlete Swapna Barman, who is all set to receive Arjuna Award, said that she dreamt of winning the prestigious award when she bagged gold at the Asian Athletics Championships in 2017.
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Madhya Pradesh: Sprinter Rameshwar Gurjar meets MP Sports Minister, assure
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], Aug 17 (ANI): 24-year old sprinter Rameshwar Gurjar called upon the State Sports Minister Jitu Patwari here on Saturday to seek support for pursuing athletics.
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