He was among the athletes who qualified for the prestigious Asian Athletics Championships to be held in Bangkok from July 12, 2023, to July 16, 2023 after his performances in the Ranchi meet.
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).
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
Amlan Borgohain, in particular, will have happy memories of the tournament, having broken the men's 200m national record in the last edition. Jyothi Yarraji, the national record holder in the 100m hurdles event, will also compete in the 200m event.
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.
Murli Gavit last won a National-level event three years ago when he claimed the 5000-10000 double in the AFI Federation Cup in Patiala before his tryst with the 2019 Asian Athletics Championships silver medal in the gruelling 25-lap event. There can be no better stage for him to return to wi
Murali Sreeshankar has bettered his own national record thrice this season and has a personal best of 8.36m he achieved at the Federation Cup in April.
Gandhinagar (Gujarat) [India], June 4 (ANI): Tokyo Paralympics 2020 medalist Praveen Kumar clinched a gold medal in the men's high jump at the U20 National Federation Cup 2022 held in Nadiad, Gujarat on Saturday.
California [US], May 7 (ANI): Indian track and field athlete Avinash Sable created history at the Sound Running Track meet in San Juan Capistrano, where he smashed a 30-year-old record set by Bahadur Prasad in 1992 in the 5000m category.
Kozhikode (Kerala) [India], April 7 (ANI): Amlan Borgohain (Assam) scorched the track to set a new men's 200m National Record by clocking 20.52 seconds on a rain-hit final day in the 25th AFI National Federation Cup Senior Athletics Championships in the C H Muhammed Koya Stadium here on Wedn