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Javelin thrower Neeraj bags gold at Sotteville Athletics meet
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Sotteville [France], July 18 (ANI): India's star javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra won a gold medal in Sottevile Athletics meet here on Tuesday.
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Milkha Singh backs Hima Das for 2020 Tokyo Olympic gold
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], July 14 (ANI): Legendary Indian athlete Milkha Singh on Saturday congratulated Hima Das, who became the first Indian woman to clinch gold at the IAAF World U-20 Athletics Championships and advised her to focus on 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
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PM Modi moved by Hima Das' gesture of patriotism
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 14 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday tweeted a video of the final winning moments of Hima Das, who clinched gold at the IAAF World U-20 Athletics Championships, and said that he was "touched deeply" with sprinter's gestures.
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Hima's historic feat has parents beaming with pride
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Nagaon (Assam) [India], July 13 (ANI): Reacting to their daughter becoming the first Indian woman to win gold at the IAAF World Under-20 Athletics Championships, parents of Hima Das on Friday expressed their happiness on her achievement.
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Sports fraternity hails Hima Das's historic feat
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 13 (ANI): The sports fraternity has come in unison to congratulated sprinter Hima Das, who recently became the first Indian woman to win gold at the IAAF World U-20 Athletics Championships.
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President Kovind, PM Modi congratulate Hima Das for scripting history
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 13 (ANI): President Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi have applauded Hima Das, who recently became the first Indian woman to win gold at IAAF World U-20 Athletics Championships.
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Olympic champion Caster Semenya challenges IAAF testosterone rule
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Lausanne [Switzerland], June 20 (ANI): South African Olympic athlete Caster Semenya has challenged a new female classification rule imposed by the International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF).
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Eugene Diamond League: Javelin thrower Neeraj finishes sixth
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Eugene [U.S.A], May 26 (ANI): After a dazzling performance in Doha that saw him break a national record, Indian javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra failed to conjure up the magic and finished at the sixth spot in the 2018 IAAF Diamond League here at Eugene in USA on Saturday.
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Javelin thrower Neeraj snaps own record at Diamond League
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Doha [Qatar], May 5 (ANI): Indian javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra, who clinched gold at the recently-concluded 21st edition of the Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, missed on a bronze medal but shattered his own national record by finishing fourth at the season-opening leg of the IAAF Diamond
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Indian race-walkers depart for World team championship
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 3 (ANI): The Indian Race Walking team departed on Wednesday to participate in the IAAF World Race Walk Team Championship to be held at Taicang, China on May 5-6.
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IAAF announces USD 500k solidarity fund to assist NACAC federations rebuil
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Puerto Rico [ United States], Jan 16 (ANI): The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), on Tuesday, announced a USD 500,000 solidarity fund to help member federations in the North American, Central American and Caribbean (NACAC) area recover from the devastating damage cau
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Jepkosgei smashes world 10km road record in Prague
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Prague [Czech Republic], Sept. 10 (ANI): Kenya's Joyciline Jepkosgei broke the world 10km record at the Birell Prague Grand Prix, an IAAF Gold Label Road Race, on Saturday.
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