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Anurag Thakur lauds Neeraj Chopra on Lausanne Diamond League title win
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Union Sports Minister Anurag Thakur congratulated India's star javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra for a title win at the Lausanne Diamond League 2023 on Friday. He also lauded the efforts of Long jump athlete Sreeshankar who finished fifth in the event.
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Neeraj Chopra to miss Ostrava Golden Spike athletics meet, recovering from
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Neeraj is recovering from a muscle strain he suffered during training last month due to which he withdrew from the FBK Games in the Netherlands on June 4 and the Paavo Nurmi Games in Finland on June 13 Additionally, the 25-year-old skipped the just-finished Bhubaneswar National Inter-State
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5th Asian Youth Athletics Championships: Javelin thrower Arjun wins silver
Updated : 3 years ago IST
The Indian contingent has also done well in the fifth Asian Youth Athletics Championships in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. The team finished overall second behind China and brought home a total of 24 medals, including six gold, 11 silver, and seven bronze in the Under-18 championship.
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"Doha is famous for 90m throws...," Javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra
Updated : 3 years ago IST
The 2023 Wanda Diamond League will start at the Qatar Sports Club in Doha, on Friday.
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Want to be better than before technically: Neeraj Chopra ahead of big 2023
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Neeraj will begin his 2023 athletics season on May 5 in the Doha Diamond League. He is the current Diamond League champion. He became the first Indian athlete to win the prized trophy when he won it in September of last year at the finals in Zurich
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I am confident of entering 90 m club this season: Olympic gold medalist Ne
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
On Sunday, Neeraj interacted with mediapersons and discussed his upcoming season, his ambitions for the 2024 Paris Olympics, training, and crossing the 90 m mark among other topics. Javelin thrower and the reigning Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra will begin his Diamond League title defence in
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Will put an end to 90-metre question this year: Neeraj Chopra
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
"This year I will put an end to the 90-metre question. I have been asked this question many times and I think I will be able to end this question this year," said Neeraj Chopra at the Revsports Trailblazers platform.
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KIYG MP Day 6: Haryana surge to top of medal tally
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Adding icing to the cake, on a 10-gold day for the northern state was their young Javelin thrower Deepika, who created a new national youth record with a fling of 55.19m in the Girl's competition at the T.T. Nagar stadium in Bhopal. This was the Games second national youth record after the h
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I hope we end conversation about touching 90 m mark this year: Neeraj Chop
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Neeraj held a press interaction with journalists on Saturday
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Indian javelin thrower Shivpal Singh suspended till 2025 for doping
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
The Uttar Pradesh-based athlete was a silver-medallist at the 2019 Asian Championships, where he achieved his personal best throw of 86.23m.
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Devendra Jhajharia clinches silver in javelin throw at World Para Athletic
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Devendra threw the javelin to a distance of 60.97 m to capture the silver
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"Another feather on cap": Anurag Thakur congratulates Neeraj for Diamond L
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Union Sports Minister Anurag Thakur congratulated ace javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra for becoming the first-ever Indian to win the prestigious Diamond League trophy.
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