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Athletics Federation of India reveals qualification criteria for 2026 Comm
Updated : 3 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The CWG 2026, scheduled from July 23 to August 2 in Scotland, will feature a scaled-down athletics programme, restricting each country to a maximum of 32 athletes, including no more than 16 women. In response, AFI has raised the performance bar significantly to ensure a highly competitive In
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Advised against travelling to WPAC, long jump record-breaker Luca Ekler me
Updated : 7 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Luca Ekler proved once again the reason she is classified as an exceptional athlete. At the New Delhi 2025 World Para Athletics Championships at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium on Wednesday, the Hungarian athlete participated in two events, setting a new world record in one and qualifying for t
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World Para Athletics Championships: Ekler, Blackwell, Yarovyi script World
Updated : 7 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Luka Ekler gave herself an early birthday present by winning the women's Long Jump T38 gold medal with a World Record in the New Delhi 2025 World Para Athletics Championships at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium on a humid Wednesday. The Hungarian, who will celebrate her 27th birthday later this
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Para World Athletics Championships: Long Jumper Vikas tries hard but falls
Updated : 7 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Vikas strained his every sinew to ensure that the Indian Tricolour would go up during a medal ceremony in the Para World Athletics Championships at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium here on Sunday.
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Para Athletics Championships: Bulgaria's Ruzhdi marks sixth successive sho
Updated : 7 months, 3 weeks ago IST
His domination, confirmed with a World Record of 12.94m, was one of the three world records set in the session.
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World Athletics C'ships: Murali Shreesankar fails to reach long jump final
Updated : 7 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The 26-year-old's best effort of 7.78m, with other legal attempts of 7.70 m and 7.59 m earned him a 14th place in Group A of athletes and overall 25th amongst 36 players. His returns were not sufficient enough to help him meet the qualification criteria of 8.15 m jump or finish in top 12 nee
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Inter-State Senior Athletics Championships: Sreeshankar clinches long jump
Updated : 9 months ago IST
India's long jump athlete Murali Sreeshankar extended his win streak to five events in this season after tasting success at the National Inter-State Senior Athletics Championships 2025, but failed to breach the qualification mark for the upcoming World Athletics Championships in Tokyo next m
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Murali Sreeshankar clinches long jump title at Qosanov Memorial 2025
Updated : 9 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The 26-year-old Indian athlete made a winning leap of 7.94m on his opening attempt to secure the top spot at the World Athletics Continental Tour Bronze label (category C) meet, according to Olympics.com
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Murali Sreeshankar wins gold in long jump at Meeting Maia Cidade do Despor
Updated : 9 months, 3 weeks ago IST
India's Murali Sreeshankar made a triumphant return to international competition by winning the men's long jump at the Meeting Maia Cidade do Desporto 2025 in Maia, Portugal, on Saturday.
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Union Minister Piyush Goyal, long-jump athlete Murali Sreeshankar hail Nee
Updated : 1 year ago IST
India's world champion and Olympic gold medalist javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra had an outing to remember, as he became the first Indian to cross the 90 m mark in the sport on Friday. However, after a monstrous throw by Germany's Julian Weber at the Doha Diamond League, he could not secure
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India's Karishma Sanil wins Javelin throw title at UAE Athletics Women's G
Updated : 1 year ago IST
India's Karishma Sanil won the UAE Athletics Women's Gala 2025 title in Dubai whereas on the other hand, Ancy Sojan and Shaili Singh finished second and third, respectively, in the long jump event on Sunday, as per Olympics.com
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Indian Navy athlete Ancy Sojan wins gold medal in women's long jump at Nat
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
Asian Games silver medallist and Indian Navy athlete Ancy Sojan won the gold medal in the women's long jump event at the National Open Athletics Championship in Bengaluru.
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