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World Athletics C'ships: Neeraj finishes 8th in underwhelming title defenc
Updated : 8 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The World javelin title went to Trinidad and Tobago's Keshorn Walcott, who managed the best throw of 88.16 m, marking his first World Championship gold 13 years after his Olympic triumph in London. At the second spot was Anderson Peters, the Olympics 2024 bronze medalist with a best throw of
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World Athletics C'ships: Blockbuster showdown awaits as Arshad rallies to
Updated : 8 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Reigning Olympic Champion Arshad Nadeem set up an enticing showdown against his arch-rival Neeraj Chopra in the final of the men's javelin throw event at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, which is scheduled to take place on Thursday.
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World Athletics C'ship: Defending champion Neeraj storms into final, Weber
Updated : 8 months, 3 weeks ago IST
India's two-time Olympic medallist Neeraj Chopra qualified for the final of the men's javelin throw event at the World Athletics Championships 2025 in Tokyo on Wednesday, in his first attempt without breaking much of a sweat.
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Neeraj Chopra to start World Championships title defence in Tokyo on Wedne
Updated : 8 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The medal clash is scheduled for Thursday. Neeraj's clash with Pakistani arch-rival and reigning Olympic gold medalist Arshad Nadeem will be one of the major highlights of the competition.
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World Athletics C'ships: India's Sarvesh Kushare finishes 6th in men's hig
Updated : 8 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Kushare etched his name in history at the ongoing World Athletics Championships in Tokyo after becoming the first Indian high jumper to qualify for the final in the world meet on Sunday. Kushare earned a place in the 13-player final by sailing over the 2.25m mark to finish in the top 12 of t
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World Athletics C'ships: Duplantis breaks pole vault world record for 14th
Updated : 8 months, 3 weeks ago IST
With gold medal already in the bag, the Swedish star took three attempts at breaking his own world record, saving his best for the last, after just touching the bar on his previous two attempts at the height.
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World Athletics C'ships: Murali Shreesankar fails to reach long jump final
Updated : 8 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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Sarvesh Kushare makes history, becomes first India high jumper to qualify
Updated : 8 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Sarvesh Kushare etched his name in history at the ongoing World Athletics Championships in Tokyo after becoming the first Indian high jumper to qualify for the finals in the world meet on Sunday.
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World Athletics C'ships: India's campaign off to poor start in race walk e
Updated : 8 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Ram Baboo, however, faced disqualification. The World Championships are being held in Tokyo from Thursday and will run till September 21, as per Olympics.com. This is the 20th edition of the competition.
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Arshad Nadeem returns from injury, set to clash with Neeraj Chopra in Toky
Updated : 8 months, 3 weeks ago IST
After recovering from his injury, Paris Olympics gold medallist and Pakistan javelin thrower, Arshad Nadeem, will compete against his arch-rival from India, Neeraj Chopra, in the upcoming World Athletics Championships 2025 in Tokyo later this month.
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Neeraj Chopra to spearhead India's 19-member contingent at World Athletics
Updated : 10 months ago IST
Reigning world champion Neeraj Chopra will spearhead India's 19-member contingent at the World Athletics Championships 2025 in Tokyo, which will take place from September 13 to 21.
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Inter-State Senior Athletics Championships: Sreeshankar clinches long jump
Updated : 10 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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