Avinash Sable, who holds India’s national record in men’s 3000m steeplechase with a mark of 8:11.20, logged 8:22.24 to finish seventh in heat one. Only athletes finishing in the top five in the three heats advance to the final
Toor had to withdraw due to a groin injury sustained in the Asian Athletics Championships in Bangkok last month. He heaved 20.23 m to secure a gold, but also injured himself. Toor had secured qualification for the World Championships with an Asian record-setting throw of 21.77 during the Int
Olympic gold medalist Neeraj Chopra will spearhead the Indian contingent at the World Athletics Championships 2023 in Budapest, which will start on August 19
The 24-year-old Sreeshankar's gold-winning jump at Chula Vista was over the World Athletics Championships 2023 qualifying standard for men's long jump set at 8.25m.
Tokyo Olympian Priyanka Goswami, who won the 10,000m race walk silver medal at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games, finished first in the women's 20km race walk event in Morabadi with a time of 1:28:50.
The Tamil Nadu long jumper's winning leap at the IIT Gandhinagar athletics track on Saturday measured 0.1m above the automatic World Athletics Championships 2023 qualifying standard of 8.25m.