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Bengaluru gear up for India's first international mass participation event
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], May 7 (ANI): The whistle has gone off for the resurgence of mass participation in sports in India! Bengaluru is gearing up with excitement for the 14th edition of the World 10K on Sunday.
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Tokyo Olympian Kamalpreet Kaur provisionally suspended after testing posit
Updated : 4 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 5 (ANI): Star Indian discus thrower Kamalpreet Kaur, who represented the country at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics last year, has been provisionally suspended by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) after she tested positive for a banned drug.
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World champions Muktar Edris, Hellen Obiri to headline TCS World 10K Benga
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], April 27 (ANI): Reigning world champions Muktar Edris and Hellen Obiri will be the star names on the start line of the TCS World 10K Bengaluru 2022 road race.
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Olympic Gold Medalist Justin Gatlin named International Event Ambassador f
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka)[India], April 19 (ANI): World 10K Bengaluru on Wednesday announced Justin Gatlin - the 2004 Olympic 100M champion and four-time World Athletics Championships gold medallist - as the International Event Ambassador for the 14th edition of the race on May 15.
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Sandeep Kumar, Ravina win National 20Km race walk titles
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Ranchi (Jharkhand) [India], April 17 (ANI): Haryana race walkers Sandeep Kumar and Ravina, who had both produced good performances in the World Athletics Race Walking Championships last month, sustained their good form to claim the men's and women's 20Km titles on the opening day of the nint
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Indian Athletics and Yachting teams to get international exposure trips
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 4 (ANI): Indian track and field athletes are set for international exposure tours ahead of a packed schedule this year that constitutes the World Athletics Championship, the Commonwealth Games and the Asian Games 2022.
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Neeraj Chopra currently focusing on his training for Athletics Championshi
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 28 (ANI): Tokyo Olympics gold medallist Neeraj Chopra on Monday revealed that he is currently focusing his training for the World Athletics Championships 2022 and then the Commonwealth Games 2022 and Asian Games 2022.
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Russian race walker Lashmanova banned, to be stripped of 2012 London Olymp
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
London [UK], March 21 (ANI): The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) on Monday announced that the Russian race walker Yelena Lashmanova has been banned for two years for the use of prohibited substances, a violation of World Athletics anti-doping rules.
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Sweden's pole vaulter Mondo Duplantis sets new world record
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Belgrade [Serbia], March 21 (ANI): Sweden's Olympic pole vault champion Mondo Duplantis cleared 6.20m to smash his own world record by one centimeter on Sunday at the World Athletics Indoor Championships Belgrade 2022.
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Venezuela's Olympic triple jump champion Yulimar Rojas sets new world reco
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Belgrade [Serbia], March 20 (ANI): Venezuela's world and Olympic triple jump champion Yulimar Rojas improved her own world indoor and outright records to 15.74m on Sunday at the World Athletics Indoor Championships Belgrade 2022.
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World indoor 1500m record set by Jakob Ingebrigtsen ratified by World Athl
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Monte-Carlo [Monaco], March 18 (ANI): The world indoor 1500m record set by Jakob Ingebrigtsen at the World Athletics Indoor Tour Gold meeting in Lievin last month has been ratified, Athletics' chief body announced on Thursday.
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Toor, Sreeshankar and Dutee Chand to compete in World Indoor Championships
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 12 (ANI): India will field Shot Putter Tajinderpal Singh Toor, Long Jumper M Sreeshankar and sprinter Dutee Chand in the World Athletics Indoor Championships Belgrade 2022 starting from March 18 at the Stark Arena in the Serbian Capital.
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