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"Not how I had hoped to end the season": Chopra expresses disappointment o
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
India's Olympic medalist javelin thrower superstar Neeraj Chopra has expressed disappointment following his eighth-place finish and failure to defend his title at the ongoing World Athletics Championships in Tokyo.
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"Had some back issues...": Neeraj after 8th-place finish in World Athletic
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Neeraj's hot-streak of 26 top-two finishes since 2021 Kourtane Games - the event that immediately preceded his historic gold medal at Tokyo 2020, ended with a dissapointing eighth place finish at the marquee event with his best throw being a mere 84.03 m.
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"Player never loses, he always learns": PCI chief Jhajaria on Neeraj Chopr
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Indian Olympic gold medallist Neeraj's title defence at the World Athletics Championships Tokyo 2025 was unsuccessful, as he finished in eighth spot after what was an extremely underwhelming night for him, ending a streak of 26 top-two finishes in javelin throw events. Meanwhile, Sachin Yada
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World Athletics C'ships: Neeraj finishes 8th in underwhelming title defenc
Updated : 5 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 : 5 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 : 5 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 : 5 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 : 5 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 : 5 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 : 5 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 : 5 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 : 5 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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