Kiren Rijiju calls Indian man who ran 100 metres 'faster than Usain Bolt' for SAI trials
4 years, 10 months ago

Kiren Rijiju calls Indian man who ran 100 metres 'faster than Usain Bolt' for SAI trials

India TV News  

Indian Kambala jockey Srinivas Gowda, who made headlines for running the distance of 100 metres in 9.55 seconds, is all set to undergo trials under 'top SAI coaches', sports minister Kiren Rijiju said on Saturday. "I'll call Karnataka's Srinivasa Gowda for trials by top SAI Coaches. His run drew comparisons with Usain Bolt, who currently holds the tag of the fastest man on earth. Bolt ran the distance of 100 metres in merely 9.58 seconds during the 2009 IAAF World Championships.

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Breaching the 10s barrier in 100m — which Indian sprinter will get there first
3 weeks ago

Breaching the 10s barrier in 100m — which Indian sprinter will get there first

The Hindu  

Manikanta Hoblidhar thought he had it. If I had been able to run all the way through to the finish line, I’m sure I’d have run in less than 10.20 seconds,” he says. Just a couple of years ago, Sri Lanka’s Yupun Abeykoon clocked a time of 9.96 seconds, becoming the first South Asian to break the 10-second barrier in …

Usain Bolt to be honoured with BBC Sports Personality Lifetime Achievement award
2 years ago

Usain Bolt to be honoured with BBC Sports Personality Lifetime Achievement award

The Independent  

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The Man Who Broke Usain Bolt’s World Record Cheated Everyone?
2 years, 5 months ago

The Man Who Broke Usain Bolt’s World Record Cheated Everyone?

News 18  

Srinivas Gowda, famously known as the man who shattered the world’s fastest human Usain Bolt is now in soup, a criminal soup specifically. In February 2020, Gowda who is a native of Moodabidri town and a Kambala jockey broke Usain Bolt’s world record in the 100 meters in a sprint. The complainant mentioned that Gowda along with his aides created …

Faster Than Usain Bolt? Criminal Case against Srinivas Gowda for Misleading Everyone with Fake Record
2 years, 5 months ago

Faster Than Usain Bolt? Criminal Case against Srinivas Gowda for Misleading Everyone with Fake Record

News 18  

Srinivas Gowda, famously known as the man who stole the record for world’s fastest human from Usain bolt, has landed in criminal trouble. On Feb 2020, Moodabidri resident Srinivas Gowda, a Kambala jockey who is said to have broken Usain Bolt’s world record in hundred meters in a sprint. The complaint mentions that Srinivas Gowda along with his aides created …

Covid-19 halts fastest Indian man's Olympics ambitions
4 years, 8 months ago

Covid-19 halts fastest Indian man's Olympics ambitions

India Today  

With the sporting world being hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic, most of the athletes around the globe had to suffer losses given they were engrossed in their preparations for the now rescheduled Tokyo Olympics. It is no different for India's fastest man Amiya Mallick, who currently holds the national record for 100m at 10.26 seconds. After having a bad …

Union Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju gives Kambala sensation Srinivas Gowda a crack on the professional track
4 years, 10 months ago

Union Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju gives Kambala sensation Srinivas Gowda a crack on the professional track

Live Mint  

Union Minister of State for Youth Affairs & Sports Kiren Rijiju on Saturday said that the government will help running sensation Srinivas Gowda get professional coaching help and take part in the trials, that could reveal his true potential on the professional track. Gowda, a 28-year old construction worker and a jockey in the traditional Kambala buffalo race in the …

MP's Usain Bolt Rameshwar Gurjar Finishes Last in Trials at SAI Bhopal
5 years, 4 months ago

MP's Usain Bolt Rameshwar Gurjar Finishes Last in Trials at SAI Bhopal

News 18  

Bhopal: Dubbed as the next Usain Bolt, a village lad who was believed to have completed 100m sprint in 11 sec on the dusty tracks of his home town Shivpuri could not live upto to the expectations and could barely complete 100m distance in 12.9 seconds. Invited for trials at TT Stadium in Bhopal under media glare, the 24-year-old from …

Indian sprinter who ran Rameshwar Gurjar 100m in 11 seconds eyes Bolt's world record
5 years, 4 months ago

Indian sprinter who ran Rameshwar Gurjar 100m in 11 seconds eyes Bolt's world record

The Hindu  

A video of 19-year-old runner Rameshwar Gurjar completing a 100-metre lap in 11 seconds went viral on social media last week. Gurjar, who comes from a farmers’ family in Narwar village of Shivpuri district in Madhya Pradesh, has expressed optimism of breaking Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt’s world record if he gets proper training. On Friday, BJP leader Shivraj Singh Chouhan …

MP sprinter eyes to break Usain Bolt's record if 'properly trained'
5 years, 4 months ago

MP sprinter eyes to break Usain Bolt's record if 'properly trained'

India TV News  

Rameshwar Gurjar, the 19-year-old runner from Madhya Pradesh, whose video went viral on social las week in which he is seen completing a 100-metre lap in "11 seconds", has expressed optimism of breaking Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt's world record if he gets proper training. Talking to reporters after the meeting, Gurjar said, "Usain Bolt made a world record of 9.58 …

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