U-20 Federation Cup Athletics Championships: Rupal Stuns Priya Mohan in Tight Finish
2 years, 6 months ago

U-20 Federation Cup Athletics Championships: Rupal Stuns Priya Mohan in Tight Finish

News 18  

Uttar Pradesh’s 17-year-old Rupal stunned pre-race favourite Priya Mohan of Karnataka to clinch the gold medal in the women’s 400m at the National U-20 Federation Cup Athletics Championships here on Friday. Rupal clocked 52.48, one-hundredth of a second faster than Priya in a tight finish as both qualified for the World U-20 Championships in Cali, Colombia, from August 1-6. In the three earlier head-to-head 400m races, she had finished second best to Priya, who had finished fourth the World U-20 Championships in Kenya last year. The array of qualification for the World U-20 Championships began with the men’s 10000m race where all three podium finishers Rohit Kumar Yadav, Babubhai Bariod and Sachin Singh Bohra each met the qualifying mark.

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Wrestler Priya outclasses Paris Olympian Reetika to claim 76kg crown
2 weeks, 2 days ago

Wrestler Priya outclasses Paris Olympian Reetika to claim 76kg crown

New Indian Express  

CHENNAI: Priya Malik had won a handful of international medals in age group events and also bagged a bronze on her international debut in senior category at the Asian Championship last year. Reetika Hooda, another wrestler from Haryana, not only made her way to the national team but also became the first woman grappler from the country to book an …

World Athletics U-20 Championships 2024: Pooja Singh breaks U-20 NR in high jump to qualify for final
3 months, 3 weeks ago

World Athletics U-20 Championships 2024: Pooja Singh breaks U-20 NR in high jump to qualify for final

The Hindu  

India’s Pooja Singh rewrote the national U20 women’s national record in the high jump to qualify for the final with a ninth-place finish in the qualification round at the ongoing World Athletics U-20 Championships here. Daughter of a mason, Pooja broke her own national U-20 record of 1.82m set last year in Korea while winning a silver medal at the …

World Athletics U-20 Championships 2024: India finishes fifth in 4x400m mixed relay; Amanat Kamboj qualifies for discus final
3 months, 3 weeks ago

World Athletics U-20 Championships 2024: India finishes fifth in 4x400m mixed relay; Amanat Kamboj qualifies for discus final

The Hindu  

The Indian quartet of Jay Kumar, Neeru Pathak, Rihan Chaudhary, and Sandramol Sabu finished fifth in the 4x400m mixed relay final after qualifying overall third among 20 competing teams at the World Athletics U-20 Championships on Tuesday. Australia’s Jordan Gilbert, Bella Pasquali, Jack Deguara and Sophia Gregorevic finished first with a time of 3:19.27, followed by Poland and China in …

Under-20 Asians | Harshit clinches gold; Laxita and mixed relay team finish with silver
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Under-20 Asians | Harshit clinches gold; Laxita and mixed relay team finish with silver

The Hindu  

Harshit Kumar won the men’s hammer throw gold while Laxita Vinod Sandilea and the 4x400m mixed relay team claimed silver medals at the 21st Asian under-20 athletics championships in Dubai on Friday. The Indian team, comprising P. Abiram, Kanista Teena, Navpreet Singh and Sandramol Sabu, clocked 3:24.86 for the mixed relay silver in the 4x400m race. Meanwhile, Karnataka’s Shreeya Rajesh …

ASIAN U-20 ATHLETICS | Gold for Ranvir, Ekta and Anurag
7 months, 4 weeks ago

ASIAN U-20 ATHLETICS | Gold for Ranvir, Ekta and Anurag

The Hindu  

Ranvir Kumar Singh and junior National record-holder Ekta Pradeep Dey won the men’s and women’s 3000m steeple chase gold at the Asian under-20 athletics championships in Dubai on Thursday. Nikita Kumari, the junior Federation Cup women’s discus throw champion with 50.17m in Lucknow last month, was fourth with 46.84m. There were two bronze medals too, from Aman Chaudhary in the …

ATHLETICS | Quartermiler Priya is back and hungry for fast timings
9 months, 1 week ago

ATHLETICS | Quartermiler Priya is back and hungry for fast timings

The Hindu  

Last June, just as she was mentally preparing for the Inter-State Nationals in Bhubaneswar, quartermiler Priya Mohan felt a sharp pain in her chest and shoulders. I did not even care about the issues in my life,” Priya, last year’s Federation Cup champion, told The Hindu from Ballari. Priya, who was fourth in the 400m at the 2021 under-20 Worlds, …

Warholm wins 400m hurdles, World Athletics Championships 2023 Day 5 HIGHLIGHTS: Kerr upsets Ingebrigtsen in 1500m final; India’s Parul Chaudhary, Jeswin Aldrin reach finals
1 year, 4 months ago

Warholm wins 400m hurdles, World Athletics Championships 2023 Day 5 HIGHLIGHTS: Kerr upsets Ingebrigtsen in 1500m final; India’s Parul Chaudhary, Jeswin Aldrin reach finals

The Hindu  

August 23, 2023 14:32 Jeswin Aldrin and Sreeshankar - Long Jump qualification Jeswin Aldrin and Murali Sreeshankar are first and second in the top lists for best outdoor jump this season—the first time two Indians will have that accomplishment going into the World Championships. image.jpeg Sreeshankar, meanwhile, cleared 8.37m in his last competition prior to the world championships to take …

World Wrestling Championships: Priya Wins U20 Gold, Second Indian Woman to Scale Milestone
1 year, 4 months ago

World Wrestling Championships: Priya Wins U20 Gold, Second Indian Woman to Scale Milestone

News 18  

Priya became only the second Indian woman wrestler to become U20 world champion while fast-rising Antim Panghal also stormed into the title clash as unprecedented success followed India at the junior wrestling World Championships on Thursday. Unperturbed by the cut suffered above her left eye, Priya easily got the better of Germany’s Laura Celive Kuehn 5-0 in the gold medal …

Federation Cup 2023: Rajesh celebrates personal best in 400m, Priya wins gold after Aishwarya is disqualified
1 year, 7 months ago

Federation Cup 2023: Rajesh celebrates personal best in 400m, Priya wins gold after Aishwarya is disqualified

The Hindu  

“He is almost out,” said star quartermiler Amoj Jacob as he gave a helpful shoulder to a very wobbly Rajesh Ramesh after the men’s 400m final in the 26 th Federation Cup athletics championships at the Birsa Munda Stadium in Ranchi on Tuesday night. “No one knows what’s happening, I think the photo-finish camera was not working,” said Amiya, the …

Priya Mohan eyes personal best in 400m at Federation Cup
1 year, 7 months ago

Priya Mohan eyes personal best in 400m at Federation Cup

The Hindu  

As Cuban Anier Garcia shouts loudly, forcing his athletes to push harder during their sprint repetitions at the Birsa Munda Stadium in Ranchi on a burning Sunday morning, Priya Mohan appears strong and determined. She parted ways with her long-time coach Arjun Ajay two months ago in Bengaluru and is now training at the JSW’s Inspire Institute of Sport at …

Ram Baboo, Manju Rani break national records in 35km race walk
1 year, 10 months ago

Ram Baboo, Manju Rani break national records in 35km race walk

The Hindu  

Ram Baboo bettered his own 35km national record by nearly five minutes while winning the gold at the 10th National Race Walking Championships in Ranchi on Wednesday but it was not enough to qualify for this year’s World Championships in Budapest. Meanwhile Punjab’s Manju Rani became the first Indian woman to go under three hours, clocking 2:57.54s for the 35km …

National Open Race Walking Championships: Priyanka Goswami, Akashdeep Singh Qualify for Paris 2024 Olympics
1 year, 10 months ago

National Open Race Walking Championships: Priyanka Goswami, Akashdeep Singh Qualify for Paris 2024 Olympics

News 18  

Tokyo Olympian Priyanka Goswami and Akashdeep Singh qualified for the Paris 2024 Olympics and World Athletics Championships 2023 after meeting the qualification mark in the women’s and men’s 20km race walk, respectively, at the National Open Race Walking Championships on Tuesday. In the women’s 20km race walk event in Morabadi, Priyanka clocked 1:28:50s to beat the qualifying standard of 1:29.20s …

Priyanka Goswami, Akshdeep Singh qualify for World Championships, Paris Olympics 20km race walk
1 year, 10 months ago

Priyanka Goswami, Akshdeep Singh qualify for World Championships, Paris Olympics 20km race walk

The Hindu  

Racewalkers Priyanka Goswami and Akshdeep Singh have qualified for the 2023 World Athletics Championships and 2024 Paris Olympics after surpassing the qualifying mark in 20km racewalking in the ongoing India Open National Racewalking competition in Ranchi on Tuesday. Priyanka, who competed in the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, clocked 1:28:50 seconds to surpass the qualifying standard of 1:29:20s set for the …

ISSF World Championships: Rudrankksh Balasaheb Patil, Arjun Babuta and Kiran Ankush Jadhav Win India's Fifth Gold
2 years, 2 months ago

ISSF World Championships: Rudrankksh Balasaheb Patil, Arjun Babuta and Kiran Ankush Jadhav Win India's Fifth Gold

News 18  

The Indian Men’s 10m Air Rifle troika of Rudrankksh Balasaheb Patil, recently crowned world champion in the individual event, Kiran Ankush Jadhav and Arjun Babuta, won India’s fifth gold medal of the ongoing International Shooting Sport Federation World Championship Rifle/Pistol campaign in Cairo, Egypt, routing a strong China 16-10 in the gold medal match. India have also picked up a …

National Games, Swimming: Avantika Chawan spoils Maana Patel’s day, wins 50m freestyle gold
2 years, 2 months ago

National Games, Swimming: Avantika Chawan spoils Maana Patel’s day, wins 50m freestyle gold

The Hindu  

The young Avantika Chawan pulled out an upset and spoiled crowd favourite Maana Patel’s day in the National Games swimming events at the Sardar Patel Aquatic Complex here on Tuesday. Avantika became the fastest swimmer of the meet as she pipped Maana Patel to the finish in a new games record of 26.54s. Advait Page, who holds the fastest Indian …

World Athletics Championship 2022: Murali Sreeshankar finishes seventh in men’s long jump final
2 years, 5 months ago

World Athletics Championship 2022: Murali Sreeshankar finishes seventh in men’s long jump final

The Hindu  

National record holder Murali Sreeshankar finished seventh with 7.96m in the men’s long jump final at the World Athletics Championships in Oregon on Saturday. Performance-wise, it was the weakest long jump final at the Worlds in nearly 20 years and was packed with surprises with Switzerland’s Simon Ehammer, this year’s outdoor world leader with 8.45m, taking the bronze with just …

World Athletics Championships, Day 1 India Results: Avinash Sable, Murali Shreesankar Qualify
2 years, 5 months ago

World Athletics Championships, Day 1 India Results: Avinash Sable, Murali Shreesankar Qualify

News 18  

The Indian contingent started off their World Athletics Championships adventure in the early hours of Saturday morning as Avinash Sable and Murali Shreesanker earned qualification to the finals of the 3000m Steeplechase event and the long jumps events respectively. Long jumper Murali Shreesankar recorded an 8.00m effort to earn qualification to the final of the event, while compatriots Jeswin Aldrin …

May 21 Indian sports wrap: Sania Mirza loses Strasbourg 2022 final; Priya Mohan wins 400m gold at Geneva
2 years, 7 months ago

May 21 Indian sports wrap: Sania Mirza loses Strasbourg 2022 final; Priya Mohan wins 400m gold at Geneva

The Hindu  

TENNIS Sania Mirza and Lucie Hradecka were beaten 5-7, 7-5, 10-6 by Nicole Melchar-Martinez and Daria Saville in the doubles final of the €203,024 WTA tennis tournament in Strasbourg, France, on Saturday. READ | Indian Grand Prix 3: Abdulla makes the cut for World Championships, Karthik joins the 17m club In the $60,000 ITF women’s event in the US, Sharmada …

PR Sreejesh wins World Games Athlete of the Year 2021 award
2 years, 10 months ago

PR Sreejesh wins World Games Athlete of the Year 2021 award

The Hindu  

Veteran India hockey goalkeeper PR Srejeesh on Monday won the prestigious World Games Athlete of the Year for his 2021 performances, becoming only the second Indian to receive the accolade. Sreejesh, a former India hockey captain and part of the Tokyo Olympics-bronze medal winning side, received 1,27,647 votes, whereas Lopez and Giordane accumulated 67,428 and 52,046 votes respectively. "It's a …

Ayush Dabas, Rupal Chaudhary emerge fastest runners at 400m national open
3 years, 2 months ago

Ayush Dabas, Rupal Chaudhary emerge fastest runners at 400m national open

India TV News  

Ayush Dabas of Haryana and 16-year-old Rupal Chaudhary of Uttar Pradesh emerged as the fastest male and female quarter-milers in the third National Open 400m Championships here on Tuesday. Dabas ran his second sub-47 second one-lapper in a fortnight, backing up his 46.58 second effort in National U-23 Championships here on September 28 with a victory in 46.86 seconds in …

Rupal and Ayush take top honours in the National open 400m Championship
3 years, 2 months ago

Rupal and Ayush take top honours in the National open 400m Championship

The Hindu  

Rupal ran a sensational race to clock the season's 10th fastest time for girls under-18 in the world to win the title in the National Open 400m championship at the Nehru Sports Complex here on Tuesday. The Uttar Pradesh girl clocked 53.73 seconds to finish almost five seconds ahead of nearest challengers Tamil Nadu's P. R. Neeharika and Karnataka's Nayana …

National U-23 Athletics Championships: Dandi Jyothika Sri, Ayush Dabas win women's, men's 400m with personal bests
3 years, 2 months ago

National U-23 Athletics Championships: Dandi Jyothika Sri, Ayush Dabas win women's, men's 400m with personal bests

Firstpost  

Dandi Jyothika Sri, who was disqualified during the National Open Athletics Championships in Warangal, clocked 53.05 seconds. Dandi Jyothika Sri of Andhra Pradesh and Ayush Dabas of Haryana turned in fine performances to win the women and men’s 400m with personal best timings at the inaugural National U-23 Athletics Championships on Tuesday. Haryana’s Dabas bested compatriot Vikrant Panchal by half …

U20 World Championships: Historic mixed relay bronze for India
3 years, 4 months ago

U20 World Championships: Historic mixed relay bronze for India

The Hindu  

Despite being the country's fastest quartermiler, Priya H. Mohan had been left out of the Indian 4x400m mixed relay team for the Tokyo Olympics as she was not a national camper. But on Wednesday evening, the 18-year-old from Karnataka produced a strong second leg as India won the mixed relay bronze at the World Athletics under-20 athletics championships in Nairobi, …

Indian 4x400m mixed relay team, Priya Mohan cruise into U20 World Athletics Championships 2021 final
3 years, 4 months ago

Indian 4x400m mixed relay team, Priya Mohan cruise into U20 World Athletics Championships 2021 final

The Hindu  

The Indian mixed 4x400m relay team put up a stunning performance to finish first in its heat and cruise into the final of the U-20 World Athletics Championships here on Wednesday. The Indian team of Abdul Razzaq, Priya Mohan, Summy and Kapil won its heat with a championship record timing of 3:23.36s, which was then bettered by Nigeria in the …

S Dhanalakshmi Beats Dutee Chand to Win 100m Gold, Hima Das Disqualified after False Start
3 years, 9 months ago

S Dhanalakshmi Beats Dutee Chand to Win 100m Gold, Hima Das Disqualified after False Start

News 18  

National record holder Dutee Chand was beaten to second place by S Dhanalakshmi, while Hima Das was disqualified after a false start in a much-anticipated women’s 100m sprint final in the Federation Cup Senior National Athletics Championships on Tuesday. The 22-year-old Dhanalakshmi of Tamil Nadu took the gold by clocking 11.39 seconds ahead of Dutee of Odisha to become the …

Dhanalakshmi dethrones Dutee Chand to win 100m title at Fed Cup
3 years, 9 months ago

Dhanalakshmi dethrones Dutee Chand to win 100m title at Fed Cup

The Hindu  

Dutee Chand has been the undisputed Indian queen of the track in the 100m for long. On Tuesday, she snapped Dutee’s winning streak extending back to 2015 with a scorching 11.39-second run to win the title. It was just a tad slower than her personal best of 11.38 set in the heats the previous day, a time that made people …

Federation Cup Senior National Athletics Championships: S Dhanalakshmi beats Dutee Chand in 100m final
3 years, 9 months ago

Federation Cup Senior National Athletics Championships: S Dhanalakshmi beats Dutee Chand in 100m final

Firstpost  

The 22-year-old Dhanalakshmi of Tamil Nadu took the gold by clocking 11.39 seconds ahead of Dutee of Odisha to become the fastest woman of the championships on the second day of competitions at the NIS Campus. Patiala: National record holder Dutee Chand was beaten to second place by S Dhanalakshmi, while Hima Das was disqualified after a false start in …

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