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 the men’s final on Tuesday. Yet, it was 16-year-old Rupal who was the cynosure of all eyes, with her girls U-18 triumph coming in a personal best time of 53.73 seconds. She bettered her previous best of 55.37 seconds, clocked during the National Junior Athletics Championships in Guntur in 2019.

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Breaching the 10s barrier in 100m — which Indian sprinter will get there first
3 days, 17 hours 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 …

National Youth Athletics Championships: Neeru breaks girls’ 400m national record
6 months, 1 week ago

National Youth Athletics Championships: Neeru breaks girls’ 400m national record

The Hindu  

Neeru Pathak broke the girls’ 400m under-18 National record of former Asian junior champion Rezoana Mallick Heena while winning the gold at the 19th National youth athletics championships in Bilaspur on Sunday. Meanwhile, Odisha’s Bapi Hansda, who had missed the recent under-20 Asians in Dubai, bettered the boys’ 400m meet record clocking 47.12s and also made the cut for the …

Bednarek sets the fastest 200m time this year at Doha Diamond League
7 months, 1 week ago

Bednarek sets the fastest 200m time this year at Doha Diamond League

Associated Press  

DOHA, Qatar — Olympic silver medalist Kenny Bednarek set the fastest time of the year in the 200 meters in 19.67 seconds at the Doha Diamond League on Friday. With a tailwind of +1.7 within the legal limit, Bednarek established a comfortable lead and coasted through the finish to win by several strides ahead of American relay teammates Courtney Lindsey …

Abha Khatua equals shot put NR while winning silver, Parul and Jyothi clinch second medal
1 year, 5 months ago

Abha Khatua equals shot put NR while winning silver, Parul and Jyothi clinch second medal

The Hindu  

Unheralded Abha Khatua equalled the women’s shot put national record of 18.06m while winning silver in a surprise performance, while Jyothi Yarraji and Parul Chaudhary clinched their second medals in the Asian Athletics Championships here on Sunday. The 28-year-old Khatua made a huge improvement of nearly a metre -- 93 cm -- from her earlier lifetime best of 17.13m as …

Asian Athletics Championships 2023: Parul Chaudhary wins gold in 3000m steeplechase, Shaili jumps for silver
1 year, 5 months ago

Asian Athletics Championships 2023: Parul Chaudhary wins gold in 3000m steeplechase, Shaili jumps for silver

The Hindu  

Parul Chaudhary won her first major championship gold in 3000m steeplechase at the Asian Athletics Championships on Friday in Bangkok. READ | Tajinderpal Singh Toor defends Asian Championships shot put title, but limps out of competition Earlier in the day, shot putter Tajinderpal Singh Toor stamped his authority in the continental circuit by defending his title before limping out of …

Federation Cup: Rohit wins gold with 83.40m in javelin, Manu finishes second
1 year, 7 months ago

Federation Cup: Rohit wins gold with 83.40m in javelin, Manu finishes second

Hindustan Times  

Rohit Yadav sizzled with a personal best of 83.40m to win an exciting men's javelin competition on the final day of the Senior Federation Cup Athletics Championships in Ranchi on Thursday. Last month, Manu won the Indian Grand Prix in Bengaluru hurling the javelin to 84.33m and Rohit came second. Manu has a personal best of 84.35m at the Inter-State …

National Open 400m Championship: Ajmal, Aishwarya fastest in semifinals
1 year, 9 months ago

National Open 400m Championship: Ajmal, Aishwarya fastest in semifinals

The Hindu  

On a day of withdrawals, hot favourites V. Muhammed Ajmal and Aishwarya Mishra qualified for the finals winning their respective semifinals with ease in the 4th National Open 400m championships at the LNCPE here on Saturday. National Games gold medallist Ajmal after a slow start pulled away from the field at the home stretch to win the second semifinal in …

National Open Athletics Championships: Tajinderpal Singh Toor Wins Shot Put Title; VK Elakkiyadasan and Srabani Nanda Take 100m Crowns
2 years, 2 months ago

National Open Athletics Championships: Tajinderpal Singh Toor Wins Shot Put Title; VK Elakkiyadasan and Srabani Nanda Take 100m Crowns

News 18  

Asian record holder Tajinderpal Singh Toor hogged the limelight by winning the shot put title with an impressive effort while VK Elakkiyadasan and Odisha’s Srabani Nanda emerged the fastest man and woman respectively at the National Open Athletics Championships on Sunday. The 27-year-old Elakkiyadasan of Railways led the men’s 100m from start to finish, winning in 10.37 seconds to beat …

Vedaant Madhavan Creates New Meet Record in 1500m Freestyle at 48th Junior National Aquatic Championships
2 years, 5 months ago

Vedaant Madhavan Creates New Meet Record in 1500m Freestyle at 48th Junior National Aquatic Championships

News 18  

Maharashtra’s Vedaant Madhavan rewrote the national record in the 1500m freestyle event for group I boys at the ongoing 48th Junior National Aquatic Championships being held at the Biju Patnaik Swimming Pool in the iconic Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar. Leading the pack with a good pace and an efficient stroke, Vedaant clocked 16:01.73 to erase his state-mate Advait Page’s record of …

Dhanalakshmi surprises Safronova in 200m
2 years, 5 months ago

Dhanalakshmi surprises Safronova in 200m

The Hindu  

S. Dhanalakshmi surprised host Kazakhstan’s former Asian Games champion Olga Safronova as she won the women’s 200m gold in a personal best 22.89s at the Qosanov international athletics meet, a World Athletics Continental Tour event, in Almaty on Sunday. Meanwhile, Asian silver medallist Annu Rani took the women’s javelin throw gold with a good 62.29m effort while long jumper Ancy …

Kerley dominates, Jefferson stuns 100m U.S. finals
2 years, 5 months ago

Kerley dominates, Jefferson stuns 100m U.S. finals

The Hindu  

Tokyo Olympic silver medallist Fred Kerley won the men's 100 metres at the U.S. championships in a dominant 9.77 seconds on Friday, with Melissa Jefferson stunning the women's field in a scorching, wind-aided 10.69. Jefferson finished three hundredths of a second ahead of favourite Aleia Hobbs in the women's race, a remarkable rebound from her disappointing eighth-place finish at the …

Long Jumper B Aishwarya Leaps to Stunning 6.73m, All Time 2nd Best by Indian Woman
2 years, 6 months ago

Long Jumper B Aishwarya Leaps to Stunning 6.73m, All Time 2nd Best by Indian Woman

News 18  

Karnataka’s B Aishwarya produced the second best ever long jump effort by any Indian woman as she cleared a stunning 6.73m in the qualification round on the third day of the National Inter-State Senior Athletics Championships here on Sunday. In another shock result, national record holder Jyothi Yarraji fell to finish the race in the women’s 100m hurdles final as …

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 …

Jyothi Yarraji breaks 100m hurdles national record in Cyprus meet
2 years, 7 months ago

Jyothi Yarraji breaks 100m hurdles national record in Cyprus meet

Firstpost  

Jyothi Yarraji had clocked 13.09 seconds during the Federation Cup in Kozhikode last month but since the wind speed was +2.1 m/s, more than the permissible +2.0 m/s, it was not counted New Delhi: A month after her wind-assisted effort was not registered as a national record, hurdler Jyothi Yarraji has finally made the mark her own while winning a …

National Swimming: Dhinidhi Desinghu, Nina Venkatesh Set National Records; Karnataka Emerge Champions
3 years, 2 months ago

National Swimming: Dhinidhi Desinghu, Nina Venkatesh Set National Records; Karnataka Emerge Champions

News 18  

Two new national records and one narrow miss were the highlights on the final day of the 37th Sub Junior and 47th Junior National Aquatic Championships 2021 here on Saturday. Karnataka’s Dhinidhi Desinghu in 100m freestyle for group III girls, and Nina Venkatesh, in 50m butterfly for group I girls, set new records while their statemate Sambhavv R narrowly missed …

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 …

Amlan Borgohain, Praveen Chithravel produce personal bests to win gold at National Open Athletics Championships
3 years, 3 months ago

Amlan Borgohain, Praveen Chithravel produce personal bests to win gold at National Open Athletics Championships

Firstpost  

Borgohain clocked a sensational time of 20.75 seconds to win the men’s 200m final. Only Muhammed Anas Yahia, Dharambir Singh, Arokia Rajiv and Anil Kumar have run a faster time over the distance in the history of Indian athletics. Warangal: Assam sprinter Amlan Borgohain, Tamil Nadu triple-jumper Praveen Chithravel and experienced Rajasthan hammer thrower Manju Bala Singh produced career-best efforts …

Harmilan Breaks 19-year-old Record to Win 1500m Title at National Open Athletics Championships
3 years, 3 months ago

Harmilan Breaks 19-year-old Record to Win 1500m Title at National Open Athletics Championships

News 18  

Punjab’s Harmilan Baons Bains shattered a 19-year-old record to win the 1500m title while Delhi teenager Taranjeet Kaur triumphed against all odds to emerge the fastest in the 100m dash of the 60th National Open Athletics Championships here on Thursday. Twenty-year-old Harmilan cruised home in 4:05.39 seconds to erase the mark set by Sunita Rani at 4:06.03 at the 2002 …

World U-20 Athletics Championships: Anju Bobby George says she would be 'very happy' to see Shaili Singh break her record
3 years, 4 months ago

World U-20 Athletics Championships: Anju Bobby George says she would be 'very happy' to see Shaili Singh break her record

Firstpost  

Long jumper Shaili Singh announced her arrival on the big stage by winning a silver in the under-20 world championships, missing out on a historic gold by a mere 1 cm with a 6.59m effort, though wind assisted, in the long jump final in Nairobi on Sunday. Small, frail and not even in top three— that was Shaili Singh when …

Dhanalakshmi wins 100m dash, Dutee fourth; injured Hima on verge of missing Olympics
3 years, 5 months ago

Dhanalakshmi wins 100m dash, Dutee fourth; injured Hima on verge of missing Olympics

The Hindu  

Tamil Nadu's S Dhanalakshmi won the 100m dash at the National Inter-State Championships while national record holder Dutee Chand finished fourth on a day when another star sprinter Hima Das did not start after injuring herself in the heat races, putting her in doubt for the Tokyo Olympics. All the competitors in women's 100m final race returned with mediocre timings …

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 …

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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