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 she clipped the last hurdle and fell on the track. Asian record holder Tajinderpal Singh Toor of Punjab expectedly took the gold in men’s shot put with an effort of 20.34m in his final round throw which was 16cm short of the CWG qualifying distance of 20.50m set by the AFI. National record holder Annu Rani of Uttar Pradesh easily won the women’s javelin throw event by clearing 60.97m, which was above the CWG standard of 59.50m.

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2024 Year in Sports, Athletics: Duplantis dominates, Neeraj-Arshad showdown in Paris Olympics, a slew of world records
3 days, 3 hours ago

2024 Year in Sports, Athletics: Duplantis dominates, Neeraj-Arshad showdown in Paris Olympics, a slew of world records

The Hindu  

There were records galore from athletics in 2024, both at the national and global level. | Photo Credit: NURPHOTO VIA GETTY IMAGES Kenya’s Faith Kipyegon bettered her own world record in the women’s 1500m at the Paris Diamond League meet. Sweden’s Armand Duplantis poses next to a board displaying his new 6,26 meters world record after the men’s pole vault …

National junior athletics | Kiran rewrites his 110m hurdles record
2 weeks ago

National junior athletics | Kiran rewrites his 110m hurdles record

The Hindu  

Seventeen-year-old Kiran bettered his own National record in the under-18 men’s 110m hurdles semifinals in the morning before cruising to the title in the evening in the National junior athletics championships at the Kalinga Stadium here on Monday. The results : Under-20: Men: 400m: Jay Kumar 46.29 ; 3000m: Mohit Yadav 8:16.84; 110m hurdles: Sandeep Gond 14.02; 10000m race walk: …

National Open Athletics Championships: Ramraj breaks P.T. Usha’s 39-year-old meet record in 400m hurdles
3 months, 3 weeks ago

National Open Athletics Championships: Ramraj breaks P.T. Usha’s 39-year-old meet record in 400m hurdles

The Hindu  

Vithya Ramraj broke a 39-year-old meet record with an excellent run in the women’s 400m hurdles at the 63rd National Open Athletics Championships at the Sree Kanteerava Stadium here on Monday. He wanted my name to be up there on the record list,” Vithya, who won the 400m hurdles bronze at the 2022 Asian Games, said. In the men’s 200m, …

In an Olympic tuneup, Ukraine’s top high jumper breaks the 37-year-old world record
5 months, 2 weeks ago

In an Olympic tuneup, Ukraine’s top high jumper breaks the 37-year-old world record

Associated Press  

PARIS — Ukraine’s best high jumper captured a world record on Sunday to go with her world championship, and now she has a good reason to think she might bring home an Olympic gold medal to her war-torn country. Yaroslava Mahuchikh erased a mark that had stood for 37 years at a Diamond League meet in Paris, jumping 2.10 meters …

Inter-State athletics | Tejas wins men’s hurdles with a new meet record
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Inter-State athletics | Tejas wins men’s hurdles with a new meet record

The Hindu  

Tejas Shirse was clearly not happy, despite winning the 110m hurdles on the final day of the 63rd Inter-State athletics championships here on Sunday with a new meet record of 13.54 seconds. The most anticipated event at the meet saw a new national record by the national 4x400m mixed relay team but fell short of qualifying for Paris here on …

Tejas Shirse wins men’s 110m hurdles silver medal at World Athletics meet in Geneva
6 months ago

Tejas Shirse wins men’s 110m hurdles silver medal at World Athletics meet in Geneva

The Hindu  

National Record-holder Tejas Shirse won silver medal in men’s 110m hurdles at Atletica Geneve - EAP, a World Athletics Continental Tour meet, in Geneva, Switzerland on Saturday. Shaili had recently won silver medal at the JBL Jump Fest in Kosice, Slovakia, on Thursday but the World Athletics marked all the results of that meet as UNC, though it did not …

Taiwan Athletics Open: Nayana shocks Asian champ Sumire, takes long jump gold
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Taiwan Athletics Open: Nayana shocks Asian champ Sumire, takes long jump gold

The Hindu  

Despite rain being an issue, former Asian bronze medallist Nayana James came up with a 6.43m effort as she shocked Japan’s Asian champion Sumire Hata and won the long jump gold at the Taiwan Athletics Open, a World Athletics Continental Tour bronze event, in Taipei on Sunday. 68 Nayana, the Federation Cup champion, is way below the young Shaili Singh …

Deeksha breaks 1500m National Record at competition in Los Angeles
7 months, 1 week ago

Deeksha breaks 1500m National Record at competition in Los Angeles

The Hindu  

Asian Games champion Annu Rani opened her season with a decent 60.68m effort while finishing sixth in the Hylo Javelin Throw Meeting in Offenburg, Germany, on Sunday. Deeksha bettered her personal best by more than a second as she broke Harmilan Bains’ three-year-old 1500m national record at the Sound Running Track Fest in Los Angeles. The 25-year-old from Madhya Pradesh, …

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 …

Asian Games 2023, Athletics: Vithya Ramraj equals PT Usha's national record to qualify for 400m hurdles final
1 year, 2 months ago

Asian Games 2023, Athletics: Vithya Ramraj equals PT Usha's national record to qualify for 400m hurdles final

India Today  

On October 2nd, 2023, the Asian Games witnessed a remarkable performance by Indian athlete Vithya Ramraj. The 25-year-old hurdler clocked a personal best of 55.42 seconds in the women's 400m hurdles heats, securing her direct qualification for the final. Her time of 55.42 seconds placed her among the top five athletes, advancing to the final, demonstrating India's continued strength in …

Asian Games athletics | Murali Sreeshankar, Jeswin Aldrin qualify for men’s long jump final
1 year, 2 months ago

Asian Games athletics | Murali Sreeshankar, Jeswin Aldrin qualify for men’s long jump final

The Hindu  

Murali Sreeshankar and Jeswin Aldrin qualified for the final of the men’s long jump event here at the Hangzhou Olympic Stadium on Saturday. Sreeshankar’s jump was the second-best among the 12 finalists behind China’s Yuhao Shi, while Aldrin’s was the sixth on the list. Jyothi, India’s fastest hurdler in the women’s division, earned automatic qualification from second place in her …

Asian Games 2023: Murali Sreeshankar, Jeswin Aldrin qualify for men’s long jump final
1 year, 2 months ago

Asian Games 2023: Murali Sreeshankar, Jeswin Aldrin qualify for men’s long jump final

The Hindu  

India’s Murali Sreeshankar and Jeswin Aldrin qualified for the final of the men’s long jump event here at the Hangzhou Olympic Stadium on Saturday. Asian Games 2023: World champion Nikhat Zareen confirms Olympic quota, medal Sreeshankar’s jump was the second-best among the 12 finalists behind China’s Yuhao Shi, while Aldrin’s was the sixth on the list. Jyothi, India’s fastest hurdler …

.01 seconds shy of Usha’s 39-year-old record, Vithya Ramraj looks to hurdle into record books
1 year, 3 months ago

.01 seconds shy of Usha’s 39-year-old record, Vithya Ramraj looks to hurdle into record books

The Hindu  

When she crossed the finish line in the women’s 400m hurdles race at the Indian Grand Prix at Chandigarh’s sector 7 Sports Complex on Monday evening, Vithya Ramraj was so far in front of the rest of the field that she had time not just to catch her breathe but also to start looking at the digital scoreboard to see …

Indian Grand Prix-5: Vithya Ramraj narrowly misses out on breaking PT Usha’s 39-year-old 400m hurdles record
1 year, 3 months ago

Indian Grand Prix-5: Vithya Ramraj narrowly misses out on breaking PT Usha’s 39-year-old 400m hurdles record

The Hindu  

A day after her 400m stunner, Vithya Ramraj almost came close to toppling P.T. Usha’s 39-year-old 400m hurdles national record, missing it by one-hundredth of a second, at the Indian Grand Prix-5 in Chandigarh on Monday. Vithya, who was in a world of her own in the 400m hurdles, clocked 55.43s as she gave a shiver to Usha’s precious record …

Indian Grand Prix-5: Vithya clocks personal best; shocks Himanshi and Aishwarya in women’s 400m
1 year, 3 months ago

Indian Grand Prix-5: Vithya clocks personal best; shocks Himanshi and Aishwarya in women’s 400m

The Hindu  

Tamil Nadu’s Vithya Ramraj shocked Himanshi Malik and Aishwarya Mishra as she won the women’s 400m in a personal best 52.40s at the Indian Grand Prix-5 athletics in Chandigarh on Sunday. The women’s quarter-mile results – the event was run as two races, A and B – should give a big worry to the selectors, regarding the composition of the …

Neeraj Chopra's Historic Gold Medal Highlights India's Presence at World Athletics Championships
1 year, 3 months ago

Neeraj Chopra's Historic Gold Medal Highlights India's Presence at World Athletics Championships

News 18  

Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra won a historic maiden gold medal for India in the World Athletics Championships in the men’s javelin throw competition, to become a world champion as India finished the 19th edition of the biennial with a lone medal. Chopra’s gold, added to his own silver at the 2022 edition in Oregon and Anju Bobby George’s long jump …

World Athletics Championships: Jeswin Aldrin finishes 11th in men's long jump final
1 year, 3 months ago

World Athletics Championships: Jeswin Aldrin finishes 11th in men's long jump final

India TV News  

India's Jeswin Aldrin on Friday ended his men's long jump event in a disappointment as the national record holder finished 11th in the World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary. Aldrin was the lone Indian to reach the event's final after he recorded a jump of 8.0m in the qualification. Aldrin became only the second Indian after M Sreeshankar to qualify …

World Athletics Championships 2023: Aldrin qualifies for maiden long jump finals, Sreeshankar misses out
1 year, 4 months ago

World Athletics Championships 2023: Aldrin qualifies for maiden long jump finals, Sreeshankar misses out

The Hindu  

National record holder long jumper Jeswin Aldrin qualified for his maiden World Athletics Championships finals but fellow competitor Murali Sreeshankar made a shock exit at the qualification round after a below-par show here on Wednesday. FOLLOW | World Athletics Championships 2023, Day 5 updates Aldrin, who finished sixth in Group B qualification round, was the 12th best performer overall and …

World Athletics Championships: Jyothi Yarraji fails to qualify for 100m hurdles semis
1 year, 4 months ago

World Athletics Championships: Jyothi Yarraji fails to qualify for 100m hurdles semis

The Hindu  

National record holder 100m hurdler Jyothi Yarraji failed to qualify for the semifinals of the World Athletics Championships as she finished seventh in her heat here on Tuesday. READ: Jyothi Yarraji is a level-headed and determined athlete, says Dr Aashish Contractor Tokyo Olympics silver medallist Kendra Harrison of USA led the semifinal qualifiers with a world record time of 12.24 …

World University Games | Bronze for Jyothi Yarraji and Amlan Borgohain
1 year, 4 months ago

World University Games | Bronze for Jyothi Yarraji and Amlan Borgohain

The Hindu  

Asian champion Jyothi Yarraji broke her women’s 100m hurdles National record while taking a fighting bronze at the World University Games in Chengdu, China, on Friday night. A little later, national record holder Amlan Borgohain made it a memorable day for India by picking the men’s 200m bronze with a season-best 20.55s. Jyothi Yarraji does it AGAIN, it's a New …

Jyothi Yarraji betters own National Record in women’s 100m hurdles, wins bronze at World University Games
1 year, 4 months ago

Jyothi Yarraji betters own National Record in women’s 100m hurdles, wins bronze at World University Games

The Hindu  

India’s Jyothi Yarraji improved her own National Record in women’s 100m hurdles as she won a bronze medal at the FISU World University Games in Chengdu, China, on her Friday. Another national record holder sprinter, Amlan Borgohain also won a bronze medal in men’s 200m race with a season’s best time of 20.55 seconds. Meanwhile Ajay Kumar produced a personal …

Asian Athletics Championships: India produce best-ever showing with 27 medals, Sreeshankar qualifies for Paris Olympics
1 year, 5 months ago

Asian Athletics Championships: India produce best-ever showing with 27 medals, Sreeshankar qualifies for Paris Olympics

Firstpost  

Murali Sreeshankar qualified for the Olympics after winning silver medal in Long Jump, while Jyothi Yarraji made it a tournament to remember with a gold in 100m hurdles and a silver in the 200m event. With the Asian Athletics Championships done and dusted, let’s now take a look at how every athlete fared at the event: Murali Sreeshankar: The 24-year-old …

Jyothi Yarraji underlines her versatility with 200m silver
1 year, 5 months ago

Jyothi Yarraji underlines her versatility with 200m silver

Hindustan Times  

The technician’s efforts to fix the faulty wiring linking the starter’s mike with the starting block speakers seemed to drag on forever. Jyothi Yarraji secured gold in her main event 100m hurdles Jyothi Yarraji stood almost motionless through all that on lane three, in this key event for India on the final day of the Asian Athletics Championships in Bangkok. …

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 …

Long jumper Sreeshankar qualifies for Paris 2024 Summer Olympics after winning silver medal at Asian meet
1 year, 5 months ago

Long jumper Sreeshankar qualifies for Paris 2024 Summer Olympics after winning silver medal at Asian meet

The Hindu  

Star Indian long jumper Murali Sreeshankar on July 15 qualified for the 2024 Paris Olympics after winning a silver medal in the Asian Athletics Championships with a second career-best effort of 8.37m in Bangkok. M Sreeshankar records a big jump of 8.37m, but settles for silver in men's long jump.#AsianAthleticsChampionships — Athletics Federation of India July 15, 2023 Yu Tang …

Jagan hails Vizag girl Yarraji for her gold medal in Asian athletic event
1 year, 5 months ago

Jagan hails Vizag girl Yarraji for her gold medal in Asian athletic event

Deccan Chronicle  

Jagan Mohan Reddy congratulated Jyothi Yarraji for becoming the first Indian athlete to win the women’s 100 mt hurdles event at the Asian Athletics Championships in Bangkok. He tweeted: My congratulations and best wishes to our very own @JyothiYarraji from Vizag, on winning gold at the 25th Asian Athletics Championships held in Thailand. The athletes put up a fabulous show …

Jyothi Yarraji wins gold, Tejaswin claims bronze in Asian Athletics Championships
1 year, 5 months ago

Jyothi Yarraji wins gold, Tejaswin claims bronze in Asian Athletics Championships

The Hindu  

India scooped three gold medals on the second day of Asian Athletics Championships with woman 100m hurdler Jyothi Yarraji clinching her maiden top finish in a major international event and Ajay Kumar Saroj running a brilliant race to win the men’s 1500m title here on Thursday. Commonwealth Games silver medallist Abdulla Aboobacker grabbed India’s third gold of the day by …

Asian Championships: Abhishek edges Yuto to win bronze, Annu finishes fourth
1 year, 5 months ago

Asian Championships: Abhishek edges Yuto to win bronze, Annu finishes fourth

The Hindu  

The Japanese are the kings of distance running in Asia. But Abhishek Pal, who is in the 189th spot on the list and who could not even win gold in the 10,000m in the recent Federation Cup and the Inter-State Nationals, came up with some fine end-game heroics to outwit Japan’s Yuto Imae and take the bronze at the 25th …

Asian Athletics Championships: Sreeshankar, Shaili promise to brighten India’s chances up the scene
1 year, 5 months ago

Asian Athletics Championships: Sreeshankar, Shaili promise to brighten India’s chances up the scene

The Hindu  

Around this time last year, three Indian long jumpers and triple jumpers qualified for the World Athletics Championships in Oregon. Amidst the gloom, long jumpers – M. Sreeshankar in the men’s section and 19-year-old Shaili Singh, the Asian women’s season leader – are expected to brighten up things. “But surprisingly, the long jump runway is too close to the stands.” …

Murali Sreeshankar: Happier with 8.09m in Paris than 8.41m in Bhubaneswar
1 year, 6 months ago

Murali Sreeshankar: Happier with 8.09m in Paris than 8.41m in Bhubaneswar

The Hindu  

With the long jump event at the recent Diamond League happening late at night, M. Sreeshankar missed watching Simon Ehammer make Swiss history in Oslo, but he had a close look at the action on Instagram the next morning. The Athletics Federation of India exempted only two athletes, Olympic champion javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra and Commonwealth Games silver medallist steeplechaser …

Jeswin Aldrin, the world leader in long jump, included in AIU testing pool
1 year, 6 months ago

Jeswin Aldrin, the world leader in long jump, included in AIU testing pool

The Hindu  

Long jumper Jeswin Aldrin, the world leader this season, is the latest Indian athlete who has been included in the registered testing pool of World Athletics by the Athletics Integrity Unit. Aldrin set the world-leading mark of 8.42m, also National Record, at the National Jumps Competition at Bellary last March. Aldrin will compete in the long jump final of the …

Shaili looking to break her mentor Anju Bobby George’s national record this year
1 year, 6 months ago

Shaili looking to break her mentor Anju Bobby George’s national record this year

The Hindu  

She is just 19 and two years into the senior circuit, but Shaili Singh is already India’s number one woman long-jumper and is looking to break her mentor Anju Bobby George’s national record this year. She says I am in that range, and so I feel I can do it,” Shaili said after the women’s long jump qualifying round at …

Murali Sreeshankar jumps huge 8.41m in National Inter-State, qualifies for World Championships
1 year, 6 months ago

Murali Sreeshankar jumps huge 8.41m in National Inter-State, qualifies for World Championships

Firstpost  

The 24-year-old Sreeshankar’s jump was just one-centimetre shy of Jeswin Aldrin’s national record of 8.42m set earlier this year Bhubaneswar: Star long jumper Murali Sreeshankar produced a huge 8.41m effort in his very first attempt in the qualifying round at the National Inter-State Athletics Championships to qualify for the World Championships, on Sunday. In the women’s long jump qualification round, …

Murali Sreeshankar Jumps Huge 8.41m in National Inter-State, Qualifies for World Championships
1 year, 6 months ago

Murali Sreeshankar Jumps Huge 8.41m in National Inter-State, Qualifies for World Championships

News 18  

Star long jumper Murali Sreeshankar produced a huge 8.41m effort in his very first attempt in the qualifying round at the National Inter-State Athletics Championships to qualify for the World Championships, here on Sunday. The 24-year-old Sreeshankar’s jump was just 1cm shy of Jeswin Aldrin’s national record of 8.42m set earlier this year. On June 9, Sreeshankar became only the …

Tejaswin Shankar, Swapna Barman Breach Asiad Qualifying Mark; Triple Jumper Akhilesh Suffers Broken Bone
1 year, 6 months ago

Tejaswin Shankar, Swapna Barman Breach Asiad Qualifying Mark; Triple Jumper Akhilesh Suffers Broken Bone

News 18  

Competing in only his third decathlon of his career, Tejaswin Shankar of Delhi breached the Asian Games qualifying mark en route winning the gold to steal the limelight on the third day of the National Inter-State Athletics Championship here on Saturday. Swapna Barman of Madhya Pradesh won the gold in the women’s heptathlon and also went past the Asian Games …

Long jumper Murali Sreeshankar keen to gain rhythm in upcoming events
1 year, 6 months ago

Long jumper Murali Sreeshankar keen to gain rhythm in upcoming events

The Hindu  

Gold in an international event in Greece last week boosted his confidence, but top Indian long jumper Murali Sreeshankar on Thursday admitted that he is yet to gain his full rhythm and wants to sort it out soon. The 24-year-old Sreeshankar won gold in the International Jumping Meeting at Kallithea, near Athens, a World Athletics Continental Tour bronze-level competition, with …

Jyothi Yarraji clocks 12.84 seconds at Kurpfalz-Gala
1 year, 6 months ago

Jyothi Yarraji clocks 12.84 seconds at Kurpfalz-Gala

The Hindu  

100m hurdler Jyothi Yarraji won at Kurpfalz Gala, a World Athletics Continental Tour-Challenger event at Weinheim, Germany, on Saturday with her career’s third sub-13 timing, registering a season-best 12.84s. This is now the Reliance Sports Foundation athlete’s second-best effort after her national record of 12.82s, which had come at the 61st National Open Athletics Championship in Bengaluru in 2022. Bronze …

Anees Yahiya misses bronze at Cyprus International Athletics Meeting
1 year, 6 months ago

Anees Yahiya misses bronze at Cyprus International Athletics Meeting

The Hindu  

Indian long jumper Muhammed Anees Yahiya missed bronze medal by a whisker at the Cyprus International Athletics Meeting on Thursday. Great Britain’s Jack Roach finished third with a jump of 7.60m, similar to that of Yahiya, but was awarded the bronze due to a higher second-best jump. A few days before, Murali Sreeshankar and Jeswin Aldrin made it one-two for …

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 …

Long jumper Shaili Singh bounces back from injury under Bobby and Anju’s guidance
1 year, 8 months ago

Long jumper Shaili Singh bounces back from injury under Bobby and Anju’s guidance

The Hindu  

Shaili Singh stepped a few centimetres over the take-off board on her second jump at the Indian Grand Prix in Bangalore on Sunday. “That probably would have been a national record,” says Anju Bobby George, holder of the national mark of 6.83m set at the Athens Olympics, watching alongside the jumping pit at the Kanteerava Stadium. In 2021, Anju’s belief …

CWG medallist Tejaswin Shankar bags decathlon silver in US, nearly breaks national record
1 year, 8 months ago

CWG medallist Tejaswin Shankar bags decathlon silver in US, nearly breaks national record

Firstpost  

New Delhi: Commonwealth Games medallist high jumper Tejaswin Shankar bagged a decathlon silver and came close to breaking the national record at the Jim Click Shootout competition in Arizona, USA. Tejaswin, who won the high jump bronze in the 2022 CWG in Birmingham, competed in the gruelling 10-event decathlon and scored a cumulative 7,648 points — 10 less than Bharatinder …

Jeswin Aldrin breaks men's long jump national record with 8.42m leap
1 year, 9 months ago

Jeswin Aldrin breaks men's long jump national record with 8.42m leap

Firstpost  

Jeswin Aldrin, 21, leapt 8.42 metres to erase the previous mark of 8.36 metres set by India teammate M Sreeshankar at the Federation Cup in Kozhikode in April last year Bannihatti: Tamil Nadu’s Jeswin Aldrin hogged the limelight with a national record in the men’s long jump in the second AFI National Jumps Competition near on Thursday. The 21-year-old leapt …

Long jumper Jeswin Aldrin working on run-up issues for more success after Asian Indoor silver medal
1 year, 10 months ago

Long jumper Jeswin Aldrin working on run-up issues for more success after Asian Indoor silver medal

Firstpost  

After a stupendous start to 2022, came the dip in form that somewhat took the shine off what was a very successful year for Indian long jumper Jeswin Aldrin. JESWIN ALDRIN SETS NEW LONG JUMP INDOOR NATIONAL RECORD Jeswin Aldrin begins an all important 2023 season with a terrific leap of 7.93m to top the LJ Qual. Previous NR: 7.92m …

Ram Baboo and Manju Rani Break National Record in 35km Race Walk to Confirm Asian Games Berths
1 year, 10 months ago

Ram Baboo and Manju Rani Break National Record in 35km Race Walk to Confirm Asian Games Berths

News 18  

Ram Baboo and Manju Rani rewrote the men’s and women’s 35km national records en route to winning gold medals on the concluding day of the National Race Walking Championships here on Wednesday. The 23-year-old Manju, representing Punjab, became the first Indian woman to clock sub-3 hour in 35km race walk event, winning in 2:57.54s, as she broke the earlier national …

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 …

Jeswin and Jyothi take silver with indoor National records
1 year, 10 months ago

Jeswin and Jyothi take silver with indoor National records

The Hindu  

Long jumper Jeswin Aldrin and 60m hurdler Jyothi Yarraji broke national indoor records while winning silver medals on the final day of the 10th Asian indoor athletics championships at Astana, Kazakhstan, on Sunday. Aldrin, who fouled four of his six attempts in the final, jumped 7.97m in his second attempt to better his own national record of 7.93m which came …

Jyothi Yarraji wins 60m hurdles silver at Asian Indoor Championships
1 year, 10 months ago

Jyothi Yarraji wins 60m hurdles silver at Asian Indoor Championships

The Hindu  

Long jumper Jeswin Aldrin and 60m hurdler Jyothi Yarraji broke national indoor records while winning silver medals on the final day of the 10 th Asian indoor athletics championships in Astana, Kazakhstan on Sunday. Aldrin, who fouled four of his six attempts in the final, jumped 7.97m in his second attempt to better his own national record of 7.93m which …

Asian Indoor Athletics Championships: Chitravel, Aldrin set new triple and long jump national records
1 year, 10 months ago

Asian Indoor Athletics Championships: Chitravel, Aldrin set new triple and long jump national records

Firstpost  

Triple jumper Praveen Chitravel smashed the national indoor record during his silver medal-winning effort while long jumper Jeswin Aldrin also bettered the national mark en route to the final round. Astana: Shot putter Tajinder Pal Singh Toor clinched a gold, India’s first on the opening day of the Asian Indoor Athletics Championships here on Friday. Asian Indoor Athletics Championships Tajinderpal …

Animesh Kujur, Parvej Khan and P Yashas Shine on Final Day of National U23 Meet
2 years, 1 month ago

Animesh Kujur, Parvej Khan and P Yashas Shine on Final Day of National U23 Meet

News 18  

Chhattisgarh’s Animesh Kujur, Parvej Khan of Madhya Pradesh and Karnataka’s P Yashas emerged standout performers as they won the men’s 200m, 800m and 400m hurdles finals respectively at the AFI National Open U-23 Athletics Championships here on Monday. On the final day when as many as eight meet records were set, including two by women, the strapping Animesh, Parvej and …

Jyothi Yarraji scorches her way into the women’s 100m hurdles record books
2 years, 2 months ago

Jyothi Yarraji scorches her way into the women’s 100m hurdles record books

The Hindu  

Jyothi Yarraji became the first Indian to go under 13 seconds in the women’s 100m hurdles by breezing past the finish line in 12.82 seconds at the 61st National Open athletics championships at the Sree Kanteerava Stadium here on Monday. Jyothi Yarraji breaks her own National Record in 100m hurdles, running 12.82s at the Open Nationals in Bengaluru @TheHinduSports@sportstarweb — …

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