Priyanka Goswami, Eknath Turambekar Set 35km Race Walk National Records During World Team Championships
3 years ago

Priyanka Goswami, Eknath Turambekar Set 35km Race Walk National Records During World Team Championships

News 18  

Olympian Priyanka Goswami and Eknath Turambekar set national records in the women’s and men’s 35km events respectively in the World Athletics Race Walking Team Championships, although they finished way below the medal bracket here on Saturday. The previous men’s and women’s 35km race walk national records were in the name of Ram Baboo and Ramandeep Kaur respectively, set during the National Open Championships in September 2021. Other Indians in the fray in the men’s 35km event, Chandan Singh and Ram Baboo finished 38th and 46th respectively. On Friday, the race walking trio of Bhawna Jat, Ravina and Munita Prajapati had scripted history by winning the country’s maiden women’s 20km team medal, a bronze.

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World Para Athletics Grand Prix 2025: Indians sweep men’s discus throw F11 on Day 1; Preeti Pal wins 100m silver
1 week, 2 days ago

World Para Athletics Grand Prix 2025: Indians sweep men’s discus throw F11 on Day 1; Preeti Pal wins 100m silver

Firstpost  

India made a clean sweep in the Men’s Discus Throw F11 event, where Sagar clinched the gold with a throw of 34.84 meters, followed by Balaji Rajendran who secured silver with 26.98 meters, and Janak Singh Harsana who bagged bronze with a mark of 25.13 meters. The Men’s 100 meters T13 event saw Botswana’s Bose Mokgwathi take gold with 11.55 …

National Games 2025: Chanda shines in women’s 800m with new PB and Games record; Yarraji, Chithravel, Afsal win gold
1 month, 1 week ago

National Games 2025: Chanda shines in women’s 800m with new PB and Games record; Yarraji, Chithravel, Afsal win gold

The Hindu  

Chanda looked at the giant screen a few times, unable to believe her gold-winning time of 2:00.82s in the women’s 800m in the 38th National Games at the Ganga Stadium, here on Tuesday. READ | National Games: With national record under his belt, sky is the limit for pole vaulter Dev Kumar Meena Meanwhile, National record-holder Praveen Chithravel led a …

2024 Year in Sports, Athletics: Duplantis dominates, Neeraj-Arshad showdown in Paris Olympics, a slew of world records
3 months 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
3 months, 1 week 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: …

Indian Race Walkers Show Off Their Prowess at the Asian Athletics Championships
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Indian Race Walkers Show Off Their Prowess at the Asian Athletics Championships

The Hindu  

Race walker-turned-coach Basant Rana expresses optimism about the future of the sport in the country. He highlights the progress made by Indian athletes since the 2012 London Olympics, including multiple medals at the Asian Games. Rana emphasizes the importance of quality events and proper training to improve the athletes' performance. He suggests that the introduction of the mixed relay event …

How did India perform on Day 6 of Paris Olympics 2024? Check full results
7 months, 2 weeks ago

How did India perform on Day 6 of Paris Olympics 2024? Check full results

Hindustan Times  

Day 6 was a mixed bag of results for India at the ongoing Paris Olympics 2024, on Thursday.There were plenty of misses with Swapnil Kusale being the only shining light for India on that day. Despite Swapnil bagging a bronze, India's performance at the other shooting event on Thursday proved to be a failure as Anjum Moudgil and Sift Kaur …

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

TCS World 10K Bengaluru: Kenya’s Peter Mwaniki, Lilian Kasait win international elite titles
10 months, 3 weeks ago

TCS World 10K Bengaluru: Kenya’s Peter Mwaniki, Lilian Kasait win international elite titles

The Hindu  

Kenyan runners Peter Mwaniki and Lilian Kasait cruised to the international elite men’s and women’s titles respectively, in the 16th edition of the TCS World 10K Bengaluru here on Sunday. READ | Tajinderpal Singh Toor: Indian athletes don’t think of themselves any lesser than top athletes On Sunday, Mwaniki, Lilian and other medalists had only the photographers and a few …

Indian 20km race walkers produce disappointing performances at Worlds
11 months ago

Indian 20km race walkers produce disappointing performances at Worlds

The Hindu  

Indian athletes failed to make an impact in the prestigious World Athletics Race Walking Team Championships on Sunday as none of them came up with reassuring performances ahead of the Paris Olympics in July-August. Ram Baboo, the latest to achieve the Olympics men’s 20km race walk qualification standard clocking a personal best of 1:20:00 in the Dudinska 50 Meet in …

World Race Walking Team C’ship: Priyanka-Akshdeep pair aims for good show
11 months ago

World Race Walking Team C’ship: Priyanka-Akshdeep pair aims for good show

The Hindu  

Ace Indian athlete Priyanka Goswami will aim to produce another commendable performance and secure a Paris Olympics berth in the Mixed event partnering Akshdeep Singh, when the one-day World Athletics Race Walking Team Championships takes place in this Mediterranean seaside town on Sunday. Both Akshdeep and Priyanka have already qualified individually for Paris 2024 after meeting the qualifying standards in …

Ram Baboo: Competing in long distance events has been beneficial in 20km race walk
1 year ago

Ram Baboo: Competing in long distance events has been beneficial in 20km race walk

The Hindu  

India’s Ram Baboo would have preferred a long distance race walk event at the Olympics but conceded that he is reaping the benefit of previously participating in 35km competitions having moved down to 20km for this year’s Paris Games. Baboo became the seventh Indian male to breach the 20km race walking Paris Olympics qualification time earlier this month. “I didn’t …

India Open Jumps | Nayana bags long jump gold with personal best mark
1 year ago

India Open Jumps | Nayana bags long jump gold with personal best mark

The Hindu  

Kerala’s Nayana James recorded a personal best mark, leaping 6.67m to secure the women’s long jump gold at the 3rd Indian Open Jumps Competition held at the Anju Bobby George Foundation here on Wednesday. On a day when no athlete threatened the 2024 Paris Olympics qualification mark, the 28-year-old’s effort stood out, coming nearly seven years after her previous best …

Ram Baboo breaches Paris 2024 Olympics qualification mark; seventh Indian male athlete to do so
1 year ago

Ram Baboo breaches Paris 2024 Olympics qualification mark; seventh Indian male athlete to do so

The Hindu  

India’s Ram Baboo on Saturday achieved the Paris Olympics men’s 20km race qualification standard, clocking a personal best time of 1:20:00 at the Dudinska 50 Meet in Slovakia. Baboo, a bronze medallist in the 35km walk race at the Hangzhou Asian Games, finished third in the Race Walking Tour Gold-Level event. READ | Lifter Achinta Sheuli caught entering women’s hostel …

Benson Kipruto sets new record in Tokyo marathon win as Eliud Kipchoge struggles for pace
1 year ago

Benson Kipruto sets new record in Tokyo marathon win as Eliud Kipchoge struggles for pace

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Indian Open Race Walking | Double for Manju Rani
1 year, 1 month ago

Indian Open Race Walking | Double for Manju Rani

The Hindu  

International Manju Rani, who claimed the 20km gold on the opening day, won the women’s 10km gold on the second day of the race walking’s Indian Open in Chandigarh on Wednesday. The 24-year-old from Punjab, who clocked 45:20.00s, had paired with Ram Babu to win the 35km mixed relay team bronze at the Hangzhou Asian Games last year. The Athletics …

Indian sports news wrap, January 31
1 year, 1 month ago

Indian sports news wrap, January 31

The Hindu  

GOLF Amandeep drops late triple as Khushi takes lead in 3rd leg of Hero WPGT Khushi Khanijau, playing in the opening group, birdied her final hole to grab the sole lead after first round of the third leg of 2024 Hero Women’s Pro Golf Tour at the Tollygunge Club here on Wednesday. -Stan Rayan TENNIS ITF women’s tennis: Rina Saigo …

6th Khelo India Youth Games: More meet records as TN dominate
1 year, 1 month ago

6th Khelo India Youth Games: More meet records as TN dominate

New Indian Express  

CHENNAI: Haryana’s thrower Deepika and middle distance runner Paras Singhal set two new meets records in girls’ javelin throw and boys’ 2000m steeplechase on a day the race for the top three spots in the medal tally heated up in the 6th Khelo India Youth Games 2023. With just six days competition left in the Khelo India Youth Games 2023, …

Man Singh wins gold at Asian Marathon Championships
1 year, 2 months ago

Man Singh wins gold at Asian Marathon Championships

The Hindu  

Man Singh became only the second Indian man to clinch a gold medal at the Asian Marathon Championships as he won the race with a personal best time here on Sunday. The 34-year-old Man Singh clocked two hours, 14 minutes and 19 seconds to win the competition. READ | Mumbai Marathon 2024: Lemi, Mineswo lead Ethiopia’s domination In the women’s …

Race walker Priyanka Goswami seeks an Australian step up
1 year, 2 months ago

Race walker Priyanka Goswami seeks an Australian step up

Hindustan Times  

Returning medal-less amid the euphoria surrounding India’s 100-plus haul at the Hangzhou Asian Games, Priyanka Goswami was distraught. Only India’s second race walking medallist at the Commonwealth Games — she won 10,000m silver at 2022 Birmingham — Goswami finished fifth in the 20km event a year on in Hangzhou clocking 1:43:07, her slowest of the season. “In India, there aren't …

ATHLETICS | Murli Gavit wins men’s 5000m in a race that featured an odd finish
1 year, 5 months ago

ATHLETICS | Murli Gavit wins men’s 5000m in a race that featured an odd finish

The Hindu  

The men’s 5,000m event at the 62nd National Open athletics championships here on Friday witnessed an odd finish. Six runners in the leader group entered the home stretch together, but as the finish line approached, none of them seemed to make a concentrated effort to break away and get the win. The results: Winners: Men: 5,000m: Murli Gavit, 14:08.49s, 4x400m …

Manju Rani, Ramesh Baboo win bronze in 35km race walk mixed team event
1 year, 5 months ago

Manju Rani, Ramesh Baboo win bronze in 35km race walk mixed team event

Hindustan Times  

Indian race walkers Manju Rani and Ram Baboo won the bronze medal in the inaugural 35km mixed team event at the Asian Games in Hangzhou on Wednesday. In the 35km race walk mixed team event, the times of the male and female athletes, who finished the race, are added in order to determine the medal winners. This was the first …

Asian Games 2023 Day 9 Roundup: Track and Field athletes star again as 7 medals get added to India's tally
1 year, 5 months ago

Asian Games 2023 Day 9 Roundup: Track and Field athletes star again as 7 medals get added to India's tally

India TV News  

The medal rush continued for the Indian contingent on Day 9 of the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou with as many as seven medals getting added to the tally on Monday, October 22. It started with the men's rollerskating team winning a bronze and the women's team replicating the feat in the same discipline before the Mukherjees lost their women's …

Asian Games 2023, Athletics: Vithya Ramraj equals PT Usha's national record to qualify for 400m hurdles final
1 year, 5 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 …

India Full Schedule, Asian Games Day 6: What is the schedule for September 29 in Hangzhou
1 year, 5 months ago

India Full Schedule, Asian Games Day 6: What is the schedule for September 29 in Hangzhou

Hindustan Times  

The stars of India's athletics contingent begin their campaign on Friday while tennis stars Saketh Myneni, Ramkumar Ramanathan, Rutuja Bhosale and Rohan Bopanna will be gunning for medals as well. Race walkers Sandeep Kumar and Vikash Singh will begin India's campaign in the men's 20km race walk event in the morning on Friday, but their medal prospects are not high. …

World Athletics Championships 2023 Day 6: India's Ram Baboo finishes 27th in 35km race walk final
1 year, 6 months ago

World Athletics Championships 2023 Day 6: India's Ram Baboo finishes 27th in 35km race walk final

India TV News  

India's ace athlete Ram Baboo finished 27th in the men's 35km race walk final event at the World Athletics Championships 2023 on Thursday, August 24. In the women's event, Perez finished the 35km race walk final event with a record time of 2:38:40s, over two minutes ahead of the silver medalist and the former champion defending champion Kimberly Garcia Leon. …

World University Games | Indian women race walkers win team bronze
1 year, 7 months ago

World University Games | Indian women race walkers win team bronze

The Hindu  

India, comprising Pooja Kumawat, Nikita Lamba, Mansi Negi, Priyanka Goswami took the women’s 20km race walk team bronze medal at the World University Games in Chengdu on Saturday. 🥉for the 🇮🇳 Race Walking Team at #WorldUniversityGames, Chengdu, 🇨🇳 The team of #TOPScheme Athlete @Priyanka_Goswam, Mansi Negi, Nikita Lamba & Pooja Kumawat win 🥉 in the Women's 20km Event Many congratulations …

Asian Athletics C’ships: 4 medals by 3 U.P. athletes on final day help India finish third
1 year, 8 months ago

Asian Athletics C’ships: 4 medals by 3 U.P. athletes on final day help India finish third

Hindustan Times  

This Sunday proved excellent for Uttar Pradesh in sports as four athletes from the state won three silver and a bronze medal in four separate events at the Asian Athletics Championships in Bangkok, Thailand. Meerut’s Priyanka Goswami after winning silver in 20-km race walk at Asian Athletics meet in Bangkok on Sunday. Even before gold medalist steeplechaser from Meerut Parul …

Asian Athletics Championships: Yarraji follows up hurdles gold with 200m silver; India finish third with 27 medals
1 year, 8 months ago

Asian Athletics Championships: Yarraji follows up hurdles gold with 200m silver; India finish third with 27 medals

Firstpost  

Yarraji had won gold in women’s 100m hurdles on Thursday and followed it up with a 200m silver while shot putter Abha Khatua equalled the national record as India won 13 medals on the final day of competition in Bangkok. Bangkok: Unheralded Abha Khatua equalled shot put national record while finishing second in a surprise performance while Jyothi Yarraji and …

Asian Athletics meet: India finishes third with 27 medals as Abha Khatua breaks national record to win silver in shot put
1 year, 8 months ago

Asian Athletics meet: India finishes third with 27 medals as Abha Khatua breaks national record to win silver in shot put

The Hindu  

Unheralded Abha Khatua equalled shot put national record while finishing second in a surprise performance while Jyothi Yarraji and Parul Chaudhary clinched their second medals — both silver — as India ended their campaign with 27 medals at the Asian Athletics Championships campaign at third spot in Bangkok The 28-year-old Khatua made a huge improvement of nearly a metre — …

Abha Khatua equals shot put NR while winning silver, Parul and Jyothi clinch second medal
1 year, 8 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, 8 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 …

Jagan hails Vizag girl Yarraji for her gold medal in Asian athletic event
1 year, 8 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 …

Bhawna Jat and Priyanka Goswami: Joust for no. 1, boost India’s race walking medal hopes
1 year, 9 months ago

Bhawna Jat and Priyanka Goswami: Joust for no. 1, boost India’s race walking medal hopes

The Hindu  

Bhawna Jat comfortably finished with a gold in the 20km race walk event at the Inter-State Athletics Championships in Bhubaneswar on the opening day. While Bhawna finished with a time of 1 hour, 37 minutes and 3 seconds, her rival and the Commonwealth Games silver medallist Priyanka Goswami came second in 1:40:33, well below her best. “I see sometimes in …

Manju Rani wins women’s 35km race walk but fails to breach Asiad qualifying mark
1 year, 9 months ago

Manju Rani wins women’s 35km race walk but fails to breach Asiad qualifying mark

The Hindu  

National record holder Manju Rani of Punjab won gold in the women’s 35km race walk event at the National Inter-State Athletics Championship but failed to breach the Asian Games qualifying mark here on Friday. Haryana’s Juned Khan won the men’s 35km race walk event, clocking 3:00:37.00 which was also well short of the Asian Games qualifying time of 2:35.00. National …

Akshdeep Singh wins gold in Asian 20km Race Walking Championship 2023
2 years ago

Akshdeep Singh wins gold in Asian 20km Race Walking Championship 2023

The Hindu  

India’s Akshdeep Singh secured the gold medal in the men’s 20km event at the Asian Race Walking Championships held in Nomi, Japan, with a timing of 1:20:57. Singh, 23, last month secured his berth for the World Championships and 2024 Paris Olympic Games after setting a national record in the 20 km race-walk at the 10th National Open Race Walking …

Caster Semenya, Emma Coburn join cross-country regulars at worlds in Australia
2 years, 1 month ago

Caster Semenya, Emma Coburn join cross-country regulars at worlds in Australia

The Hindu  

Caster Semenya has won Olympic and world titles on the track over 800 meters but can’t run that distance competitively now so she’s taking on cross-country at a world championships course more synonymous with an iconic Australian auto race. Semenya and Coburn will be participating in the mixed relay event at the World Cross-Country Championships on Saturday in Bathurst, a …

Ram Baboo and Manju Rani Break National Record in 35km Race Walk to Confirm Asian Games Berths
2 years, 1 month 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
2 years, 1 month 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
2 years, 1 month 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
2 years, 1 month 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 …

National Open Athletics Championships: Tajinderpal Singh Toor Wins Shot Put Title; VK Elakkiyadasan and Srabani Nanda Take 100m Crowns
2 years, 5 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 …

National Games: Jyothi Yarraji, Ram Baboo hog limelight as athletics events conclude
2 years, 5 months ago

National Games: Jyothi Yarraji, Ram Baboo hog limelight as athletics events conclude

The Hindu  

Uttar Pradesh athlete Ram Baboo clocked 2 hours 36 minutes and 34 seconds to set a new National record for 35km race walk on the concluding day of athletics competitions at the National Games here on Tuesday. In a race introduced last year and made its National Games debut this time, 23-year-old Ram Baboo’s mark helped him beat Haryana's Juned …

National Games: Ram Baboo breaks national record in men’s 35km race walk
2 years, 5 months ago

National Games: Ram Baboo breaks national record in men’s 35km race walk

The Hindu  

Uttar Pradesh's Ram Baboo shattered the national record in the men's 35km race walk event en route winning the gold medal on the concluding day of athletics competition at the National Games here on Tuesday. Baboo, an unemployed physical education graduate, won the event in 2 hours 36 minutes 34 seconds, bettering the earlier national record of 2:40.16, which was …

National Games 2022, October 4 HIGHLIGHTS: Amlan Borgohain wins men’s 200m gold with Games record; Ram Baboo breaks National Record in 35km race walk
2 years, 5 months ago

National Games 2022, October 4 HIGHLIGHTS: Amlan Borgohain wins men’s 200m gold with Games record; Ram Baboo breaks National Record in 35km race walk

The Hindu  

Thanks for tuning into Sportstar’s LIVE Updates of the 36th National Games in Gujarat. Tamil Nadu’s Vithya Ramraj sets a new National Games record of 56.58s to win the women’s 400m hurdles gold. Chanda KM of Delhi wins gold in women’s 800m clocking 2:01.58 and breaks National Games record set by Tintu Luka. Maharashtra’s Avantika Chavan beats local favourite Maana …

Which National records were broken by Indian athletes at Commonwealth Games 2022?
2 years, 7 months ago

Which National records were broken by Indian athletes at Commonwealth Games 2022?

The Hindu  

Men’s 3000m Steeplechase Avinash Sable’s historic silver in the men’s 3000m steeplechase in Birmingham came with a timing of 8:11.20. Men’s 10km race walk Sandeep Kumar won bronze in the men’s 10km race walk at the 2022 Commonwealth Games with a timing of 38:49.21, a new National Record. Women’s 10km race walk Priyanka Goswami’s silver in the women’s 10km race …

Commonwealth Games: India win bronze in men’s 10,000m walk race, women’s javelin throw as medals rain in athletics
2 years, 7 months ago

Commonwealth Games: India win bronze in men’s 10,000m walk race, women’s javelin throw as medals rain in athletics

Firstpost  

While Sandeep Kumar won the bronze medal on the track, Annu Rani made wonders in the field and won a javelin throw bronze medal. India’s Sandeep Kumar created history in men’s 10,000m walk race as he finished third to win a bronze medal at the ongoing Birmingham Games on Sunday with a personal best time of 38.39.21 minutes. What a …

CWG 2022: Priyanka Goswami scripts history, bags silver in women’s 10km walk
2 years, 7 months ago

CWG 2022: Priyanka Goswami scripts history, bags silver in women’s 10km walk

Live Mint  

Commonwealth Games 2022: Priyanka Goswami on Saturday scripted history becoming the first Indian woman to win a medal in race walk with a silver in 10,000m event at the Commonwealth Games. Prime Minister Narendra Modi took to Twitter to congratulate Goswami, he tweeted, “Congratulations to our national race walking champion Priyanka Goswami for winning the coveted Silver medal. Additionally, Indian …

Priyanka wins silver in women’s 10,000m race walk at Commonwealth Games
2 years, 7 months ago

Priyanka wins silver in women’s 10,000m race walk at Commonwealth Games

The Hindu  

Priyanka Goswami from Uttar Pradesh won a historic silver medal in Women’s 10,000m Race Walk Final on Saturday. Goswami’s medal is India’s third in the athletics event of CWG 2022 after Tejaswin Shankar and M Sreeshankar. Goswami, who had represented India in the Tokyo Olympics, has won the Indian Racewalking Championship multiple times, in 2017 and 2021. Harminder Singh was …

World Athletics Championship 2022: Neeraj Chopra Qualifies for Men's Javelin Final; Eldhose Pual Through to Triple Jump Final
2 years, 7 months ago

World Athletics Championship 2022: Neeraj Chopra Qualifies for Men's Javelin Final; Eldhose Pual Through to Triple Jump Final

News 18  

India’s Neeraj Chopra, the reigning Olympic champion, qualified for the final of the men’s javelin throw at the World Athletics Championships with his first throw of 88.39m at the Hayward Field, Eugene, Oregon on Friday. Defending champion, Grenera’s Anderson Peters topped the qualifying charts in men’s javelin with a throw of 89.91m while Chopra’s effort puts him as the second …

Vedaant Madhavan Creates New Meet Record in 1500m Freestyle at 48th Junior National Aquatic Championships
2 years, 8 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 …

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