Indian Women's Team Scripts History with Maiden Medal in World Race Walking Championships
2 years, 9 months ago

Indian Women's Team Scripts History with Maiden Medal in World Race Walking Championships

News 18  

The race walking trio of Bhawna Jat, Ravina and Munita Prajapati scripted history by winning the country’s maiden women’s 20km team medal, a bronze, at the World Athletics Race Walking Team Championships here on Friday. This was the Indian women’s team’s first medal in the 61-year history of the World Athletics Race Walking Team Championships. “If he had only three red cards in the race, Amit would have earned a top 5 finish with a one-minute stay in the penalty zone.” Wang Hongren of China won the event in 44 minutes and six seconds while Italy’s Diego Giampaolo and another Chinese Zeng Yu grabbed the silver and bronze medals respectively. A medal prospect, the 18-year-old Khatri had won a silver in the 10000m race walk event at the World Athletics U-20 Championships in Nairobi six months ago.

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In tandem: Cyclist siblings pocket national-level golds
2 weeks, 2 days ago

In tandem: Cyclist siblings pocket national-level golds

Hindustan Times  

Siblings Jasmeek Kaur Sekhon and Harshveer Sekhon added more trophies to their cabinets by bagging golds at the ongoing 29th National Road Cycling Championship in Odisha. Cyclist siblings, Jasmeek Kaur Sekhon and Harshveer Sekhon, with their gold medals. Jasmeek clinched the gold medal in the women’s elite individual time trial 30-km category, while Harshveer dominated the men’s elite individual time …

Aarti wins 10000m race walk bronze with NR to open India's account in World U20 C'ships
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Aarti wins 10000m race walk bronze with NR to open India's account in World U20 C'ships

Hindustan Times  

Aarti won a bronze in women's 10000m race walk event with national U20 record time to open India's medal account in the World U20 Athletics Championships here on Friday. Aarti broke her own earlier national record of 47:21.04 which she had clocked in March while winning gold in the National Federation Cup U20 Championships in Lucknow. On Thursday night, Pooja …

Aarti wins 10000m race walk bronze with NR to open India's account in World U20 C'ships
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Aarti wins 10000m race walk bronze with NR to open India's account in World U20 C'ships

Hindustan Times  

Aarti won a bronze in women's 10000m race walk event with national U20 record time to open India's medal account in the World U20 Athletics Championships here on Friday. {{^usCountry}} {{/usCountry}} Aarti broke her own earlier national record of 47:21.04 which she had clocked in March while winning gold in the National Federation Cup U20 Championships in Lucknow. On Thursday …

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 …

Can India win their first medal in the 4x400m relay? Previous Olympic medal timings, top medal contenders, season best times
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Can India win their first medal in the 4x400m relay? Previous Olympic medal timings, top medal contenders, season best times

The Hindu  

On August 9, India will attempt to make a new headway in athletics by securing a medal in the men’s and women’s 4x400m relay events. Here are the winning times from the last three 4x400m events, and the top eight according to season best: Previous medal timings in 4x400m relay Tokyo 2020 Gold - USA - 2:55.70 Silver - Netherlands …

Which Indian athletes won medals at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics?
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Which Indian athletes won medals at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics?

The Hindu  

The 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo was the most successful Games outing for India since it participated in the Games for the first time in 1900. Here’s a look at the top 10 Indian athletes at Tokyo Olympics 2020: Neeraj Chopra Winning gold in javelin in Tokyo 2020, Neeraj Chopra clinched the first-ever track and field medal for India. | …

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 …

TCS World 10K Bengaluru: Kenya’s Peter Mwaniki, Lilian Kasait win international elite titles
7 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 …

Under-20 Asians | Harshit clinches gold; Laxita and mixed relay team finish with silver
7 months, 4 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 …

Indian 20km race walkers produce disappointing performances at Worlds
8 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
8 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 …

Indian sports wrap, April 8: India retains men’s individual and team gold in Asia-Oceania 24-hr ultra-running c’ships
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Indian sports wrap, April 8: India retains men’s individual and team gold in Asia-Oceania 24-hr ultra-running c’ships

The Hindu  

ATHLETICS India retains men’s individual and team gold in Asia-Oceania 24-hr ultra-running c’ships Amar Singh Devanda smashed his own national record en route retaining the individual gold medal and helping the men’s team to finish on top of the podium for the second consecutive edition of the IAU 24-hr Asia-Oceania Ultrarunning Championships in Canberra, Australia. The Indian men’s team also …

India Add More Gold and Silver at Asian Track Cycling Championship
10 months ago

India Add More Gold and Silver at Asian Track Cycling Championship

News 18  

The Indian cyclists continued their dominant show to add four more medals, including two gold, in the Asian Track Cycling Championship here on Saturday. Harshita Jakhar displayed remarkable skill and determination to emerge as the standout performer, winning the silver medal in the individual pursuit event in the women’s junior category. His incredible performance was complemented by Aryavardhan Cheelampalli, who …

Indian Open Race Walking | Double for Manju Rani
10 months, 3 weeks 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
10 months, 3 weeks 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
10 months, 4 weeks 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, …

ATHLETICS | Murli Gavit wins men’s 5000m in a race that featured an odd finish
1 year, 2 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, 2 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, Speed Skating: India win bronze medal in women's 3000m relay team event
1 year, 2 months ago

Asian Games 2023, Speed Skating: India win bronze medal in women's 3000m relay team event

India Today  

The Indian women's roller skating team, consisting of Sanjana Bathula, Karthika Jagadeeswaran, Heeral Sadhu, and Aarathy Kasturi Raj, secured a bronze medal in the 3000m speed skating relay at the ongoing Asian Games. The Indian men's quarter of Aryanpal Singh Ghuman, Anandkumar Velkumar, Siddhant Kamble, and Vikram Ingale secured another bronze medal by clocking in at 4:10.128 in the men's …

Asian Games 2023: Overall medals tally, October 2 - Parul, Priti win women’s 3000m SC silver and bronze; Ancy wins long jump silver; Ayhika-Sutirtha pair wins TT bronze; India stays 4th with 60 medals
1 year, 2 months ago

Asian Games 2023: Overall medals tally, October 2 - Parul, Priti win women’s 3000m SC silver and bronze; Ancy wins long jump silver; Ayhika-Sutirtha pair wins TT bronze; India stays 4th with 60 medals

The Hindu  

India continues to occupy the fourth spot in medal standings with 13 gold, 24 silver and 23 bronze at the Asian Games in Hangzhou, China. India added a bronze medal to its tally as the women’s speed skating team of Sanjana Bathula, Karthika Jagadeeswaran, Heeral Sadhu and Aarathy Kasturi Raj finished third in 3000m relay race. FOLLOW | Asian Games …

Anushka Sharma, Kareena Kapoor, Kangana Ranaut and Bollywood celebs congratulate Neeraj Chopra on winning gold
1 year, 3 months ago

Anushka Sharma, Kareena Kapoor, Kangana Ranaut and Bollywood celebs congratulate Neeraj Chopra on winning gold

India TV News  

Neeraj Chopra created history by becoming the first Indian to clinch gold at the World Athletics Championships. Bollywood showered praise on Neeraj Chopra Actor Shahid Kapoor shared a picture on his Instagram stories and wrote, "Congratulations to our world champion. Kareena Kapoor Khan shared a video on her stories and wrote, “So proud of you #Champion.” Taking to Instagram, Kangana …

World Athletics Championships 2023 Day 6: India's Ram Baboo finishes 27th in 35km race walk final
1 year, 4 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. …

Doping: Race walker Bhawna Jat suspended for whereabouts failure
1 year, 4 months ago

Doping: Race walker Bhawna Jat suspended for whereabouts failure

Hindustan Times  

With three days left for the Budapest world athletics championships to start, woman race walker Bhawna Jat was withdrawn from the Indian contingent by the Athletics Federation of India on Wednesday for an anti-doping rule violation related to “whereabouts failure” notified by the National Anti-Doping Agency. “She was in Budapest with the team but was sent back to India by …

Bhawna Jat, India’s lone female athlete in 20km race walk in the World Championships in Budapest, will return home after three whereabouts failures for dope tests within 12 months, according to source
1 year, 4 months ago

Bhawna Jat, India’s lone female athlete in 20km race walk in the World Championships in Budapest, will return home after three whereabouts failures for dope tests within 12 months, according to source

The Hindu  

KOLKATA Bhawna Jat, India’s lone female athlete in 20km race walk in the World Championships in Budapest, will return home after three whereabouts failures for dope tests within 12 months, according to sources in the Athletics Federation of India on Wednesday. It is learnt that the 27-year-old, who qualified for the World championships through the world rankings, has been provisionally …

World University Games | Indian women race walkers win team bronze
1 year, 4 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, 5 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 | It rains silver for India on final day
1 year, 5 months ago

Asian Athletics Championships | It rains silver for India on final day

The Hindu  

India sorely missed national record-holder Muhammed Anas as it picked up a silver in the men’s 4x400m relay at the 25th Asian Athletics Championships in Bangkok on Sunday. In Women's 4x400m Relay Final, the team of Rezoana, Aishwarya, Jyothika & Subha gave the season's best performance of 3:33.73 to win 🥉 The men's team comprising of Amoj Jacob, Muhammad Ajmal, …

Asian C’Ships: Abha Khatua biggest surprise as India wins eight silver and finishes third in medal table
1 year, 5 months ago

Asian C’Ships: Abha Khatua biggest surprise as India wins eight silver and finishes third in medal table

The Hindu  

India sorely missed national record-holder Muhammed Anas as it picked up a silver in the men’s 4x400m relay at the 25th Asian Athletics Championships in Bangkok on Sunday. India finished third in the medal table with six gold, 12 silver and nine bronze as Japan and China took the first two spots. The most surprising performance came from Abha Khatua …

Asian Athletics meet: India finishes third with 27 medals as Abha Khatua breaks national record to win silver in shot put
1 year, 5 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, 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 …

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 …

Nita Ambani Hails Jyothi Yarraji for Scripting History At Asian Athletics Championships
1 year, 5 months ago

Nita Ambani Hails Jyothi Yarraji for Scripting History At Asian Athletics Championships

News 18  

Reliance Foundation’s Jyothi Yarraji scripted history in style at the 25th Asian Athletics Championships by becoming the 1st Indian ever to win gold in the 100m hurdles event at the continental championships in Bangkok, Thailand. Despite the rainy conditions, the 23-year-old athlete finished the race in just 13.09 seconds to clinch the first gold medal for India at the ongoing …

Bhawna Jat and Priyanka Goswami: Joust for no. 1, boost India’s race walking medal hopes
1 year, 6 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, 6 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 …

Asian U20 Athletics Championship: Laxita, women’s 4x400m relay team win gold; Mehdi bags men’s 1500m bronze
1 year, 6 months ago

Asian U20 Athletics Championship: Laxita, women’s 4x400m relay team win gold; Mehdi bags men’s 1500m bronze

The Hindu  

India’s Laxita Vinod Sandila won gold in women’s 1500m at the Asian U20 Athletics Championship 2023 in Yecheon on Wednesday. The Indian women’s 4x400m relay team also stormed through the field taking the gold clocking 3:40.491 secs. In the men’s 1500m event, Mehdi Hasan bagged bronze with a time of 3:56.01 secs. Apart from Sunil’s heroics, Pooja clinched women’s high …

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 …

Youth World Boxing Championships: Ravina punches her way to gold as Indian boxers finish with 11 medals
2 years ago

Youth World Boxing Championships: Ravina punches her way to gold as Indian boxers finish with 11 medals

Firstpost  

Ravina defeated Megan deCler of Netherlands in the 63kg final to win India’s second gold in the women’s section and their 11th overall. New Delhi: Reigning Asian champion Ravina displayed splendid tenacity to punch her way to gold in the 63kg category final as India ended the Youth Men’s and Women’s World Boxing Championships with 11 medals in La Nucia, …

Youth World Boxing Championships: Vishwanath Suresh, Vanshaj and Devika Ghorpade strike gold
2 years ago

Youth World Boxing Championships: Vishwanath Suresh, Vanshaj and Devika Ghorpade strike gold

Firstpost  

Besides the gold-winning trio, Bhawna Sharma and Ashish collected silver as India’s medal count rose to 11 on the penultimate day of the competition. New Delhi: Indian boxers Vishwanath Suresh, Vanshaj and Devika Ghorpade lived up to their favourites tag, registering commanding victories to clinch gold medals at the IBA Youth Men’s and Women’s World Championships 2022 in La Nucia, …

National Open Athletics Championships: Pole Vaulter Rosy Meena Paulraj Breaks Own National Record
2 years, 2 months ago

National Open Athletics Championships: Pole Vaulter Rosy Meena Paulraj Breaks Own National Record

News 18  

Tamil Nadu’s Rosy Meena Paulraj shattered the national record for women’s pole vault for the second time in 15 days when she cleared 4.21m to win the gold medal at the National Open athletics championships on Saturday. Rosy, who turns 25 in a fortnight, lit up the opening day with another sensational performance, exactly 15 days after clearing 4.20m to …

Indian sports news wrap, October 14: Amit Choudhary wins 1500m gold on opening day of Asian Youth Athletics C’ships
2 years, 2 months ago

Indian sports news wrap, October 14: Amit Choudhary wins 1500m gold on opening day of Asian Youth Athletics C’ships

The Hindu  

Here are all the major developments in Indian sports on Friday, October 14. ATHLETICS Asian Youth Athletics Championships India ended day two with three silver and three bronze medals in the Asian u-18 athletics championships in Kuwait on Friday, to take India’s medal tally to 11. Isha Jadhav & Nikita Kumar who won the silver and bronze medals in the …

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 …

UP’s Munita Prajapati battles through ripped toenail to win National Games 20km race walk gold
2 years, 2 months ago

UP’s Munita Prajapati battles through ripped toenail to win National Games 20km race walk gold

The Hindu  

Five kilometres into the women’s 20km race walk event at the National Games in Gandhinagar on Friday, Munita Prajapati knew she had made a big mistake. She continued to build on her performance at the Khelo India Games, going on to win the gold medal and set a new national record of 47:53:58 in the women’s 10km race walk at …

India’s wrestling momentum takes a hit at world championships, and the silver lining
2 years, 3 months ago

India’s wrestling momentum takes a hit at world championships, and the silver lining

The Hindu  

India’s campaign at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships ended on a high note with Bajrang Punia beating Sebastian Rivera to win the fourth World Championship medal of his career. Panghal would lose to Vinesh Phogat at the selection trials and would go on to compete at the World Championships, where the gold medal was won by USA’s Dominique Parrish. Unfamiliar …

Which National records were broken by Indian athletes at Commonwealth Games 2022?
2 years, 4 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, 4 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 …

Priyanka Goswami’s ‘divine company’ on Commonwealth Games 2022 race walk podium
2 years, 4 months ago

Priyanka Goswami’s ‘divine company’ on Commonwealth Games 2022 race walk podium

The Hindu  

Priyanka Goswami on Saturday was stopped backstage by one of the Commonwealth Games volunteers ahead of the medal ceremony for the women’s 10,000m race walk at the Alexander Stadium. The athlete, who had just become the first-ever Indian woman to bag a medal in the 10,000m race walk at CWG with a personal best timing of 43:38.83, said she carries …

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