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

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

The Hindu  

August 23, 2023 14:32 Jeswin Aldrin and Sreeshankar - Long Jump qualification Jeswin Aldrin and Murali Sreeshankar are first and second in the top lists for best outdoor jump this season—the first time two Indians will have that accomplishment going into the World Championships. image.jpeg Sreeshankar, meanwhile, cleared 8.37m in his last competition prior to the world championships to take silver at the Asian Championships in Thailand. While Sreeshankar hasn’t had the best results in Europe—his best jump on the continent was 8.09m at the Paris Diamond League in June—both he and Aldrin will go in as potential medal winners. Jeswin Aldrin PB - 8.42m SB - 8.42m Previous best at World Championships - 20th Target - Podium M. Sreeshankar PB - 8.41m SB - 8.41m Previous best at World Championships - seventh Target – Podium ​

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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 …

World Para-Athletics Championships 2024: Sumit Antil Defends F64 Javelin Throw World Title
7 months ago

World Para-Athletics Championships 2024: Sumit Antil Defends F64 Javelin Throw World Title

News 18  

Reigning Paralympics champion Sumit Antil on Tuesday defended his F64 javelin throw world title while Thangavelu Mariyappan and Ekta Bhyan also grabbed gold medals in their respective high jump and club throw events on a productive day for India in the World Para Athletics Championships here. Antil, who had won gold in the Tokyo Paralympics and 2023 World Para Athletics …

World Athletics Indoor C’ships: Star line-up as Lyles, Duplantis test Olympic waters
9 months, 3 weeks ago

World Athletics Indoor C’ships: Star line-up as Lyles, Duplantis test Olympic waters

The Hindu  

Noah Lyles, Karsten Warholm, Mondo Duplantis and Femke Bol head a star-studded line-up at the World Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow as the best from track and field take an important first step towards the Paris Olympics. Olympic champion Duplantis has for years looked untouchable in the men’s pole vault, setting a world record when winning gold in Belgrade -- …

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 …

World Athletics Championships 2023: Redemption for Ingebrigtsen with 5,000m gold
1 year, 3 months ago

World Athletics Championships 2023: Redemption for Ingebrigtsen with 5,000m gold

The Hindu  

Jakob Ingebrigtsen of Norway raced to victory in the 5,000 metres on the final day of the World Athletics Championships on Sunday, bouncing back from bitter disappointment in the 1,500m four days earlier. Then it’s incredibly big to still take the victory.” What a finish in the men's 5000m 👀 Jakob Ingebrigtsen digs deep and successfully defends his 5000m #WorldAthleticsChamps …

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: Jeswin Aldrin finishes 11th in Long Jump final
1 year, 3 months ago

World Athletics Championships: Jeswin Aldrin finishes 11th in Long Jump final

The Hindu  

National record holder Jeswin Aldrin finished a disappointing 11th with one legal mark of 7.77m in the men’s long jump final of the World Athletics Championships here on Thursday. Aldrin, who had entered into the showpiece as world season leader with his 8.42m national record effort in March, had on Wednesday produced a best jump of 8.0m in the qualification …

World Athletics Championships 2023: Warholm back on top of world with 400m hurdles gold
1 year, 4 months ago

World Athletics Championships 2023: Warholm back on top of world with 400m hurdles gold

The Hindu  

Karsten Warholm of Norway returned to the top of the global medal podium, racing to his third victory in the 400-metres hurdles at the World Athletics Championships on Wednesday. “I fought all I could in the last 100 metres.” Kyron McMaster won silver in 47.34 to earn the first world championships medal for the British Virgin Islands. It was just …

Jeswin Aldrin qualifies for World Athletics Championships long jump final, to compete again on August 24 11pm IST
1 year, 4 months ago

Jeswin Aldrin qualifies for World Athletics Championships long jump final, to compete again on August 24 11pm IST

The Hindu  

As he walked away from the sand pit for the last time on Wednesday, Jeswin Aldrin honestly had no idea that he had made the final of the men’s long jump at the World Athletics Championships 2023 at Budapest. Seven jumpers made the final by attaining the eye-watering automatic qualification mark of 8.15m while Jamaica’s Wayne Pinnock jumped a world …

World Athletics Championships 2023: Pinnock flies to a world-leading distance in long jump qualifying
1 year, 4 months ago

World Athletics Championships 2023: Pinnock flies to a world-leading distance in long jump qualifying

The Hindu  

Jamaica’s Wayne Pinnock needed just one attempt to secure his spot in the men’s long jump final at the World Athletics Championships, soaring to a world-leading 8.54 metres on his opening jump in Wednesday’s qualifying. RELATED: Aldrin qualifies for maiden World C’ships long jump finals, Sreeshankar misses out “In the final, I want to go out there and do the …

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 2023: Gardiner out of world 400m as Van Niekerk sneaks through
1 year, 4 months ago

World Athletics Championships 2023: Gardiner out of world 400m as Van Niekerk sneaks through

The Hindu  

Olympic champion Steven Gardiner of the Bahamas failed to make it into the final of the men’s 400m at the World Athletics Championship in Budapest after pulling up injured in his semifinal on Tuesday. South Africa’s world record holder Wayde van Niekerk endured an agonising wait to qualify as one of the two next fastest after missing out on one …

Rai Benjamin takes bronze in men’s 400-meter hurdles at world championships
1 year, 4 months ago

Rai Benjamin takes bronze in men’s 400-meter hurdles at world championships

LA Times  

Rai Benjamin reacts after placing third in the men’s 400-meters final during the world championships in Budapest, Hungary. Featuring Warholm, Benjamin and reigning world champion Alison dos Santos of Brazil, the trio that has pushed the event’s limits to previously unheard-of times, Wednesday’s final was highly anticipated, even though it came with caveats: Dos Santos still was recovering from February …

World Athletics Championship 2023: Reigning champion Kerley fails to qualify for 100m finals; Jacobs misses cut
1 year, 4 months ago

World Athletics Championship 2023: Reigning champion Kerley fails to qualify for 100m finals; Jacobs misses cut

The Hindu  

American Fred Kerley will not be defending his world 100 metres title later on Sunday after he failed to progress from the semifinals, as his compatriots Noah Lyles and Christian Coleman qualified fastest for the final. FOLLOW | World Athletics Championship Day 2 LIVE Updates Former champion Coleman got his traditional fast start and maintained his form to win the …

World Athletics Championships: Budapest storylines with Tejaswin Shankar
1 year, 4 months ago

World Athletics Championships: Budapest storylines with Tejaswin Shankar

The Hindu  

With the World Athletics Championships underway, all track and field fans will be eager to follow results and cheer on their favourite athletes. All the names I have mentioned above, who are skipping World Championships, are multiple time World Champions, Olympic gold medallists and World Record holders. Barshim, the world leader this year, has also, like Chopra, competed in just …

World Athletics Championships 2023: Top three contenders in men’s 10,000m
1 year, 4 months ago

World Athletics Championships 2023: Top three contenders in men’s 10,000m

The Hindu  

The World Athletics Championships 2023 will be held in Budapest from August 19 to 27. PB - 26:11.00s Estadio de Atletismo del Turia, Valencia October 7, 2020 SB - Nil Berihu Aregawi FILE PHOTO: Berihu Aregawi of Ethiopia. | Photo Credit: Getty Images Ethiopian racer Berihu Aregawi is a big threat to Cheptegei’s hopes for the third gold at the …

World Athletics Championships 2023: Jackson, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and Richardson ready to scorch Budapest track
1 year, 4 months ago

World Athletics Championships 2023: Jackson, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and Richardson ready to scorch Budapest track

The Hindu  

World 100m champion Fred Kerley’s long-awaited showdown with Olympic gold medallist Marcell Jacobs is one of many intriguing sub-plots to the World Athletics Championships that start in Budapest on Saturday. Since that heady victory, the Italian has been beset by injuries, missing last year’s Covid-delayed world champs in Eugene when Kerley led a U.S. medal clean sweep in track and …

World Athletics Championships 2023: Top three contenders in men’s 110m hurdles
1 year, 4 months ago

World Athletics Championships 2023: Top three contenders in men’s 110m hurdles

The Hindu  

The World Athletics Championships 2023 will be held in Budapest from August 19 to 27. Here are the top three contenders for the gold medal: Grant Holloway Holloway, a 25-year-old American, is the current World Champion, and has won it twice. | Photo Credit: Getty Images The Jamaican, 22, is the current world number two, a Commonwealth Games winner, and …

World Athletics Championships 2023: Top three contenders in men’s 400m hurdles
1 year, 4 months ago

World Athletics Championships 2023: Top three contenders in men’s 400m hurdles

The Hindu  

The World Athletics Championships 2023 will be held in Budapest from August 19 to 27. Season Best: 46.51s at Monaco in July 2023 Rai Benjamin Rai Benjamin holds the second fastest time in 400m hurdles with a time of 46.17s, which he ran during the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, on the way to a silver medal. FILE PHOTO: Rai Benjamin …

World Athletics Championships 2023: 28 Indians who have made the cut, form guide and medal prospects
1 year, 4 months ago

World Athletics Championships 2023: 28 Indians who have made the cut, form guide and medal prospects

The Hindu  

The 2023 Athletics World Championships are here. | Photo Credit: K MURALI KUMAR/THE HINDU SB - 6.76m PB - 6.76m Previous best result at Worlds -- Competing for the first time Target - Final World Leader - Ackelia Smith - 7.08m At 18 years old, junior world silver medallist Shaili Singh is among the youngest competitors in the women’s long …

World Athletics Championships 2023: Top three contenders in men’s 5000m
1 year, 4 months ago

World Athletics Championships 2023: Top three contenders in men’s 5000m

The Hindu  

The World Athletics Championships 2023 will be held in Budapest from August 19 to 27. Here are the top three contenders for the gold medal in men’s 5000m in the Hungarian capital: Berihu Aregawi Aged just 22, Berihu Aregawi made quite a ripple when he clocked 12:40.45 at Lausanne, the fifth-fastest time ever set in the 5000m. Personal Best: 12:40.45s …

Michael Norman to miss World Athletics Championships 2023, won’t defend 400m title
1 year, 4 months ago

Michael Norman to miss World Athletics Championships 2023, won’t defend 400m title

The Hindu  

Michael Norman will not defend his 400 metres World Championship title in Budapest, the American said on Tuesday days before the global showcase is set to start, deciding to focus instead on his 2024 Olympic campaign. Norman produced a memorable performance to triumph in Eugene last year after a succession of career disappointments, including a shock fifth-place finish in the …

World Athletics Championships 2023: Top three contenders in men’s discus throw
1 year, 4 months ago

World Athletics Championships 2023: Top three contenders in men’s discus throw

The Hindu  

The World Athletics Championships 2023 will be held in Budapest from August 19 to 27. Here are the top three contenders for the gold medal in Budapest: Kristjan Ceh Kristjan Ceh is the current World Champion and World Record holder in the men’s discus throw. Daniel Stahl Daniel Stahl won gold in men’s discus at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics with …

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 …

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 …

Sydney McLaughlin dazzles to new world lead in 400 metres
1 year, 5 months ago

Sydney McLaughlin dazzles to new world lead in 400 metres

The Hindu  

Sydney McLaughlin produced an expert performance in a less familiar event to win the 400 metres in a world-leading 48.74 seconds at the U.S. championships in Eugene, Oregon, on Saturday, a year after making magic in the hurdles. READ: Gabby Thomas records world-leading 200m time with 21.60-second finish, surpasses Shericka Jackson Olympic silver medallist Nia Ali banished the memory of …

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 …

Diamond League: Warholm and Ingebrigtsen on fire in Oslo
1 year, 6 months ago

Diamond League: Warholm and Ingebrigtsen on fire in Oslo

The Hindu  

Norwegians Karsten Warholm and Jakob Ingebrigtsen delivered stunning performances in front of their adoring fans at the Oslo Diamond League meeting on Thursday, winning the 400 metres hurdles and 1,500 metres in spectacular times. At the other end of the distance scale, Marie-Josee Ta Lou continued to fly the flag for the “older” sprinters as the 34-year-old Ivorian scorched to …

Sreeshankar makes history in Paris with long jump bronze in Diamond League
1 year, 6 months ago

Sreeshankar makes history in Paris with long jump bronze in Diamond League

The Hindu  

M. Sreeshankar upset some big names as he won the long jump bronze at the Diamond League on a cloudy night at the Charlety Stadium in Paris on Friday. That made Sreeshankar only the third Indian, after discus thrower Vikas Gowda and javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra, and the first Indian long jumper to win a medal in the Diamond League..@SreeshankarM …

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 …

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 …

World Wrestling Championships 2022: Ravi Dahiya, Bajrang Punia among prime medal contenders; Naveen grapples for bronze
2 years, 3 months ago

World Wrestling Championships 2022: Ravi Dahiya, Bajrang Punia among prime medal contenders; Naveen grapples for bronze

Firstpost  

Star male wrestlers Ravi Kumar Dahiya and Bajrang Punia will be vying to add to India’s medal tally at the World Wrestling Championships 2022 in Belgrade. A day after Indian women wrestlers folded their World Wrestling Championships 2022 campaign with a solitary bronze medal through Vinesh Phogat, star men wrestlers Ravi Kumar Dahiya and Bajrang Punia will be vying to …

Karsten Warholm storms back to form as Femke Bol seals European Championships double
2 years, 4 months ago

Karsten Warholm storms back to form as Femke Bol seals European Championships double

The Hindu  

Karsten Warholm announced his return to form as he retained his European 400m hurdles title in Munich on Friday while Femke Bol sealed an unlikely double. “The injury has healed and I feel much more confident so today was just running and enjoying it.” The indefatigable Bol of the Netherlands followed up on her victory in Wednesday’s 400m flat by …

CWG 2022 Silver-Medalist Murali Sreeshankar Finishes Sixth at Monaco Diamond League
2 years, 4 months ago

CWG 2022 Silver-Medalist Murali Sreeshankar Finishes Sixth at Monaco Diamond League

News 18  

Indian long jumper Murali Sreeshankar, who won a historic silver medal at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham last week, finished sixth at the Monaco Diamond League 2022 in Fontvieille on Wednesday. The 23-year-old, who holds the Indian national record in the men’s long jump with an 8.36m effort at the Federation Cup earlier this year, got off to a slow …

CWG 2022: Indian Athletics Poised for Record Medal Haul If All Goes to Plan
2 years, 4 months ago

CWG 2022: Indian Athletics Poised for Record Medal Haul If All Goes to Plan

News 18  

India’s recent success at the World Athletics Championship can be considered a curtain raiser for the 2022 Commonwealth Games. The 29-year-old has a season’s and personal best of 63.82m, breaking her own national record as she won gold during the Indian Open Javelin Throw Competition in May in Jamshedpur. India’s three triple jumper Eldhose Paul, who made it to the …

World Athletics Championships 2022: Armand Duplantis Bags Pole Vault Title With New World Record
2 years, 4 months ago

World Athletics Championships 2022: Armand Duplantis Bags Pole Vault Title With New World Record

News 18  

Sweden’s Armand ‘Mondo’ Duplantis completed his medal collection as he dominated the pole vault for world gold in a new world record on Sunday. Olympic champion Duplantis, seeking an elusive first world title, triumphed with a best of 6.21 metres, bettering by 1cm his previous best set when winning gold at the World Indoor Championships in Belgrade in March. American …

World Athletics Championship 2022: Neeraj Chopra Qualifies for Men's Javelin Final; Eldhose Pual Through to Triple Jump Final
2 years, 5 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 …

World Athletics Championships 2022: Olympic Champions Karsten Warholm, Jakob Ingebrigtsen, and Daniel Stahl Fail on a Day of Surprises
2 years, 5 months ago

World Athletics Championships 2022: Olympic Champions Karsten Warholm, Jakob Ingebrigtsen, and Daniel Stahl Fail on a Day of Surprises

News 18  

Karsten Warholm’s hopes of winning a third straight World Championships title were dashed while Britain’s Jake Wightman felled reigning Olympic 1,500m champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen on a day of upsets on Tuesday.Kristjan Ceh dethroned Olympic champion and 2019 winner Daniel Stahl in the discus final and Eleanor Patterson outdid Yaroslava Mahuchikh to win women’s high jump gold. Norwegian Olympic champion Warholm, …

World Athletics Championships 2022: Brazil's Alison Dos Santos Wins 400m Hurdles
2 years, 5 months ago

World Athletics Championships 2022: Brazil's Alison Dos Santos Wins 400m Hurdles

News 18  

Brazil’s Alison Dos Santos ran the third fastest time of all time to win the world 400m hurdles on Tuesday as Norwegian prodigy Karsten Warholm wilted at Hayward Field. Dos Santos clocked a championship record of 46.29 seconds, finishing ahead of Americans Rai Benjamin and Trevor Bassitt, who finished in 46.89 and 47.39sec respectively. Olympic champion and world record holder …

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

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

The Hindu  

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

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

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

News 18  

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

World Athletics Championships 2022: Polish Hammer Throw Rivals Pawel Fajdek and Wojciech Nowicki Advance
2 years, 5 months ago

World Athletics Championships 2022: Polish Hammer Throw Rivals Pawel Fajdek and Wojciech Nowicki Advance

News 18  

Poland’s Pawel Fajdek began his bid for a fifth straight world title in the men’s hammer throw with a 80.09-metre effort in qualification on the opening day of the championships on Friday. There were no surprises in the event, as Fajdek’s compatriot and chief rival Wojciech Nowicki rolled through to Saturday’s final with 79.22, nearly a year since he collected …

World Athletics Championships: Sable enters final after fighting finish, Toor pulls out
2 years, 5 months ago

World Athletics Championships: Sable enters final after fighting finish, Toor pulls out

The Hindu  

Avinash Sable came up with a fighting finish as he pipped Eritrea’s Yemane Haileselassie to take the third spot in his 3,000m steeple chase heat and grab an automatic berth to the final of the World Athletics Championships in Oregon on Friday. Meanwhile, M. Sreeshankar became the first Indian man to qualify for the long jump final at the Worlds, …

World Athletics Championships: Murali Sreeshankar qualifies for men’s long jump final
2 years, 5 months ago

World Athletics Championships: Murali Sreeshankar qualifies for men’s long jump final

The Hindu  

Murali Sreeshankar became the first Indian male long jumper to qualify for World Athletics Championships finals on the first day of the competitions here. Anju Bobby George was the first Indian to make it to the World Championships long jump finals and first to win a medal -- bronze in 2003 edition in Paris. Murali Sreeshankar becomes the first Indian …

World Athletics Championships 2022: Murali Sreeshankar becomes 1st male long jumper to advance to finals
2 years, 5 months ago

World Athletics Championships 2022: Murali Sreeshankar becomes 1st male long jumper to advance to finals

India TV News  

The 23-year-old Murali Sreeshankar became the first Indian male long jumper to advance to the World Athletics Championships finals on the first day of the competitions. Sreeshankar, who had entered the championships as a dark horse for a medal at the second spot in the season's top list, had the best jump of exactly 8m to finish second in qualification …

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