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Sable rewrites national record in Paris Diamond League
To give a sense of how fast the race was, four of the top five runners either finished with a new personal best or rewrote existing area records.
Paris bound Indian athletes buoyant at IOA ceremonial send-off
New Delhi: The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) on Sunday unveiled Team India’s playing kit in the send-off ceremony held at the Ashoka Hotel, here on Sunday.
The ceremonial dress designed by Tarun Tahiliani-owned TASVA and…
Annu Rani wins javelin throw gold, fails to qualify for Paris
Panchkula (Haryana); Seasoned woman javelin thrower Annu Rani bagged the gold medal in her discipline but could not dip under the Olympic Qualification mark in the 63rd National Inter-State Senior Athletics Championships 2024 here on…
Indian athletes excel on road to Paris, Gulveer sets national record in Men’s 5000m
Mumbai: As the Paris Olympic Games draw closer, Indian athletes are building up for the mega event in earnest, some of them coming up with their best performance in either gearing up for the event or hoping to qualify for the Games to be…
DP Manu clinches gold with a throw of 81.58m at Taiwan Athletics Open 2024
Taipei (Taiwan): India's DP Manu won a gold medal in the men's javelin throw event at Taiwan Athletics Open 2024 with the best effort of 81.58m here on Saturday.
Manu started the competition with a throw of 78.32m before bettering it to…
Pole vault champion Braz to miss Paris Games after failing dope test
Rio de Janeiro (Brazil): Olympic pole vault champion Thiago Braz will miss the Paris Olympic Games after breaching anti-doping regulations, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) has announced.
The 30-year-old Brazilian was provisionally…
Para-Athletics Worlds: Sun Pengxiang, Wen Xiaoyan set World Records as Chinese stars dominate
Kobe (Japan): Chinese para-athlete Sun Pengxiang won men's javelin throw F41 gold with a new world record while Wen Xiaoyan lowered her own world record by winning the women's 200m T37 final at the Para-Athletics World Championship here on…
Neeraj Chopra strikes gold in first competition on Indian soil in three years
Local man and Asian Games silver medallist Kishore Jena finished fifth with a disappointing 75.49m.
Neeraj Chopra, Kishore Jena among big names to compete at Bhubaneswar athletics meet
It will be the first time since the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games that Chopra will be seen in action on Indian soil.
Neeraj set to start season at Doha DL
With Olympics in July-August, this is going be a crucial year and pacing his events would be critical as well.
Jamaican sprint star Fraser-Pryce to retire after Paris Olympics
Speaking to the American magazine Essence, Fraser-Pryce said she is forcing herself to retire at age 37 to spend more time with her family.
Rising champ at 72: Indiradevi triumphs in 80m hurdles at asia masters
At 72, Indiradevi has become an active athlete winning silver in the 80m hurdles at the Asia Masters Athletics Championship. Now, she is eyeing the world championship
Andhra Pradesh: Guntur woman shows her mettle after injury nightmare
Unwavering determination enables Rashmi to become the first woman from Andhra to bag a bronze medal in javelin throw at the 37th National Games
Asian Games 2023: Neeraj, Jena throw a fight, secure gold and silver medals
Javelin throwers come out on top on a controversy-filled evening as the country registers best-ever Asiad show...
India set Asian Games Track and Field on fire
Sable, Tajinderpal standouts as Indian athletes have productive day in ongoing Asian Games.
Olympic champ Tori Bowie’s mental health struggles were no secret inside track’s tight-knit family
The news of her death hit hard around track-and-field circles.
Murali Sreeshankar aims higher after silver and Olympic slot.
Murali Sreeshankar aims higher after silver and Olympic slot. He won silver in Bangkok's hot and humid Asian Athletics Championships on Saturday.
Elite athletes pant in heat
In a competition where athletes start peaking, if not national records at least meet records are created, apart from sporadic instances of personal bests, nothing much of note has taken place.
Going offline helps Rezoana clinch 400m Gold in Asian U-20 C’ship in S. Korea
That the 16-year-old won gold came as no surprise to him to the extent that he was focussing more on her timings.
WFI meetings on April 16, elections likely to be discussed
CHENNAI: The Wrestling Federation of India's (WFI) emergency general council and executive committee meetings, which were called off in January after being directed by the sports ministry, will now be held at Nandini Nagar, Gonda (Uttar…