[ad_1] Suraj Singh. | Photo Credit: special arrangement Uttarakhand’s Suraj Singh broke the under-18 boys’ 1000m National record on his way to gold in the 20th National youth athletics championships which concluded at the Patliputra Sports Complex here on Wednesday. Haryana won the overall team title while UP’s Nitin Gupta (boys, 5000m race walk) and…
[ad_1] î –Midway through his event at the National Para Athletics Championships in Chennai recently, Navdeep Singh — India’s gold medallist in the javelin throw (T41 class for athletes with short stature) at the Paris Paralympics — was fairly relaxed. Seated in the company of the chief coach of the Indian national team Satyanarayana and Nishad…
[ad_1] Indian athlete Gulveer Singh has broken the 13-minute barrier in an indoor 5000m event. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu Hangzhou Asian Games bronze medalist Gulveer Singh has broken the 13-minute barrier in an indoor 5000m event while improving his outdoor National record and earning a berth in the World Athletics championships, to be…
[ad_1] Going the distance: Sachin Yadav produced a personal best 84.39m and broke the meet record by more than two metres while winning the gold. | Photo: RITU RAJ KONWAR Thrilled! Haryana’s Pooja took gold in women’s high jump. | Photo: RITU RAJ KONWAR Tamil Nadu’s Vithya Ramraj won the women’s 400m hurdles. | Photo:…
[ad_1] Sergey Makarov Aleksandrovich. | Photo Credit: World Athletics India’s top javelin throwers, including Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra and national record holder Annu Rani, will train with Russian legend Sergey Makarov Aleksandrovich, who in his new role as India’s javelin coach will oversee the preparations for this year’s World Athletics Championships. The 51-year-old Makarov, a…
[ad_1] The Athletics Federation of India has officially moved to decentralise its training camps, doing away with the earlier system of national camps which allows athletes the freedom to train on their own at a centre of their choice. The decision was ratified after its two-day AGM concluded in Chandigarh on Wednesday. The plan had…
[ad_1] File picture of runner Rebecca Cheptegei at the Discovery 10km road race in Kapchorwa, Uganda, in 2023 | Photo Credit: AP Ugandan Olympic marathon runner Rebecca Cheptegei has died, the head of the country’s Olympics committee said on Thursday (September 5, 2024), days after she was doused in petrol and set on fire by…
[ad_1] Jakob Ingebrigtsen did not raise too many eyebrows when he declared before Paris 2024 that he was the overwhelming favourite for the 1,500 metres. “If I don’t get injured and I don’t get sick, I think it’s going to be a walk in the park,” he said. Ingebrigtsen has a habit of making grand…
[ad_1] India’s Neeraj Chopra in action during the men’s javelin throw | Photo Credit: Reuters Star Indian javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra finished second in the Lausanne Diamond League as he recovered in time to produce a season’s best effort of 89.49m in his last attempt on Thursday. The 26-year-old Chopra was at fourth spot till…
[ad_1] Neeraj Chopra competes in the men’s javelin throw athletics event at the 2024 Summer Olympics, in Paris. File | Photo Credit: PTI Having missed out on breaching the elusive 90m mark at the Paris Games, two-time Olympic medallist Neeraj Chopra has left that widely debated matter “to the gods”. After all, Chopra has been…
