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  Deepika reclaims world no.1 spot after hat-trick of gold at WC Stage 3

  June 28, 2021 13:25 IST

  Star Indian archer Deepika Kumari on Monday regained the number one position in global rankings following her hat-trick of gold medals at the World Cup Stage 3.

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  Watch: Sydney McLaughlin outruns Dalilah to set up new 400m world record

  June 28, 2021 11:33 IST

  On Sunday night at US Olympic track trials, McLaughlin finally outraced former record holder Dalilah Muhammad with a new record time of 51.90 seconds.

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  Srihari Nataraj breaches Olympic 'A' cut, awaits FINA's confirmation

  June 27, 2021 23:31 IST

  Nataraj's Sunday's effort, which came in a time trial, has created a new national record, which was enough to achieve the 'A' mark for the Tokyo Games set at 53.85 seconds.

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  Living in present is Deepika Kumari's mantra as Olympic approach

  June 27, 2021 22:42 IST

  All the 27-year-old wants is that she does not face any hurdles as she begins her final preparations. 

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  Krishan Kumar, Harmilan Bains bag men's and women's 800m gold

  June 27, 2021 21:30 IST

  The 22-year-old Harmilan won in 2:02.57 while Sri Lanka's Nimali Liyanaarachchi found the pace on the home stretch to push Shalu to bronze.

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  Archery WC: Deepika Kumari completes hat-trick of gold medals; wins individual gold in recurve

  June 27, 2021 19:15 IST

  Deepika blanked Russia's Elena Osipova 6-0 in the final of the women's individual recurve event to complete a hat-trick of gold medals in one day.

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  A day after creating history, swimmer Sajan Prakash sets national record in 200m freestyle

  June 27, 2021 18:14 IST

  Prakash clocked 1:49.73 seconds in the heats at the FINA-accredited Olympic Qualifier, bettering Virdhawal Khade's previous national mark of 1:49.86 seconds.

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  Sindhu needs to examine past performances of her potential opponents: former chief coach Vimal

  June 27, 2021 17:33 IST

  Vimal said there is still a lot of time and Sindhu needs to work on her strategies against potential opponents.

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  Archery: Star couple Atanu and Deepika clinch mixed team gold at World Cup Stage 3

  June 27, 2021 16:07 IST

  Deepika and Atanu bounced back from a 0-2 deficit to down the Netherland's Sjef van den Berg and Gabriela Schloesser 5-3 and fetch India a third gold medal from the competition.

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  Archery: Indian women's recurve team clinches gold at World Cup Stage 3

  June 27, 2021 14:56 IST

  Deepika, Ankita and Komalika wins Gold for India in Women's team Recurve at the ongoing Archery World Cup Stage 3 in Paris.

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  PM Narendra Modi hails struggles of India's Olympic-bound athletes; urges country to support them

  June 27, 2021 12:57 IST

  More than 100 Indian sportspersons have qualified for the mega-event, which will be held under strict health safety protocols from July 23 to August 8 in the Japanese capital.

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  Watch: A fan's stupidity causes huge crash and pile-up at Tour de France

  June 27, 2021 9:29 IST

  A pileup was caused by a fan that took down a large part of the peloton.

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  Neeraj Chopra third in Kuortane Games in strong field, Olympic favourite Vetter first

  June 26, 2021 23:03 IST

  Chopra began with 83.21m and then sent the iron spear to a distance of 86.79m in the his second attempt. All the remaining four throws were fouls.

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  Dhanalakshmi wins 100m dash, Dutee fourth; injured Hima on verge of missing Olympics

  June 26, 2021 21:34 IST

  Dhanalakshmi emerged as the fastest woman of the tournament, clocking 11.52 seconds, ahead of Sri Lanka's Amasha de Silva (11.59) and Archana Suseendran (11.60) of Tamil Nadu.

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  Sajan Prakash creates history, becomes first-ever Indian swimmer to make Olympic 'A' cut

  June 26, 2021 21:49 IST

  The 27-year-old, who represented India in the 2016 Rio Olympics, made the Tokyo Games 'A' standard, set at 1:56.48 seconds, by 0.1 seconds.

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  Archery World Cup: Abhishek Verma wins compound individual gold, opens tally for India

  June 26, 2021 20:31 IST

  It was Verma's second individual World Cup gold medal. The 32-year-old Indian last won an individual medal in 2015 at World Cup Stage 3 in Wroclaw.

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  MK Stalin announces Rs 3 cr to Olympic gold medallists from Tamil Nadu

  June 26, 2021 19:27 IST

  Stalin also announced a cash award of Rs 2 crore for those winning silver and Rs one crore to bronze medallists at the multi-national event next month.

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  ISSF World Cup: Manu-Saurabh settle for silver medal in 10m air pistol mixed team event

  June 26, 2021 18:54 IST

  Manu Bhaker and Saurabh Chaudhary ended with a silver medal in 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team Event at the ISSF World Cup in Croatia.

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  Hockey India nominates Sreejesh, Deepika for Khel Ratna; Harmanpreet Singh for Arjuna

  June 26, 2021 18:02 IST

  The national federation also nominated RP Singh and Ch Sanggai Ibemhal for the Dhyan Chand Award for Lifetime Achievement.

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  Bajrang Punia out for a week due to knee injury; says 'nothing to worry'

  June 26, 2021 17:56 IST

  Bajrang Punia's coach Shaki Bentinidis confirmed that he will be off from mat training for "nearly a week."

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  Dutee Chand faces injury scare; Olympic hopes hanging by thread

  June 26, 2021 15:23 IST

  Dutee says she went all out during women's 4x100m relay heats on Friday and wasn't able to fully recover for Saturday morning's 100m heats.

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  Mo Farah fails to qualify for Tokyo Olympics

  June 26, 2021 15:17 IST

  The 38-year-old Farah had won a grand double, clinching the 5,000m and 10,000m gold at the 2012 London and 2016 Rio Olympics.

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  Injury scare for Hima Das, runs risk of missing out on Tokyo qualification

  June 26, 2021 15:06 IST

  Hima, who is on the verge of missing out on Tokyo Olympics as she is yet to qualify for the showpiece, did complete the race and finished third in heat 3 with a timing of 12.01 seconds.

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  Bajrang Punia says 'I am fine' after injuring knee; extent of damage to be assessed after 48 hours

  June 26, 2021 14:55 IST

  Bajrang injured his right knee on Friday evening while competing in the semi-finals of the Russian tournament -- Ali Aliyev, against Abulmazhid Kudiev, the Under-23 European silver medallist.

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  Kiren Rijiju urges people to extend support to Olympic-bound athletes, announces 'Cheer Up' campaign

  June 26, 2021 14:42 IST

  Over 100 athletes from India have so far qualified for the Games and Rijiju said over 6000 selfie points will be set up in the country for people to show their support.

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  Injury scare for Bajrang Punia ahead of Tokyo Olympics

  June 25, 2021 23:27 IST

  Competing in Ali Alyev tournament, Bajrang was up against A Kudyev in the semifinal when he sustained a right knee injury.

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  Srihari Nataraj sets national record but fails to make A 'cut' for Tokyo

  June 25, 2021 22:57 IST

  The 20-year-old Bengaluru swimmer clocked 53.90 seconds bettering his own national record in the 100m men's backstroke event.

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  Indian men’s 4x400m relay team gets closer to Olympic berth

  June 25, 2021 22:20 IST

  Muhammed Anas Yahiya, Amoj Jacob, Arokia Rajiv and Noah Nirmal Tom took the track with the singular aim of improving the team's time.