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AFI postpones National Youth Athletics Championships
Other Sports | Jan 04, 2022, 05:43 PM ISTThe event was slated in Bhopal from January 27-29 and was to serve as selection trials for the Asian Athletics Championships, which was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Hima and other 400m runners shift base from Patiala to Trivandrum in view of winter chill
Other Sports | Nov 23, 2021, 03:15 PM ISTBoth the male and female 400m runners, who were training at the NIS Patiala, left for the Kerala capital on Monday.
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Ayush Dabas, Rupal Chaudhary emerge fastest runners at 400m Nationals
Other Sports | Oct 13, 2021, 09:34 AM IST16-year-old Rupal was the cynosure of all eyes, with her girls U-18 triumph coming in a personal best time of 53.73 seconds. She bettered her previous best of 55.37 seconds.
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Athletics: Harmilan Bains in search for sponsors ahead of 2022 Asian Games
Other Sports | Sep 27, 2021, 12:06 PM ISTFollowing a successful season that saw Harmilan Kaur Bains rewrite the 1500m national record last week, the Jalandhar athlete is now aiming for success in the 2022 Asian and Commonwealth Games.
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Shaili Singh aims to leap into bigger leagues with 2022 World Championships in mind
Other Sports | Aug 25, 2021, 10:27 AM ISTIn an exclusive conversation with Indiatvnews.com upon her return from Nairobi with a World U-20 Athletics Championships silver medal, Shaili Singh says she will change the colour of her medal next time.
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Shaili is more or less like me, will be happy to see her break my record: Anju Bobby George
Other Sports | Aug 23, 2021, 02:21 PM ISTThe Georges' protege Shaili Singh clinched World U-20 Athletics Championships silver medal on Sunday with a jump of 6.59m in Nairobi.
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India win 4X400m mixed team Bronze medal at World U-20 Athletics Championships
Other Sports | Aug 18, 2021, 11:52 PM ISTIndian runners -- Priya Mohan, Barath Sridhar, Summy and Kapil -- clocked season-best of 3:20.60 seconds to finish third behind Nigeria (gold at 3:19.70 seconds) and Poland (3:19.80 secs).
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Javelin coach Uwe Hohn on his way out as his contract ends: sources
Other Sports | Aug 10, 2021, 09:00 PM ISTNeeraj Chopra's former coach's contract with SAI ran out at the end of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
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AFI to organise javelin throwing competitions every year on Aug 7 to honour Neeraj Chopra
News | Aug 10, 2021, 01:40 PM ISTThe Athletics Federation of India (AFI) felicitated the Indian athletics team of Tokyo Olympics in Delhi on August 10. Gold medallist javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra also attended the event.
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400m runner Poovamma quits national camp
Other Sports | Jul 05, 2021, 10:19 AM ISTIndia's leading women's 400m runner MR Poovamma has quit the national camp in Patiala due to an injury.
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AFI says its Grievance Committee will look into Seema Punia's demand
Other Sports | Jun 30, 2021, 04:55 PM ISTPunia raised concerns about improvement in Kaur's performance in a short period and seeking a hyperandrogenism test on her.
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Indian athletes not to take part in Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan events; AFI announces IGP 4 on June 21
Other Sports | Jun 09, 2021, 08:47 PM ISTHima and Dutee, who are yet to qualify for the Olympics, were to be a part of the 4x100m women's relay team, which was earlier planned events to be held in the two Central Asian countries.
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Neeraj Chopra's consistency shows he means business in Tokyo
Other Sports | Feb 21, 2023, 12:11 PM ISTIn an exclusive conversation with Indiatvnews.com, AFI president Adille Sumariwalla explains how champions like Neeraj are honed and handled with care while revealing that the athlete will be training and competing in Europe in May.
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Veteran Indian athlete Ishar Singh Deol dies at 91
Other Sports | Mar 08, 2021, 07:18 AM ISTDeol had won many medals for the country and the state since 1951 and was awarded the Dhyan Chand National Award in 2009 for his lifelong contribution towards sports.
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Dutee Chand, Hima Das win sprints at IGP 2; Amoj Jacob posts 400m personal best
Other Sports | Feb 26, 2021, 10:25 AM ISTHima's performance of 23.31 seconds in 200m fell short of the Olympic qualification timing of 22.80 secs; Dutee clocks 11.44 seconds to take 100m gold.
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AFI VP Pramod Jadam dies of COVID-19 complications
Other Sports | Nov 25, 2020, 08:51 AM ISTAccording to sources in the AFI, Jadam tested positive for COVID-19 last month and died of complications related to the dreaded virus.
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AFI in search for senior, junior high-performance directors after Volker Herrmann quits
Other Sports | Nov 22, 2020, 07:50 PM ISTHerrmann said on his Facebook page that he had resigned from the post "three weeks ago" after he was convinced that he could no longer "meet the self-imposed expectations" of his role.
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World Athletics chief Sebastian Coe hails AFI for taking tough anti-doping stand
Other Sports | Nov 02, 2020, 12:21 AM ISTThe World Athletics president attends AFI Annual General Meeting via video conference in Gurugram on Sunday.
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Sumariwalla elected AFI chief for third term, Anju is senior VP
Other Sports | Oct 31, 2020, 09:23 PM ISTAnju's senior vice-presidentship is the highest post to have been occupied by a woman in AFI's history. She is also the first woman vice-president of the AFI
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AFI fumes at national campers taking leaves recently, demands affidavit from them
Cricket | Oct 31, 2020, 08:17 PM ISTThe Athletics Federation of India on Saturday pulled up chief national coach Radhakrishnan Nair for allowing some of the national campers leave for home "without permission".