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Centenarian sprinter Man Kaur dies of heart attack
Other Sports | July 31, 2021 18:00 ISTKaur took to running at the ripe age of 93. She had won her first medal in 2007 at the Chandigarh Masters Athletics meet.
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Sprinter Hima Das inducted as DSP in Assam Police
News | February 27, 2021 9:07 ISTAce sprinter Hima Das has been inducted as a Deputy Superintendent (DSP) in Assam Police. The event took place in Assam's Guwahati on February 26.
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Bollywood congratulates 'supergirl' Hima Das
Celebrities | July 22, 2019 17:08 ISTThe 19-year-old athlete's latest gold medal win came on Saturday in Prague, where she clocked a season-best timing of 52.09 seconds, to win the gold in the 400m race at the Nove Mesto nad Metuji Grand Prix. Bollywood celebrities wish Hima Das for a grand victory.
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White Lightning strikes Texas: Teen runs 100-meter dash in 9.98 seconds
Other Sports | May 01, 2019 13:53 ISTAn 18-year-old senior at Strake Jesuit College Prep in Houston, ran the event at Texas's Region III-6A track and field meet on Saturday.
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Asian Games 2018: Hima Das, Muhammed Anas win silvers for India in 400m events
Other Sports | August 26, 2018 20:37 ISTWhile sprinter Hima Das clinched the silver medal in the Women's 400m event, in the men's category it was Muhammed Anas who also won the silver in the same event.
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British athlete Mo Farah captures 10th successive global title at World Championships
Other Sports | August 06, 2017 17:49 ISTUgandan youngster Joshua Cheptegei of Uganda took silver and Paul Tanui of Kenya claimed bronze with Farah having once again foiled their respective nations' tactics.
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I am living under constant fear of being banned, says Dutee Chand
Other Sports | August 05, 2017 22:51 ISTThe 21-year-old Odisha girl finished sixth in heat number five of the women's 100m first round, clocking a below-par 12.07secs in the World Championships.
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Indian Athlete Dutee Chand crashes out of World Championships
Other Sports | August 05, 2017 18:38 ISTDutee's performance on Saturday was a far cry from her showing at the Asain Athletics Championships in Bhubaneshwar earlier this month where she took the bronze in 11.52.
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Usain Bolt to run 100, 4×100 relay in final World Championships
Other Sports | July 20, 2017 16:37 ISTThe 100m and 200m world record holder Bolt said in a press conference that he will only run in the 100 and 4×100 relay in his last world championship appearance.
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Usain Bolt wins Laureus 'Sportsman of the Year' award
Other Sports | February 15, 2017 9:29 ISTThe world’s "greatest" sprinter of all the time Usain Bolt won the top prize for a man at the Laureus World Sports Awards in Monaco on Tuesday night. While gymnast Simone Biles clinched the top
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Haryana sprinter Dharambir Singh handed eight-year ban for failing dope test
Other Sports | November 17, 2016 16:38 ISTHaryana sprinter Dharambir Singh, who tested positive in a dope test just before the Rio Olympics and was barred from participating in the mega event, has been handed an eight-year ban by NADA.
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End of Historic career: ‘I am the greatest’, says Bolt after winning third gold at Rio
Other Sports | August 20, 2016 9:26 ISTThe greatest sprinter of all the time Usain Bolt bid a blazing-fast farewell to the Rio de Janeiro Games by winning 4x100 relay race against Japan and the United States into a never-a-doubt runaway, helping
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Indian contingent reaches 100 for the first time as Mohammad Anas qualifies for Rio Olympics
Other Sports | June 26, 2016 13:12 ISTAfter shattering the men’s 400m national record, Indian quarter-miler Mohammad Anas not only qualified for the Rio Olympics but also took the strength of the Indian contingent at Olympics to 100 for the first time
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Dutee Chand becomes 1st Indian woman to qualify for Olympics 100m event since PT Usha
Other Sports | June 26, 2016 10:23 ISTIndia's premier woman sprinter Dutee Chand on Saturday ed history after qualifying in the 100 metres category for the forthcoming Rio Olympics.
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Dutee Chand issue raised in Odisha Assembly
Other Sports | July 20, 2014 7:50 ISTBhubaneswar: Terming sprinter Dutee Chand's exclusion from the Indian team for the Commonwealth Games as "painful", Odisha government today said it will seek a reply from the Athletic Federation of India and Sports Authority of
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Doping ban for Jamaican sprinter Asafa Powell
Other Sports | April 10, 2014 23:19 ISTKINGSTON, Jamaica: A Jamaican disciplinary panel on Thursday banned former 100-meter world record holder Asafa Powell from athletics for 18 months after the veteran sprinter tested positive for a banned stimulant last June. In the
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Jamaican sprinter Simpson gets ban
Other Sports | April 09, 2014 11:59 ISTKingston, Jamaica: Jamaican Olympic sprinter Sherone Simpson was banned until Dec. 20 after testing positive for a banned stimulant, a disciplinary panel announced Tuesday. The three-member panel of the Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission said it would
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Fraser-Pryce targeting third straight 100m Olympic gold
Other Sports | April 08, 2014 17:39 ISTKingston (Jamaica): Jamaican sprinter Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce is aiming at Rio 2016 to become the first female sprinter to win 100 metres golds at three straight Olympics, her coach Stephen Francis has said.The pint-sized Jamaican captured
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Usain Bolt's coach to train Odisha sprinter Amiya Mallick in Jamaica
Other Sports | January 07, 2014 9:16 ISTNew Delhi: Odisha sprinter Amiya Millick is set to go to Jamaica to be trained by the world's fastest man Usain Bolt's coach Glen Mills.The young 200-metre sprinter, Mallick won a gold with a record
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Bailey-Cole takes 100m gold in Berlin
Other Sports | September 03, 2013 13:35 ISTBerlin: Jamaican sprinter Kemar Bailey-Cole captured the men's 100 metres at the ISTAF Athletics Meeting here.Bailey-Cole, the World Championships sprint relay gold medallist, clocked 10.04 seconds to beat veteran St. Kitts and Nevis sprinter, Kim
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