Athletics
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Kamalpreet Kaur fought off depression to shine in Tokyo Olympics
Other Sports | Jul 31, 2021, 01:24 PM ISTThe COVID-19 lockdown had wreaked havoc on her mental health to such an extent that discus thrower Kamalpreet Kaur had started trying her hand in cricket to handle the psychological toll of the shutdown.
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Athletics: Discus thrower Kamalpreet Kaur qualifies for Tokyo Olympics final; Seema Punia fails
Other Sports | Jul 31, 2021, 08:42 AM ISTDiscus thrower Kamalpreet Kaur hurled exactly 64.00 metre on Saturday to qualify for Tokyo Olympics women's discus throw final.
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Nigerian sprinter provisionally suspended after flunking dope test
Other Sports | Jul 31, 2021, 07:05 AM ISTOkagbare was due to run in the semifinals of the women's 100 meters at the Olympics on Saturday after winning her heat in 11.05 seconds.
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Dutee, Sable to kick off India's athletics campaign in Tokyo Olympics; Neeraj in action on Aug 4 & 7
Other Sports | Jul 29, 2021, 01:27 PM ISTOut of the 26-member Olympic team, only Chopra was able to train and compete in Europe in early June before arriving in Tokyo on Tuesday.
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US coach Salazar gets lifetime ban for sexual, emotional misconduct
Other Sports | Jul 27, 2021, 01:40 PM ISTSalazar -- who was blamed for emotionally and physically abusing athletes such as Mary Cain, Kara Goucher and Amy Yoder Begley -- has 10 days to appeal the decision.
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Indian Grand Prix IV: Entries of 16 athletes rejected
Other Sports | Jun 20, 2021, 07:21 PM ISTFour 400m runners and three javelin throwers too have failed to get themselves registered for the one-day event.
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Sifan Hassan shatters women's 10,000 metres world record
Other Sports | Jun 06, 2021, 11:41 PM ISTSifan cross the finish line in 29 minutes 06.82 seconds and entered her name in the record books.
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'Don't believe rumours, Olympics on track': Kiren Rijiju
Sports | Mar 08, 2021, 12:19 PM ISTUnion Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju, during 'Fit India Walkathon' in Delhi on March 08, urged countrymen to not believe in rumours and assured that the Olympics are on track and dates are finalised.
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Muhammed Anas, Manjeet Singh among several stars missing first Indian Grand Prix athletics
Other Sports | Feb 15, 2021, 07:52 AM ISTSince the response to the inaugural Indian Grand Prix is poor, there will be direct finals, said a source.
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Olympian hurdler Jagmohan Singh, who introduced scientific training methods, dies
Other Sports | Nov 17, 2020, 11:06 PM ISTOlympian hurdler and multi-faceted sports personality Jagmohan Singh, who introduced scientific fitness training methods in athletics and other sports during his long stint at the NIS-Patiala, died of heart attack here on Tuesday. He was 88.
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Unique performance-graded races to assess athletes' progress in Odisha's High Performance Centre
Other Sports | Oct 24, 2020, 04:03 PM ISTThe three-stage competition that began at the Kalinga Stadium in a bio-secure bubble on Sarurday will feature sprint, middle and long distance running and hurdles.
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Bahadur Singh exits from Indian athletics chief coach's post after 25 years, AFI lauds him
Other Sports | Jul 07, 2020, 04:37 PM ISTSingh, who ended his coaching career as one of India's longest-serving head coaches, took up the post in February 1995.
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Dutee Chand shatters her own 100m national record
Other Sports | Oct 12, 2019, 08:07 AM ISTDutee Chand's previous record, which she held jointly with Rachita Mistry who set it in 2000, was 11.26 seconds.
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3 finalists, 2 Olympics quotas in mixed campaign for India
Other Sports | Oct 06, 2019, 04:31 PM ISTIn men's javelin throw Shivpal Singh failed to reach the final with a best throw of 78.97m that left him 24th in the qualification round.
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PT Usha becomes Asian Athletics Association's Athletes Commission member
Other Sports | Aug 14, 2019, 12:31 PM ISTPT Usha, who was the leading sprinter of her time in Asia, will be one of the six members of the AAA Athletes Commission.
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Don't let Hima Das's 'golden' run get your expectations too high yet
Other Sports | Jul 22, 2019, 06:18 PM ISTHima Das has won five gold medals in less than three weeks but a closer look at her statistics tell you a completely different story.
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Dutee Chand wins 100m gold in World Universiade, creates history
Other Sports | Jul 10, 2019, 10:56 AM ISTThe 23-year-old Dutee Chand clocked 11.32 seconds to win the gold as she led the race from start to finish in the World Universiade.
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World Athletics Day 2019: 7 Bollywood actresses who can't live without gyming; Watch their workout videos
Health | May 07, 2019, 06:28 PM ISTThe World Athletics Day is commemorated annually on 7th of May in order to give importance to sports among the youth.
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Nine more over-age athletes disqualified from Youth Championships
Other Sports | Feb 21, 2019, 10:24 PM ISTThree athletes in boys hammer throw, three in boys 2000m steeplechase, two in boys pole vault and one in heptathlon were found over-age in the age verification tests.
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Year Ender 2018: Athletes Neeraj Chopra, Hima Das shine in an eventful year
Other Sports | Dec 22, 2018, 03:35 PM ISTNeeraj Chopra, Hima Das gave India hopes of getting more medals in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics with their performances in the Commonwealth and Asian Games in 2018.