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  Avinash qualifies for Olympics despite finishing 13th in World C'ships

  Other Sports | October 05, 2019 8:50 IST

  Avinash Sable clocked 8 minutes 21.37 seconds to breach the Olympics qualifying standard of 8:22.00. He also bettered his own national record of 8:25.23 which he clocked on Tuesday during the first round heats.

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  Doha Worlds: Bahrain's Naser is 1st Asian to win 400m gold

  Other Sports | October 04, 2019 17:19 IST

  On Friday night, Naser clocked 48.14 seconds -- the fastest time in the world for 34 years to become the first woman athlete from Asia to win the 400m gold

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  World Athletics Ch'ships: PU Chitra crashes out in 1500m event

  Other Sports | October 02, 2019 21:11 IST

  PU Chitra ran her personal best in the first round heat but it wasn't enough to qualify for the final in the 1500m event at the World Athletics Championships.

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  Annu 8th in javelin final; Avinash qualifies for steeplechase final

  Other Sports | October 02, 2019 9:11 IST

  Annu, who on Monday smashed her own national record with a 62.43m throw, could only produce a best of 61.12m in the final round competition on Tuesday.

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  Avinash qualifies for 3000m steeplechase final after successful appeal

  Other Sports | October 01, 2019 23:44 IST

  Avinash Sable has qualified for the final of the 3000m steeplechase in the World Athletics Championships after a successful appeal from India.

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  Avinash fails to qualify for 300m steeplechase final

  Other Sports | October 01, 2019 22:30 IST

  Avinash Sable broke his own national record but failed to qualify for the 3000m steeplechase final in an eventful race at the World Athletics Championships.

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  World Ch'ships: Javelin thrower Annu Rani breaks own national record

  Other Sports | September 30, 2019 20:17 IST

  27-year-old Annu Rani sent the iron spear to a distance of 62.43m in the second round, bettering her earlier national record of 62.34m.

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  No flag, no anthem, but world track gold for Russia's Anzhelika Sidoro

  Other Sports | September 30, 2019 12:03 IST

  Anzhelika Sidorova neutral status, awarded by track's governing body after vetting of her drug-test record, allows her to compete internationally unlike most Russians but bans her from displaying any national symbols.

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  Jamaica's Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce wins 4th 100m Worlds title

  Other Sports | September 30, 2019 11:26 IST

  Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce was ahead after three strides in a final that had been preceded by the same kind of sound-and-light show that had ushered in the men's final on the previous evening.

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  World Ch'ships: India's 4x400m mixed relay team books Olympics berth

  Other Sports | September 28, 2019 23:35 IST

  India's mixed 4x400m relay team, which comprises of Muhammed Anas, V K Vismaya, Jisna Mathew and Tom Nirmal Noah, has reached the final of the World Athletics Championships, and also booked a spot in the next year's Olympics.

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  World Athletics Championships: Chepngetich defies heat to win gold

  Other Sports | September 28, 2019 9:15 IST

  The temperature when Chepngetich crossed the finish line first at 2:34 a.m. was 88 degrees (31 Celsius). The humidity was 77 percent. The heat index was 105 (40).

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  World Athletics Championships: Jabir reaches 400m hurdles semis

  Other Sports | September 28, 2019 9:28 IST

  MP Jabir reached the semi-finals of the 400m hurdles after finishing third in the heat number one and 11th overall in men's 400m hurdle with a time of 49.62 seconds.

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  World Athletics Ch'ships: Hima Das named in relay but Neeraj Chopra unlikely to feature

  Other Sports | September 09, 2019 21:57 IST

  Hima Das has been selected for the 4x400m relay for the upcoming World Athletics Championships, but Neeraj Chopra is most likely to continue his rehabilitation.

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  Usain Bolt’s bows out with injury in last race, Great Britain seals gold

  Other Sports | August 13, 2017 10:17 IST

  Usain Bolt’s glittering career ended in extraordinary drama on Sunday as he suffered an injury midway into his anchor leg of the men's 4x100 metres relay and pulled out of the last race of career at the World Athletics Championships

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  Davinder Singh Kang's enters javelin final: From testing positive for marijuana to scripting history

  Other Sports | August 11, 2017 14:05 IST

  Davinder Singh Kang's participation in the World Championships was earlier in doubt after he tested positive for marijuana in June.

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  World Athletics Championships: Davinder Singh Kang creates history, becomes first Indian to qualify for javelin finals

  Other Sports | August 11, 2017 11:54 IST

  Davinder Singh Kang's best effort of 84.22m put him in the seventh position among the final round qualifiers.

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  It was a lifetime experience competing with Mo Farah, says Govindan Lakshmanan

  Other Sports | August 10, 2017 17:50 IST

  I was concentrating on my race, so I don't know how he was running but I feel good to have run alongside him, Lakshmanan added.

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  Govindan Lakshmanan runs personal best, but fails to qualify for final

  Other Sports | August 10, 2017 16:57 IST

  The 27-year-old Indian clocked 13 minutes 35.69 second, nearly one second better than his earlier personal best of 13:36.62.

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  With challenger not admitted, Wayde Van Niekerk cruises to victory

  Other Sports | August 09, 2017 17:17 IST

  The South African sprinter eased up before the finish line and still won his second straight 400-meter world title by .43 seconds in London.

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  Yohan Blake targets three World Athletics golds

  Other Sports | May 28, 2013 16:23 IST

  Kingston (Jamaica), May 28: World 100 metres champion Yohan Blake says his main goal this season is to win three gold medals at the World Championships in Moscow August 10-18.The double Olympic sprint silver medallist