29 Aug, 2024 6:33 PM
Bengaluru, Aug 30 (IANS) With all top athletes who participated in the Olympic Games in Paris deciding to keep away, the focus will be on national record holders Tejas Shirse and Amlan Borgohain at the 63rd National Open Athletics Championships which will be held over the next four days at the Sree Kanteerva Stadium here from Friday.
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28 Aug, 2024 5:29 PM
New Delhi, Aug 28 (IANS) With the Paris Paralympics 2024 set to start on Wednesday, India's Para-athletics team is gearing up for a stellar performance, with high expectations to bring home 10 medals, including at least five gold. This ambitious target comes from Satyanarayana, the head coach of India's Para-athletics team, who is confident in their preparation and determination.
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26 Aug, 2024 6:42 PM
Lahore (Pakistan), Aug 26 (IANS) Haider Ali, Pakistan's only para-athlete participating in the upcoming Paris Paralympics, departed for the French capital along with his coach Akbar Ali on Monday. The opening ceremony scheduled on August 28 will mark the official commencement of the Games after the successful conclusion of the Olympics earlier this month.
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26 Aug, 2024 8:59 AM
Silesia, Aug 26 (IANS) Olympic champion Armand Duplantis set a new world record in the men's pole vault at the Silesia Diamond League Kamila Skolimowska Memorial, clearing 6.26 meters on his second attempt.
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21 Aug, 2024 1:02 PM
New Delhi, Aug 21 (IANS) With several medal winners of the Asian U20 included in the 43-member national squad, India is hoping to improve on the two silver and one bronze medals won in the 2022 edition of the World Athletics U20 Championships in Cali, Colombia. The Indian squad on Wednesday morning left for Lima, Peru to participate in the 2024 edition of the World U20 Athletics.
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17 Aug, 2024 2:07 PM
New Delhi, Aug 17 (IANS) Paris Olympics silver medalist javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra stated that he was fully positive competing against Pakistan's Arshad Nadeem and believed that he could have broken the gold medalist's Olympic record but somehow "his body didn't allow."
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10 Aug, 2024 5:24 PM
Paris, Aug 10 (IANS) Ethiopia's Tamirat Tola won the gold medal in the men's marathon event at the 2024 Games here on Saturday with a new Olympic record timing of 2:06:26. Kenya’s Eliud Kipchoge, who was eyeing an unprecedented third consecutive top finish at the Olympics, failed to finish the marathon.
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09 Aug, 2024 6:08 PM
Paris, Aug 9 (IANS) American sprinter Erriyon Knighton, embroiled in a doping controversy, finished fourth in the men's 200-metre final at the Paris Olympics on Thursday night. However, his abrupt departure from the media zone without taking interviews has only fueled further suspicion regarding his eligibility to compete.
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09 Aug, 2024 4:54 PM
Paris (France), Aug 9 (IANS) India’s athletics campaign at the 2024 Paris Olympics came to a disappointing end as the men’s and women’s 4X400m relay teams failed to make it to the final rounds at the Stade de France on Friday.
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09 Aug, 2024 2:34 AM
New Delhi, Aug 9 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi praised star athlete Neeraj Chopra for winning a silver medal in the men's javelin throw event in Paris on Thursday night and becoming the third Indian to claim medals in back-to-back Olympics.
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