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Redemption, fulfilment of a father’s dream, a big step in a nascent career and justification of choices made early in life — Olympic qualification meant different things to the different members of the 4x400m Indian men’s and women’s relay teams who booked their Paris berths on Monday. Let’s take a look on the eight runners…

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India’s women’s 4×400 team reaches Paris Olympics© X (Twitter) The Indian men’s and women’s 4x400m relay teams qualified for Paris Olympics after finishing second in their respective second-round heats at the World Athletics Relays here on Monday. In the women’s competition, the quartet of Rupal Chaudhary, M R Poovamma, Jyothika Sri Dandi and Subha Venkatesan…

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Star India sprinter Hima Das will return to action at the Indian Grand Prix 1 on Tuesday in Bengaluru after a disciplinary panel of the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) gave the green signal to her following a hearing last month, according to sources. The 24-year-old Hima was last year provisionally suspended by the NADA for…

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File image of NS Dattatreya© X (Twitter) Age is just a number for 96-year-old NS Dattatreya who will be participating in the ‘TCS World 10K Bengaluru 2024’ as the meet’s oldest runner. Dattatreya is an avid distance-runner and had previously participated in this Gold Label race scheduled to be held on April 28. Having begun…

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Para-athlete Suvarna Raj at NDTV Indian Of The Year 2024 award ceremony.© YouTube She further said that when she was 33 years old, she was honored by the national award from President of India and then her parents were very happy. The star athlete said that the society looks at disabled people differently. “I was…

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India’s Ram Baboo on Saturday achieved the Paris Olympics men’s 20km race qualification standard, clocking a personal best time of 1:20:00 at the Dudinska 50 Meet in Slovakia. Baboo, a bronze winner in the 35km walk race at the Hangzhou Asian Games, gave a good account of himself in this Race Walking Tour Gold-Level event…

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