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Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone Sets 400m Hurdles World Record To Seal Olympic Berth

July 1, 2024 admin

Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone smashed her own 400m hurdles world record on Sunday to book her place at the Paris Olympics in sensational style at the US trials in Eugene, Oregon. McLaughlin-Levrone obliterated her rivals to power home in an astonishing 50.65sec, bettering her previous best of 50.68, also set at Hayward Field, during the…

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Kiran Pahal Secures Paris Olympics Berth In Women’s 400m

June 27, 2024 admin

File image of Kiran Pahal© X (Twitter) Haryana’s Kiran Pahal on Thursday qualified for the Paris Olympics in the women’s 400 metres, clocking 50.92 seconds in the semifinal of the ongoing National Inter-State Athletics Championships in Panchkula, Haryana. The qualifying mark in women’s 400m was 50.95 seconds, which Kiran managed to breach to…

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Historic Change As Athletics Shifted To First Week Of 2028 Los Angeles Olympics

June 22, 2024 admin

World Athletics and the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games Organising Committee (LA28) announced a historic shift in the competition schedule. In an unprecedented move, athletics will now take place during the first week of the Olympic Games at the iconic LA Memorial Coliseum, which will make history as the first stadium…

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Neeraj Chopra Set To Compete In Ostrava Golden Spike Athletics Meet On May 28

May 16, 2024 admin

Following a second-place finish at Doha Diamond League and a triumphant return to national competition with a Federation Cup gold, Indian Olympic and World Championships gold medalist javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra will be playing his third competition of the season, the Ostrava Golden Spike athletics meet to be held on May 28 at…

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Doha Diamond League Live: Neeraj Chopra, Kishore Jena In Focus

May 10, 2024 admin

Doha Diamond League 2024: Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra’s Paris Games preparations will be put through a stern test when he begins his season in the first leg of the prestigious Diamond League one-day meet series against a star-studded but familiar field in Doha on Friday. The 26-year-old Indian javelin superstar, who is also the reigning…

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Doha Diamond League 2024 Live Streaming And Live Telecast: When And Where To Watch Neeraj Chopra, Kishore Jena In Action

May 10, 2024 admin

India’s Neeraj Chopra (middle) and Kishore Jena (left) after winning medals in Asian Games 2023.© AFP India’s Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra and Asian Games silver medallist Kishore Kumar Jena will be kicking off their 2024 outdoor season in the third meet of the Wanda Diamond League 2024. The premier athletics meet will feature champions competing…

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Homecoming: Neeraj Chopra To Compete In India For First Time In 3 Years At Federation Cup

May 8, 2024 admin

File photo of Neeraj Chopra.© AFP Olympic and world champion javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra will compete at home for the first time in three years after confirming participation in the National Federation Cup to be held in Bhubaneswar from May 12 to 15. The 26-year-old superstar is expected to travel to India from Doha after…

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Dutee Chand Teams Up With Mothers Against Vaping To Tackle Threat Of New-Age Tobacco Devices Among Children

May 3, 2024 admin

In a notable new development, ‘Mothers Against Vaping’, a united front of concerned mothers combatting the promotion of New-Age Tobacco Devices such as e-cigarettes, vapes, electronic nicotine delivery systems, heat-not-burn products, e-hookahs and similar devices among Indian children and youth, today announced that Dutee Chand, national sprint champion and Olympian will be supporting and endorsing…

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Kishore Jena Says India Can Win More Than One Javelin Medal At Paris Olympics

March 13, 2024 admin

Rising men’s javelin throw star Kishore Kumar Jena was a top attraction at the launching of the Khelo India Rising Talent Identification programme by the Union minister of youth affairs and sports, Anurag Singh Thakur, at the Sector 7 Sports Complex in Chandigarh on Tuesday. While felicitating the 28-year-old from Odisha, the minister wished him…

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Long Jumper Jeswin Aldrin Finishes 13th In World Indoor Championships

March 2, 2024 admin

File photo of Jeswin Aldrin.© X (formerly Twitter) National record holder long jumper Jeswin Aldrin finished a disappointing 13th with a 7.69m effort in the World Indoor Athletics Championships in Glasgow on Saturday. The 22-year-old, who was world leader for a few months in 2023 with his 8.42m jump, cleared 7.69m in his first attempt…

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