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Indian Athletics Team To Train At 3 Overseas Sites For Final Olympics Preparation

July 10, 2024 admin

File photo of Neeraj Chopra.© AFP The 30-member Indian athletics team for the Olympics will train at three different venues abroad in their last leg of preparations before assembling in Paris on July 28, four days before the start of track and field competitions. The Olympic Sports Center in Spala, Poland; Antalya in…

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Full List Of Indian Athletes Who Have Sealed Paris Olympics Berth

July 9, 2024 admin

The highly anticipated Olympics 2024 are all set to kick-start from July 26 and will conclude on August 11. The Olympics will be hosted in Paris and a total of 206 countries will be participating from all over the world. The 2024 Paris Olympics will feature 45 different sports, including 41 that are…

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Paris Diamond League: Avinash Sable Breaks His Own National Steeplechase Record

July 7, 2024 admin

Avinash Sable showed that he’s peaking at the right time before the Paris Olympics as he broke his own 3000m steeplechase national record while finishing sixth at the prestigious Diamond League meet, clocking 8 minute and 9.91 seconds in Paris on Sunday. The 29-year-old Sable bettered his earlier mark of 8:11.20, which he…

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Neeraj Chopra Headlines 28-Member Indian Team For Olympics, Long Jumper Jeswin Aldrin Set To Be Included Later

July 4, 2024 admin

India on Thursday named a 28-member athletics team for the upcoming Paris Olympics, headlined by superstar javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra, but one more athlete — long jumper Jeswin Aldrin — is expected to be included by the national federation later. The 26-year-old Tokyo Games gold medallist and reigning world champion in javelin throw…

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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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