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Asian Games, Athletics: Kartik Kumar Wins Silver, Gulveer Singh Claims Bronze For India In 10000m | Asian Games News
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Asian Games, Athletics: Kartik Kumar Wins Silver, Gulveer Singh Claims Bronze For India In 10000m | Asian Games News

[ad_1] Kartik Kumar and Gulveer Singh in action© TwitterIndian long-distance runners Kartik Kumar and Gulveer Singh bagged the silver and bronze medals respectively in the men's 10000m race at the Asian Games in Hangzhou on Saturday. Kartik won the silver with a timing of 28:15.38s while Gulveer clocked 28:17.21s to claim the bronze. Both the Indians sneaked into medal contention in the last 100 metres after three of the fellow competitors fell in succession after bumping into each other.(Asian Games 2023 Medals Tally | Asian Games 2023 Full Schedule)Birhanu Yemataw Balew of Bahrain won the gold medal with a timing of 28:13.62 seconds.(This story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)Topics mentioned in this article [ad_2] Source link
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Asian Games: Shot Putter Kiran Baliyan Wins India’s First Athletics Medal With Bronze | Asian Games News
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Asian Games: Shot Putter Kiran Baliyan Wins India’s First Athletics Medal With Bronze | Asian Games News

[ad_1] Kiran Baliyan became the first Indian woman to win an Asian Games medal in shot put event in 72 years as she picked up a bronze on the opening day of competitions in Hangzhou on Friday. The 24-year-old Baliyan hurled the iron ball to a distance of 17.36m in her third attempt for her best effort of the day to open India's medal account. Baliyan, thus, became only the second Indian to win a medal in women's shot put in Asian Games after Barbara Webster, an Anglo-Indian from then Bombay, won a bronze in the inaugural edition in New Delhi in 1951.(Medals Tally | Asian Games 2023 Full Schedule)Baliyan has a season's as well as personal best of 17.92m which she had produced while finishing second in the Indian Grand Prix 5 in Chandigarh on September 10."I did not know the history (first...
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Asha Bhosle Congratulates Sprinter Jyothi Yarraji For Asian Games Gold. Internet Fact-checks Her | Asian Games News
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Asha Bhosle Congratulates Sprinter Jyothi Yarraji For Asian Games Gold. Internet Fact-checks Her | Asian Games News

[ad_1] A video shared by famous Indian singer Asha Bhosle went viral on social media, but for the wrong reason. In her post on Twitter (now X), Bhosle congratulated sprinter Jyothi Yarraji of winning a gold medal in the Asian Games 2023. The post saw many fans taking to Twitter and congratulated Yarraji for the feat. But, the athlete hadn't actually won an Asiad Gold at the Hangzhou Games. The sprinter Yarraji had actually won a Gold medal at the Asian Athletics Championships on July 13, 2023. (Asian Games 2023 Medals Tally)As far as the Asian Games 2023 is concerned, Yarraji's event hasn't yet commenced. The sprinter is scheduled to participate in the women's 100m hurdles event on October 01.It isn't the first time that a post on social media has misled fans. Earlier, a video featuring ...
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World Athletics Championships 2023 Was A “Big Challenge”: Neeraj Chopra Tells NDTV | Athletics News
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World Athletics Championships 2023 Was A “Big Challenge”: Neeraj Chopra Tells NDTV | Athletics News

[ad_1] File photo of Neeraj Chopra© AFPIndia's star javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra added another feather to his cap last week by claiming a World Athletics Championships gold medal at Budapest, Hungary. With it, he also became the first Indian to win a gold medal at the event. Neeraj's best throw in the javelin final was 88.17m. He had a foul throw to start with but then got 88.17m, 86.32m, 84.64m, 87.73m and 83.98m. In a recent interview to NDTV, Neeraj has revealed that the World Championships was "a big challenge" for him."World Championships was tough for me because I was recovering from an injury. While competing in Tokyo (Olympcs) I was fit and I was competing well there, but in Budapest, I was always concerned about my injury. Keeping the injury fear in mind and then winning the go...
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“Even In The Past…”: Neeraj Chopra’s Father On Athlete’s Bond With Pakistan’s Arshad Nadeem | Athletics News
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“Even In The Past…”: Neeraj Chopra’s Father On Athlete’s Bond With Pakistan’s Arshad Nadeem | Athletics News

[ad_1] (From leftt) Arshad Nadeem, Neeraj Chopra and Jakub Vadlejch after claiming top 3 spots at Worlds.© AFPA World Athletics Championships gold medal is no more a dream for India's javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra. The star athlete fouled in his first attempt in the final at Budapest, Hungary on Sunday night, but made a solid comeback and threw the javelin to a distance of 88.17m in his second attempt. It eventually helped Neeraj secure the top honour in the final as the second-best was 87.82m from his Pakistan opponent Arshad Nadeem. The latter won the silver medal at the event, while Jakub Vadlejch of the Czech Republic ended the tournament with a bronze, thanks to his throw of 86.67m.Neeraj Chopra's father was happy with the fact that two of the top three spots belonged to the Asian p...
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“Arshad Nadeem Is A Big Fan Of Neeraj Chopra”: Neeraj’s Uncle Bhim Chopra | Athletics News
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“Arshad Nadeem Is A Big Fan Of Neeraj Chopra”: Neeraj’s Uncle Bhim Chopra | Athletics News

[ad_1] Arshad Nadeem (left) and Neeraj Chopra after World Athletics Championships jevelin throw final.© AFPIndia's ace javelin star Neeraj Chopra's family praised him for his exceptional performance in the World Athletics Championships 2023 and talked about the rivalry with Pakistan's Arshad Nadeem. Neeraj recorded his best throw of 88.17 m in his second attempt managing to keep his lead intact till the very end to clinch the gold. Pakistan's Arshad Nadeem, the Commonwealth Games champion with a throw of 87.82 m bagged a silver medal while Czech Republic's Jakub Vadlejch secured the bronze with a best throw of 86.67 m.Nadeem who fell short by the smallest of margins then shared the stage with the Gold medal winner Neeraj Chopra as the three medal winners acknowledged the crowds in the st...
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“No Pakistan-India Rivalry…”: Arshad Nadeem After Neeraj Chopra Pipped Him For World Championships Gold | Athletics News
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“No Pakistan-India Rivalry…”: Arshad Nadeem After Neeraj Chopra Pipped Him For World Championships Gold | Athletics News

[ad_1] In Arshad Nadeem, India's Neeraj Chopra will have tough competition for the gold medal at Paris Olympics, but the Pakistani ace says for now both are just "very happy" to call the shots in a sport once dominated by the Europeans. In cricket-crazy Pakistan, Nadeem has become the toast of the nation after becoming its first athlete to win a medal at the World Athletics Championships. Nadeem bagged silver in the men's javelin thrown final in Budapest on Sunday, as Olympic champion Chopra won the gold medal."Neeraj and I have a very healthy competition and we respect each other a lot. There is no Pakistan-India rivalry in a bad way. When we talk we are just happy that both of us have come to the fore in a competition usually dominated by Europeans," Nadeem told PTI.It is not the first...
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After Historic World Athletics Championships Campaign, Have A Look At India’s National Record Holders In Various Athletics Events | Athletics News
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After Historic World Athletics Championships Campaign, Have A Look At India’s National Record Holders In Various Athletics Events | Athletics News

[ad_1] At the recently concluded World Athletics Championships 2023, Indian Olympic medalist Neeraj Chopra made history by giving the country its first-ever World Champion in athletics and 3000 m steeplechase racer Parul Chaudhary also established a new national record in her discipline with timings of 9:15.31 and qualified for the 2024 Paris Olympics. After a historic World Championships event for India, let us look at our national record holders in various disciplines in athletics.100m national recordThe 100-meter men's record is held by Amlan Borgohain, who ran the event in 10.25 seconds in the All India Inter Railway Athletics Championship in Raebareli in 2022, as per Olympics.com.With a time of 11.17 seconds at the Indian Grand Prix IV in Patiala in 2021, Dutee Chand owns the women'...
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‘India Will Be Called A Sporting Country In 10-15 Years’: Sunil Gavaskar | Cricket News
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‘India Will Be Called A Sporting Country In 10-15 Years’: Sunil Gavaskar | Cricket News

[ad_1] Legendary Sunil Gavaskar on Monday said India will rise as a 'sporting country' in the next 10-15 years, while lauding historic achievements of javelin sensation Neeraj Chopra, chess prodigy R Praggnanandhaa and badminton star HS Prannoy. Chopra on Sunday became the first-ever Indian to win a gold medal at the World Athletics Championships, while Praggnanandhaa last week created history by reaching the World Cup final at 18 years. Prannoy defeated the world No 1 Viktor Axelsen en route to winning a World Championships bronze.“Earlier, you would see only a few sports would be talked about, media coverage would only be for those," the Indian cricket icon told the media here after he was revealed as the principal advisor of the Midwicket Stories."Now all sports have got an outlet and...
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