200 metres

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The athlete from Haryana is the first Indian to make the 200m Olympic cut in more than three decades.

Jul 20, 2016, 16:48 PM IST

Sprint queen Dafne Schippers may take on long jump

Dutch sprint queen Dafne Schippers, who won the 200 metres gold medal and the 100 silver at last month`s world championships in Beijing, is contemplating taking on the long jump next season. Schippers believes she can leap seven metres, a feat that would put her among the top six performances of 2015. "I want to do something else other than just sprint," the former heptathlete told a news conference on the eve of Friday`s Diamond League meeting in Brussels.

Sep 11, 2015, 03:23 AM IST