Inspired By Neeraj Chopra, Murali Sreeshankar Aims To Medal At World Athletics Championships 2023
Murali Sreeshankar clinched silver medal at Asian Athletics Championships recently and would be aiming to become the second medallist at Worlds after Anju Bobby George.
Aug 19, 2023, 14:30 PM IST
Asian Athletics Championships: Murali Sreeshankar Wins Silver, Confirms Spot In Paris Olympics 2024
Sreeshankar in the post-competition press conference highlighted what worked well for him and also discussed the things that drastically changed since a tough outing at the Lausanne Diamond League in June, wherein weather played a key role in dampening the Inspire Institute of Sport (IIS) jumper’s performance.
Jul 15, 2023, 22:34 PM IST
Asian Athletics Championships: Tajinderpal Singh Toor Defends Title With 20.23m Gold Medal Throw
On Thursday, Jyothi Yarraji opened India's gold medal tally in the Asian Athletics Championships by winning the women's 100m hurdles race. Yarraji clocked 13.09 seconds to clinch gold in the final race ahead of two Japanese runners Terada Asuka (13.13s) and Aoki Masumi (13.26s) at the Supachalasai Stadium.
Jul 14, 2023, 19:55 PM IST
Who Is Jyothi Yarraji? Daughter Of A Security Guard Is Now A Gold Medallist At Asian Athletics Championships
Jyothi Yarraji clinched gold in the 100m women's hurdles at the Asian Athletics Championships to open India's gold medals tally. In this story, know all about India's next star from Track and Field.
Jul 13, 2023, 21:07 PM IST
Jyothi Yarraji Clinches Gold In Asian Athletics Championships; Ajay Kumar Saroj, Abdulla Aboobacker Get Top Honours Too
India collected three gold medals at the end Day 2 in Asian Athletics Championships going on in Thailand. Jyothi Yarraji, Ajay Kumar Saroj and Abdulla Aboobacker are the three golg-medallists so far.
Jul 13, 2023, 19:11 PM IST
Lord Hanuman Being Chosen As Official Mascot Of Asian Athletics Championships In Thailand Receives Mix Reactions
Revealing Lord Hanumas as the mascot of the Championships, the Asian Athletics Association wrote that the mascot stands for athletes' skills, teamwork, dedication, etc. The championships will commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Asian Athletics Association.
Jul 12, 2023, 16:24 PM IST
Asian champion runner Gomathi Marimuthu banned for 4 years for doping
The 31-year-old runner will be banned until May 2023 and disqualified from all races in a two-month period last year, the AIU said.
Jun 13, 2020, 18:04 PM IST
Asian Athletics Championships: Dutee Chand smashes own national record, Hima Das suffers injury
Sprint sensation Hima Das failed to finish her 400m heat as she suffered a back muscle spasm.
Apr 21, 2019, 18:48 PM IST
Asian champion shot-putter Manpreet Kaur fails dope test
When contacted for a response, Manpreet's coach Karamjeet, who is also her husband, said, "We have not yet been told about anything."
Jul 19, 2017, 20:34 PM IST
Asian Athletics Championships: History for India, tops medal tally 1st time in best ever show
With today's 5 gold, 1 silver and 3 bronze, India ended the four-day championships on top with 29 medals (12 gold, 5 silver and 12 bronze), their highest ever medal haul.
Jul 09, 2017, 23:28 PM IST
Weekly sports round-up, July 3 to 9: From Dhoni's extended birthday bash to Federer's record win at Wimbledon
From MS Dhoni's birthday to Lionel Messi's contract extension, here's our sports round-up for the week July 3 to 9.
Jul 09, 2017, 22:41 PM IST
Asian Athletics Championships: Sudha Singh clinches gold women's 3000m steeplechase, India still top medal tally
However, in men's 3000m steeplechase, Naveen Kumar, a bronze medallist in 2014 Asian Games, and Durga Das Budha finished a disappointing seventh and eighth in 9:02.95 and 9:04.05 respectively.
Jul 08, 2017, 22:40 PM IST
Asian Athletics Championships: India dominate by grabbing four gold, consolidate top position
All the gold winners in this championships get automatic qualification for the World Championships to be held in London next month.
Jul 07, 2017, 23:33 PM IST
Asian Athletics Championships: India athletes bag four golds on Day 2
Nirmala Sheoran clinched the yellow metal in women's 400m, while Mohammed Anas grabbed the gold in men's 400m.
Jul 07, 2017, 22:29 PM IST
Asian Athletics Championships: Indian decathlete Jagtar Singh fails dope test, faces provisional suspension
Jagtar's urine sample 'A', collected during the Federation Cup National Championships in Patiala last month by the NADA, has returned positive for meldonium and he has been put under provisional suspension.
Jul 07, 2017, 11:12 AM IST
Asian Athletics Championships: India win two gold in haul of seven medals on Day 1
Birthday girl Manpreet opened India's gold medal account with a career second best throw of 18.28m. She upstaged defending champion Chinese Guo Tianqian to give herself a perfect birthday gift at the packed Kalinga Stadium.
Jul 06, 2017, 21:20 PM IST
Asian Athletics Championships: All Indians qualify for final rounds in morning session
In the evening session on Day 1, national record holder discus thrower Vikas Gowda will hope to make it a hat-trick of Asian Championship titles after winning gold in Wuhan (2015) and Pune (2013).
Jul 06, 2017, 16:41 PM IST
Asian Athletics Championships: Cultural extravaganza marks opening ceremony
Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik declared the Championships open at the Kalinga Stadium in front of a capacity crowd with international athletics federation president Sebastian Coe and Asian body chief Dahlan Al-Hamad in attendance.
Jul 05, 2017, 21:06 PM IST
Asian Athletics Championships 2017: Here's everything you know about the Bhubaneswar meet — VIDEO
In total, there will be 42 sporting events – 21 for men and 21 for women – to be competed in both the track and field.
Jul 05, 2017, 20:41 PM IST
Asian Athletics Championships 2017: Six gold medal prospects for India
The four-day long meet will witness as many as 95 Indian athletes competing against the best in Asia. India finished a credible third, with 13 medals - four gold, five silver and four bronze) in the previous edition held at Wuhan, China in 2015.
Jul 05, 2017, 20:16 PM IST
