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23
Apr

Swapna Barman adds heptathlon silver to India’s medal haul

Swapna Barman adds heptathlon silver to India’s medal haul AFI Media Doha, April 22: Swapna Barman secured the heptathlon silver medal with 5993 points in the 23rd Asian Athletics Championships at the Khalifa Stadium here on Tuesday to take India’s medal haul to 11. Shot putter Tajinderpal Singh Toor had picked up India’s second gold medal late on Monday evening. The

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22
Apr

Gomathi Marimuthu secures India’s first gold medal in Doha AAC

Gomathi Marimuthu secures India’s first gold medal in Doha AAC AFI Media Doha, April 22: Gomathi Marimuthu scripted an amazing story and made a dream come true by winning the women’s 800m gold at the Asian Athletics Championships at the Khalifa Stadium here on Monday. It was India’s first gold medal after three silver, including for javelin thrower Shivpal Singh, and

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21
Apr

Annu Rani claims javelin silver, Parul Chaudhary gets 5000m bronze

Annu Rani claims javelin silver, Parul Chaudhary gets 5000m bronze AFI Media Doha, April 21: Annu Rani claimed the women’s javelin throw silver medal in the 23rd Asian Athletics Championships with a throw of 60.22m at the Khalifa Stadium here today. Distance runner Parul Chaudhary had opened India’s medal hunt with a bronze in the women’s 5000m, slipping past a tiring

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20
Apr

Toor, Johnson, Swapna Barman expected to replicate Asian Games success in AAC2019

AFI Media Doha, April 20: Asian Games gold medallists shot putter Tajinderpal Singh Toor, middle-distance runner Jinson Johnson, heptathlete Swapna Barman and the women’s 4x400m squad will headline the Indian challenge in the four-day Asian Athletics Championships, beginning at the Khalifa Stadium here on Sunday. The 24-year-old Tajinderpal Singh Toor has been consistently going past the 19m mark for five

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16
Apr

Davinder Singh Kang claims top prize in National Javelin Championship

AFI Media Sonipat, April 16: Davinder Singh Kang (Punjab), IAAF World Championship 2017 finalist, kept his tryst with victory in the men’s final of the second National Javelin Thrown Open Championships at the SAI Regional Centre here on Tuesday but while he was delighted to be even competing, his winning distance of 74.28m did not give him as much joy.

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15
Apr

Rohit Yadav catches the eye with under-18 National javelin record

AFI Media Sonipat, April 15: Rohit Yadav (Uttar Pradesh) caught the eye with an under-18 National record throw of 81.75m in the boys under-18 preliminary round in the second AFI National Javelin Throw Open Championship at the SAI Regional Centre here today. The final will be held on Tuesday morning. Yearning to return to centerstage, he expressed himself with the

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13
Apr

Dutee anchors relay team and secures ticket to Doha Asian Championship

AFI Media 13 April 2019 Patiala: Dutee Chand anchored a new-look 4x100m women’s relay team to qualify for the Asian Athletics Championships to be held in Doha from April 21 with a time of 44.12 seconds at the confirmatory trial at the Netaji Subhash National Institute of Sports here today. Hina, Archana Suseendran and Ranga K ran the first three

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