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Feb

Tejaswin Shankar raises the bar for himself, breaks own national high jump record

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What was Tejaswin Shankar up to on a Sunday morning, a day after rewriting his high jump national record? Doing his laundry. Apart from the technique tweak that has seen him fly higher over the bar, doing household chores is what the 19-year-old has learnt since shifting to the US on a four-year scholarship last year. At the Big 12

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19
Feb

Indian Race Walking team for CWG 2018 announced

AFI Media 19 February 2018 New Delhi. The selection committee of Athletics Federation of India (AFI) declared the Indian 20km Race Walking team for the 21st Commonwealth Games to be held in Gold Coast (Australia) from April 4-15, 2018. The Indian Men’s 20km team will comprise Irfan KT and Manish Singh Rawat who won the gold and silver medals, respectively,

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18
Feb

Soumya sets national record, claims gold in National Race Walking Championships

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New Delhi, Feb 18: Soumya B shattered a national record en route to winning a gold medal in the women’s 20 km event at the Enerzal National Race Walking Championships in New Delhi on Sunday. Soumya, originally from Kerala but representing Delhi where she serves in the CRPF, produced a blistering finish in the final lap of the race to

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17
Feb

Priyanka Patel shatters 14-year old record in 10km racewalking

New Delhi, Feb 17: Priyanka Patel shattered a 14-year-old record in the girls 10km walk at the 5th National Race Walking championships in New Delhi on Saturday when she crossed the finish line in 49:01:81 seconds. Patel, a second year college student who currently trains at SAI Bhopal beat the old mark of 49:16:51seconds set by Priyanka Goswami in 2004.

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13
Feb

Lakshmanan, Suriya, Hima, Sheena lead Indian gold medal run at Asian Games test event

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Jakarta, Feb13: Lakshmanan Govindan and Loganathan Suriya made it two in two for India in the 5000m at the athletics event of the Asian Games invitational tournament in Jakarta on Tuesday. Govindan, who hails from Pudukottai in Tamil Nadu had been adopted by Suriya’s father – the athletics coach S Loganathan. He has long carved a niche for himself as

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12
Feb

India add four gold, one silver to medal haul at Asian Games Test Event

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Jakarta, Feb 12: India continued their strong performance in the athletics events at the Asian Games Test Event in Jakarta, adding four gold medals and a silver to their medal haul on the second day of competition. Indian athletes had won two gold, three silver and as many bronze medals on the opening day of the competition. Saritaben Gayakwad won

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11
Feb

Devinder, Sonia win gold on opening day of Asian Games invitational tournament

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Jakarta, Feb 11: India won two gold medals, three silver and as many bronzes on the opening day of athletics at the Asian Games invitational tournament in Jakarta on Sunday. While the purpose of the competition is to serve as a test event for the Gelora Bung Karno Main Stadium, Indian competitors put up a strong show ahead of what

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