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21 April 2018 AFI Media Coimbatore (TN). Gurindervir Singh of Punjab set a new national U20 record as he claimed gold in the 100m at the 16th Federation Cup National Junior Athletics Championships in Coimbatore on Saturday. Singh, clocked a blistering 10.47 seconds to shatter the old mark of 10.57 seconds set by Augustine Yeshudas of Kerala in 2013.  Gurindervir,

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20 April 2018 AFI Media Coimbatore (TN). Under18 National champion Ankit of Haryana, came close to setting a meet record during his gold medal winning run in the men’s U20 1500m race at the 16th Federation Cup National Junior Athletics Championships in Coimbatore on Firday. Ankit, clocked 3:51.81 seconds to fall just short of the old meet record of 3:51:16

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AFI Media 19 April 2018 Coimbatore (TN). Rio Olympian Jisna Mathew is expected to headline the 16th Federation Cup National Junior Athletics Championships, that begins in Coimbatore on Thursday. The 19-year-old Matthew, who trains at the PT Usha Academy has been touted for big things by her legendary mentor.  Mathews, who runs the quarter mile, has beaten some of the

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AFI Media 14 April 2018 Gold Coast (Australia). Neeraj Chopra lived up to his billing as he ended Indian athletics gold medal drought at the Commonwealth Games on Saturday. The 20-year-old clinched the gold medal in the men’s javelin throw event with an effort of 86.47m. He finished well ahead of the field with the silver medal going to Australia’s

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AFI Media 13 April 2018 Gold Coast (Australia). Javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra led the charge of the Indian athletics contingent at the Carrara Stadium on Friday. Faced with the task of clearing a mark of 78m to automatically qualify for the final of the javelin throw event, the 20-year-old needed just one attempt to fling the spear a distance of

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AFI Media 12 April 2018 Gold Coast (Australia). India athletes opened their account at the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games 2018 winning two medals in the women’s discus throw competition. Competing at Gold Coast’s Carrara Stadium,  Seema Antil Punia and Navjeet Dhillon won the silver and bronze medals respectively with throws of 60.41m and 57.43m. Punia’s silver was her fourth consecutive

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AFI Media 11 April 2018 Gold Coast. Hima Das showed no nerves in what was her first ever final at the Commonwealth Games, finishing sixth in the women’s 400m with a creditable time of 51.32seconds. 18-year-old Das, who had only began undertaking formal coaching about a year ago and only started running the 400m a few months back, performed impressively

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