News & Press Releases

14
Jul

15th National Youth Athletics Championship-2018

Advisory-15th National Youth Athletics Championship-2018 – Click Here Competition Schedule – Click Here BIB No List – Click Here Event Wise List – Click Here Rejected Entry List – Click Here Team Manager & Coaches – Click Here Team Wise Entry – Click Here

13
Jul

Hima Das is the new 400m World Junior Champion

Hima Das created history at the U-20 World Athletics Championships in Tampere, Finland on Thursday, winning the women’s 400m to become the first Indian track athlete to win a gold medal at a global athletic event.  Das clocked 51.46 seconds to beat Romania’s Andrea Miklos who finished a distant second in 52.07 seconds while Taylor Manson of USA trailed further

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11
Jul

Hima wins semifinal-1 to enter final of 400m at IAAF U20 worlds

Bidding to become the first Indian track athlete to win a medal at the Junior World Championships, Hima Das qualified for the final of the women’s 400m at Tampere on Wednesday. Das won the first of three semifinals in the Ratina Stadium, clocking a time of 52.10 seconds. She however was far slower than her personal best of 51.13 seconds

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11
Jul

Hima Das makes it to 400m semi-finals as fastest runner in heats at World U-20 Athletics

TAMPERE (Finland): Indian Sprinter Hima Das made it to the semi-finals of the women’s 400m as the faster runner in the heats on the opening day of the IAAF World Under-20 Athletics Championships on Tuesday The 18-year-old Das, a favourite to ein gold, clocked 52.25 seconds to win heat number four and lead the time charts. Running at lane number

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9
Jul

Hima Das the “one to beat” in IAAF World U20 Championships

It is indeed a testament of ones greatness when one rises above the challenges they face, above the age old notion surrounding Indians in a particular discipline- above all of it to emerge as a legit contender for the top spot. Hima Das has managed to do that. Not really famed for their exploits in track athletics, it looks as

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7
Jul

PREVIEW: WOMEN’S JAVELIN – IAAF WORLD U20 CHAMPIONSHIPS TAMPERE 2018

Eighteen-year-old Carolina Visca arrives in Tampere as the strongest gold medal threat for Italy, but she’ll have to rise from a crowded field that will include eight women who have thrown beyond 54 metres this year. The silver medallist at last year’s European Junior Championships, Visca has sat at or near the top of the world U20 lists since she

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7
Jul

PREVIEW: MEN’S 3000M STEEPLECHASE – IAAF WORLD U20 CHAMPIONSHIPS TAMPERE 2018

Staggering. There’s no other way to describe Kenyan dominance in this event. In 15 of the championships’ 16 editions, the first man across the finish line wore the country’s black, red and green. In 10 of those races, Kenya took home gold and silver. The only certainty at the moment is that there won’t be a repeat of the latter

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