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AFI Media 26 August 2018 Jakarta (Indonesia). Hima Das added an Asian Games silver to her list of achievements this year after she finished the women’s 400 metres final in Jakarta in a time of 50.79 seconds. It was another national record for the sprinter from Assam, who broke her previous record of 51 seconds that she had set in

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AFI Media 28 August 2018 Jakarta (Indonesia). Manjit Singh became the first Indian man in 36 years to win gold in the 800 metres at the Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang. Singh, who was a 2010 Commonwealth Games semifinalist and a runner-up at the 2018 Federation Cup and Inter-State Championships, won the race in a time of 1:46.15 seconds,

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AFI Media 27 August 2018 Jakarta (Indonesia). Neeraj Chopra won his maiden Asian Games title to add to the Commonwealth Games and the IAAF Junior World Championships medals in Jakarta tonight. The thrower from Haryana, in the process also broke his own national record of 87.43, managing an attempt of 88.06 metres. He finished well ahead of the rest of

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AFI Media 25 August 2018 Jakarta (Indonesia). Tajinder Pal Singh Toor stormed his way to Asian Games gold as the 23-year old shot put thrower from Punjab set a new national record and Asian Games record with a throw of 20.75 metres. The national record, which previously belonged to Om Prakash Karhana with 20.69 metres was shattered by the left-handed

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AFI Media 22 August 2018 New Delhi. Monika Chaudhary, the 1500m athlete from Uttar Pradesh, failed to meet the Asian Games qualification mark of 4:16.88 set by AFI as she clocked 4:35.51 in the re-confirmatory trial held at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi on Wednesday. A petition was filed before Hon’ble Delhi High Court by Monika challenging her

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AFI Media 21 August 2018 New Delhi. The Athletics Federation of India (AFI) will conduct a fresh trial for 1500m athlete Monika Chaudhary at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi on Wednesday, 22 August 2018 at 10am. A petition was filed before Hon’ble High Court of Delhi by Monika Chaudhary challenging her exclusion from 1500m event for the Asian Games

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AFI Media 18 August 2018 Jakarta. Indonesia put up a dazzling display of colours during the Opening Ceremony of the 2018 Asian Games. The loudest cheers were reserved for the contingent of hosts Indonesia while the united Korean contingent also drew a lot of noise. The Indian flag was held by Neeraj Chopra as 804-member strong Indian contingent.