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AFI Media 10 April 2018 Gold Coast. After two days of disappointment, the athletics track finally came alive for India at the Commonwealth Games 2018 in Gold Coast- Australia. Mohammad Anas Yahiya ran the race of his lifetime in the final of the 400m at the Carrara stadium and shattered the national record to finish fourth in a world class

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AFI Media 09 April 2018 Gold Coast. Muhammed Anas Yahiya became the first Indian man to qualify for the 400m final at the Commonwealth Games since the legendary Milkha Singh. National record holder Anas, won his semifinal heat in the men’s 400m race with a time a 45.44 seconds to qualify for the Gold Coast CWG2018 final to be held

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Gold Coast, April 09: India endured mixed fortunes on the opening day of the athletics tournaments at the Commonwealth Games at Gold Coast on Sunday. While the four athletes in the medal events couldn’t make the opportunity count, two other athletes – Muhammad Anas in the men’s 400m and Tejinder Toor in the shot put advanced to the semifinal and

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AFI Media 07 April 2018 Gold Coast (Australia). All eyes will be on Neeraj Chopra ahead of the athletics competitions of the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games. No Indian athlete has ever won a gold in the javelin throw at the Games, but the 20-year-old from the village of Khandra in Haryana’s Panipat district might well break that trend. Chopra, who

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With India beginning its journey at the 2018 Commonwealth Games on Thursday, three weightlifters are expected to deliver the first medals of the campaign. While Mirabai Chanu is expected to be dominant in the women’s 48kg category, keep an eye out for Muthupandi Raja in the men’s 62kg category as well. At 18 years and five months, Raja is the

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India’s men and women athletes dominated the South Asian Cross Country Championships winning gold medals in both categories at Thimpu in Bhutan on Tuesday, March 27, 2018. In men’s 10km race, India’s Pradeep Singh Chaudhary won the gold with the timing of 33:52.20 while Shankar Man Thapa (IND) clocked 34:01.64 to grab a silver medal. Sri Lanka’s Don Lional won

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NEW DELHI: Arpinder Singh, the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games bronze-medallist in triple jump, qualified for the 2018 CWG to be held at Gold Coast Australia from April 4-15 with a jump of 16.61m at the Federation Cup athletics meet earlier this month. The 22-year-old from Amritsar held the national record in triple jump in 2014 before it was broken by

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