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24
Mar

Commonwealth Games 2018: After losing his father at 10, India’s Dharun Ayyasamy runs to provide for his family

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Dharun Ayyasamy’s road through Indian athletics has been full of hurdles. However, he has manoeuvred himself past most of them so far. Not much was expected when Dharun Ayyasami registered his name for the Federation Cup in Patiala earlier this month. Just weeks before the tournament that effectively served as the qualifier for the upcoming Commonwealth Games, Dharun had contracted

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21
Mar

Technical Delegates Examination 2018 Results

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19
Mar

Ravina finishes first in open category of Asian Race Walking

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March 18, 2018 Nomi (Japan). Ravina of Haryana won the open category gold at 20km Asian Race Walking Championships held at Nomi, Japan on Sunday with an impressive timing of 1:35:35. The Haryana girl finished overall second behind Duan Dandan (1:35:12) of China who won the gold in the official entry category of the championships. India’s official entry for the

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15
Mar

Sanjivani wins bronze at Asian Cross Country Championships

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AFI Media 15 March 2018 New Delhi. India’s long distance athlete Sanjivani Jadhav bagged a bronze medal at the 14th Asian Cross Country Championships held on Thursday morning at Guiyang in China. Sanjivani clocked 28m 19sec in the Senior women’s 8km event to finish third. China’s Li Dan (28.03) won the gold while Abe Yukari (28.06) of Japan settled for

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14
Mar

Indian athletes depart for CWG, Asian Cross Country

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AFI Media 14 March 2018 New Delhi. A four-member athletics team comprising IAAF U20 World Champion in Javelin Throw Neeraj Chopra, triple jump National Record holder Arpinder Singh and long jumpers Nayana James and Neena Varakil departed today for training and participation in the 21st Commonwealth Games to be held in Gold Coast, Australia from 4-15 April 2018. The Indian

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8
Mar

Ayyasamy sets National Record, Arpinder qualifies in triple jump for CWG

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AFI Media 08 March 2018 Patiala. Dharun Ayyasamy of Tamil Nadu delivered the performance of his career as he shattered the 11-year old national record in the men’s 400m hurdles at the Run Adam Federation Cup at the National Institute of Sport in Patiala on Thursday. Ayyasamy, who was part of the Indian 4x400m relay team at the Rio Olympics,

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7
Mar

Shankar sets NR, Yadav, Suriya match CWG qualifying guidelines

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Patiala. 19-year-old Tejaswin Shankar set a new national record in the men’s high jump jumping 2.28m at the Run Adam Federation Cup in Patiala on Wednesday. Shankar had earlier cleared 2.28m at a collegiate event in the USA but this mark was his first at an Athletics Federation of India event. Shankar also held the old national record of 2.26m

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