Tag: Arpinder Singh

Bhubaneswar (Odisha). Asian Games Gold medalist Arpinder Singh will be the star attraction at the 58th National Open Athletics Championships to be held at the Bhubaneshwar, Orissa from the 25th September to 28th September. Singh will be competing on the final day of the competition. Singh who became the first Indian triple jumper to claim a gold medal at the

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AFI Media 29 August 2018 Jakarta (Indonesia). Swapna Barman won the first-ever Asian Games gold for India in the women’s heptathlon event in Jakarta on Wednesday. The 21-year old wrapped up the title by finishing the 800 metres race in a time of 2:21.13. Barman finished with 6026 points, an overall best for her, beating the 5942 points at the

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AFI Media 29 June 2018 Guwahati. Hima Das claimed the bragging rights on the final day of the 58th National Inter State Athletics Championships by winning the marquee women’s 400m race in Guwahati on Friday. The 18-year-old clocked 51.13 seconds to pip Haryana’s Nirmla Sheoran to the top of the podium at the Indira Gandhi Stadium. Das, who had earlier

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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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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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