Tag: Athletics

AFI Media 23 February 2019 Patiala. Shot Putter Tajinder Pal Singh made a strong start to the World championship year by claiming the gold at the Indian Grand Prix-1. Tajinder threw the ball a distance of 20.13m at the National Institute of Sport in Patiala on Saturday to finish ahead of Inderjeet Singh who managed a best throw of 19.35m.

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AFI Media 06 August 2018 Bengaluru. India’s leading marathon and ultrarunning event organising company NEB Sports Entertainment along with IDBI Federal Life Insurance and sportswear giant Adidas has announced full sponsorship for Indian team which will participate in the 100km World Championships to be held at Sveti Martin na Muri, Croatia on 08th September 2018. Selected by Athletics Federation of

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NEW DELHI: India’s leading track and field athletes like discus throwers Vikas Gowda and Seema Punia or high jumper Tejaswin Shankar and hurdler Siddhanth Thingalaya, who are training privately in India and abroad away from the national camp, will have to mandatorily appear for the Asian Games selection trial at the Interstate meet in Guwahati later next month. A no-show

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30 May 2018 AFI Media New Delhi. India’s one of the most celebrated track and field athlete Vikas Gowda, on Wednesday officially announced his retirement from athletics. Gowda, who holds current national record of 66.28m in discus throw, informed Athletics Federation of India (AFI) about his decision to retire from athletics through an email. “After a lot of thinking and

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Dear Athletes, Kindly refer to the name list below. The following athletes must note that their Accreditation Application is rejected by Organising Committee of Asian Games 2018- Jakarta due to invalid photographs submitted. You are requested to submit fresh photographs by 22 May 2018, 11:59pm to – radhakrishnanp2710@gmail.com and/or diveshbhal@gmail.com Kindly, go through the comment against your name in the list and send

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AFI Media 05 May 2018 Colombo (Sri Lanka). Indian junior athletes dominated the proceedings on day-1 of the South Asian Junior Athletics Championships (SAJAC) at Sugathadasa Stadium in Colombo on Saturday. Indian juniors bagged 11 gold, ten silver and three bronze medals to put India on top of the medals tally. Arshdeep Singh provided India the first gold medal of

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AFI Media 19 April 2018 Coimbatore (TN). Rio Olympian Jisna Mathew is expected to headline the 16th Federation Cup National Junior Athletics Championships, that begins in Coimbatore on Thursday. The 19-year-old Matthew, who trains at the PT Usha Academy has been touted for big things by her legendary mentor.  Mathews, who runs the quarter mile, has beaten some of the

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