Tag: Athletics

20
Sep

Saroj-Arpinder takes India to second spot in medal tally

AFI Media September 20, 2017 Ashgabat (Turkmenistan): Here on day 3 of the Indoor Athletics, at the 5th Asian Indoor & Martial Arts Games 2017, India continued its good run and returned with a couple of gold medals in the men’s 1500m and men’s triple jump. Riding on his powerful run of (3:48.67 min), Saroj Ajay Kumar brought home a

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18
Sep

India win four medals in Asian Martial Arts Games

Ashgabat (Turkmenistan), Sep 18 (PTI) Indian opened its medal account in style by grabbing one gold, two silver and one bronze through track and field athletes on the third day of fifth Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games, here today. Purnima Hembram bagged the lone gold in the women’s pentathlon event as she collected aggregate 4062 points from five events.

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16
Jul

Selection trials for men’s 20k race walk team

The Athletics Federation of India will select Men’s 20000m race walk team for IAAF World Championships to be held in London from 4-13 August, 2017 after a selection trial. The selection trial of the athletes in national camp will be held at Dharamsala at 4pm on July 18, 2017.

15
Jul

Women athletes smash three meet records at National Inter State

AFI Media July 15, 2017 Guntur, Andhra Pradesh: L Surya, AnuRaghavan and Sarita Singh all created Meet Records on the opening day of the National Inter State Athletics Championships at Acharya Nagarjuna University ground in Guntur- Andhra Pradesh on Saturday. L. Surya set a new Meet Record in the Women’s 5000m run, racing ahead with a time of 15:46.92. She

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10
Jun

Priyanka Kerketta Leaps into the Record Books on Day 1

Lucknow: The 15th Federation Cup National Junior Athletics Championships got off to a promising start at the P.A.C Athletics Stadium with a number of commendable performances by the young athletes. Priyanka Kerketta broke the Junior National Record to win the Girls’ Long Jump event. The Jharkhand girl produced a best effort of 6.30m to clinch the first position decisively. The

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31
May

Top Indian athletes in Patiala for Federation Cup

31 May 2017 AFI Media Patiala: India’s top track and field athletes will be in action at the NS-NIS here in Patiala during the 21st Federation Cup Senior Athletics Championships which will kick-off on Thursday morning. The championships which will provide an opportunity to Indian athletes to qualify for the upcoming Asian Athletics Championships to be held in Bhubaneswar from

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23
May

Indian Youth team ends Asian campaign with relay gold

23 May 2017 AFI Media Bangkok. Boys medley relay team comprising GurindervirSingh, Palender Kumar, Manish and Akshay Nain provided a golden finish to India’s campaign at the 2nd Asian Youth Athletics Championships that concluded at theSuphachalasai National Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand, here on Tuesday evening. The Indian medley relay team grabbed the gold with the timing of 1:55.62. Boys from

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