Tag: Athletics

22
May

Haryana boys break record at Asian Youth Athletics Championships

22 May 2017 AFI Media Bangkok. Haryana youngsters Abhay Gupta and Sahil Silwal made a history at the 2nd Asian Youth Athletics Championships clinching the gold and silver medals respectively and broke the championship record in the boys’ discus throw at the Suphachalasai National Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand, on Monday. Abhay (56.47m) won the gold medal surpassing Iranian athlete Sajjad

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21
May

Gurindervir storms to 100m gold, Abhishek wins 800m title

AFI Media 21 May 2017 Bangkok. National record holder in U-18 category Gurindervir Singh of Punjab and Kerala’s Abhishek Mathew won two gold medals for India on the second day of the ongoing 2nd Asian Youth Athletics Championships at the Suphachalasai National Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand on Sunday. The 16-year old sprinter, Gurindervir clocked 10.77s and finished ahead on Malaysian

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15
May

Results IGP 2017 (leg-3) Delhi- Jisna bags gold, Poovamma gets silver

AFI Media May 15, 2017 New Delhi: Eighteen-year old Jisna Mathew from Kerela bagged the yellow medal with the timing of 52.65s in the women’s 400 meters event at the last and final leg of Indian Grand Prix 2017 athletics series that concluded at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium on Monday, May 15, 2017. All eyes were on Jisna and Karnataka

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15
May

Anas betters his own national record, qualifies for IAAF World Championships 2017

May 15, 2017 AFI Media The third and final leg of the Indian Grand Prix 2017 athletics series concluded successfully at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Delhi on Monday evening, 15 May 2017 as sprinter Muhammed Anas Yahiya shattered his own national record with a flickering timing of 45.32s clinching the gold in Men’s 400m event. The effort from Keralite

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15
May

All eyes on Jisna-Poovamma contest at IGP 2017 last leg

New Delhi, 15th May: In the third and final leg of the Indian Grand Prix 2017 athletics series which will be held at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Delhi on Monday, 15 May 2017, all eyes will be set on the women’s 400m final. While Incheon Asian Games gold medalist Poovamma Raju won both the previous rounds of this year’s

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13
May

Unauthorised Course Measurement Workshops

Official Circular : Download Here New Delhi, 13th May: The Athletics Federation of India (AFI) would like to bring to the notice of all its affiliated State Units, Departmental Sports Boards, Technical Officials, Athletes, all the Road Races (Marathon, Half-marathon, 10km, 5km etc.) organisers, sponsors and running enthusiasts that AFI has not identified, recognised or permitted any organisation, race organiser

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7
May

Meet OLLY- the turtle, Mascot of the 22nd Asian Athletics Championships

May 07, 2017, Bhubaneswar: The Local Organising Committee of the 22nd Asian Athletics Championships 2017 today unveiled the logo and mascot of the championships in a glittering ceremony held at the Kalinga Stadium Complex in Bhubaneshwar on Sunday, 07 May 2017. Hon’ble Chief Minister of Odisha, Shri Naveen Patnaik, unveiled the logo and mascot during the official announcement ceremony of

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