Tag: IAAF WORLD U20 CHAMPIONSHIPS

It is indeed a testament of ones greatness when one rises above the challenges they face, above the age old notion surrounding Indians in a particular discipline- above all of it to emerge as a legit contender for the top spot. Hima Das has managed to do that. Not really famed for their exploits in track athletics, it looks as

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Eighteen-year-old Carolina Visca arrives in Tampere as the strongest gold medal threat for Italy, but she’ll have to rise from a crowded field that will include eight women who have thrown beyond 54 metres this year. The silver medallist at last year’s European Junior Championships, Visca has sat at or near the top of the world U20 lists since she

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Staggering. There’s no other way to describe Kenyan dominance in this event. In 15 of the championships’ 16 editions, the first man across the finish line wore the country’s black, red and green. In 10 of those races, Kenya took home gold and silver. The only certainty at the moment is that there won’t be a repeat of the latter

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