Tag: Indian Athletics

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 27 April 2018 New Delhi. Commonwealth Games gold medal winning javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra has been recommended by the Athletics Federation of India for the country’s highest sporting honour – the Khel Ratna Award. In addition to the Khel Ratna, Chopra, 20, has also been recommended for the Arjuna Award by the federation. Chopra is one of three

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AFI Media 25 April 2018 New Delhi. National junior record breaker Gurindervir Singh will lead the Indian athletics team at the 3rd South Asian Junior Athletics Championships to be held from May 5-6, 2018 in Colombo, Sri Lanka The AFI selection committee for juniors selected 31 boys and 28 girls for the SAF championships. Sprinter Gurindervir Singh from Punjab shattered

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AFI Media April 25, 2018 New Delhi. It is with deep regret the Athletics Federation of India informs the passing away of Dr. Tony Daniel, Chairman, Technical Committee and a well-known sports administrator. Born in Ernakulam (Kerala) on 17 January 1952, Tony represented Kerala State and University on many occasions at the national championships both in junior and senior categories

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21 April 2018 AFI Media Coimbatore (TN). Gurindervir Singh of Punjab set a new national U20 record as he claimed gold in the 100m at the 16th Federation Cup National Junior Athletics Championships in Coimbatore on Saturday. Singh, clocked a blistering 10.47 seconds to shatter the old mark of 10.57 seconds set by Augustine Yeshudas of Kerala in 2013.  Gurindervir,

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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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AFI Media 12 April 2018 Gold Coast (Australia). India athletes opened their account at the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games 2018 winning two medals in the women’s discus throw competition. Competing at Gold Coast’s Carrara Stadium,  Seema Antil Punia and Navjeet Dhillon won the silver and bronze medals respectively with throws of 60.41m and 57.43m. Punia’s silver was her fourth consecutive

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