Tag: Javelin Throw

25 Sep. 18 AFI Media Bhubaneswar (Odisha). Railways athlete Sharmila Kumari produced the first upset in the opening day of the 58th National Open athletics Championships by pipping National Record holder Annu Rani to the gold medal in the women’s javelin throw event at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneshwar, Orissa on Tuesday. The 23-year-old Kumari threw a personal best throw

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AFI Media 27 August 2018 Jakarta (Indonesia). Neeraj Chopra won his maiden Asian Games title to add to the Commonwealth Games and the IAAF Junior World Championships medals in Jakarta tonight. The thrower from Haryana, in the process also broke his own national record of 87.43, managing an attempt of 88.06 metres. He finished well ahead of the rest of

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AFI Media 16 August 2018 New Delhi. Neeraj Chopra will deservingly lead the Indian contingent at the opening ceremony of the Asian Games.  It is an honour the 20-year-old has earned by virtue of being amongst India’s best prospects for a gold medal at the Continental Games. Chopra’s has top class credentials by virtue of being the first Indian to

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20 April 2018 AFI Media Coimbatore (TN). Under18 National champion Ankit of Haryana, came close to setting a meet record during his gold medal winning run in the men’s U20 1500m race at the 16th Federation Cup National Junior Athletics Championships in Coimbatore on Firday. Ankit, clocked 3:51.81 seconds to fall just short of the old meet record of 3:51:16

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AFI Media 07 April 2018 Gold Coast (Australia). All eyes will be on Neeraj Chopra ahead of the athletics competitions of the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games. No Indian athlete has ever won a gold in the javelin throw at the Games, but the 20-year-old from the village of Khandra in Haryana’s Panipat district might well break that trend. Chopra, who

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