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Deepthi Jeevanji wins gold with world record time in 400m T20 class in World Para Championships

Deepthi smashed American Breanna Clark's earlier world record of 55.12 seconds set during last year's edition of the championships in Paris




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Asian Relays: Indian mixed 4x400m team sets National record

The timing puts India in the 21st place in the Road to Paris list of World Athletics while the aim was to be either in the 15th or 16th spot




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World Para Athletic Championships: Ekta wins gold with season's best effort in club throw

Reigning Paralympics champion Sumit Antil defended his F64 javelin throw world title while Thangavelu Mariyappan also grabbed gold medal.




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Asian Relay Championships: Indian men's and women's 4x400m teams win silver medals

Indian mixed 4x400 relay team set a national record while winning the gold medal but missed the target of entering the Paris Olympics qualification bracket.




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Curbing the doping scourge: Anju Bobby George, Ashwini Nachappa have their say

The two champion athletes agree on both the crux of the problem — incorrect or insufficient guidance — and the reasons for it — increased competition and desperation to succeed — but differ in how accountability should be apportioned




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India awarded silver, bronze in F46 javelin after winning protest at World Para Athletics Championships

India got a favourable decision and Herath was disqualified. Rinku, who originally finished third with an effort of 62.77m, was upgraded to second while Ajeet (62.11m) was handed a bronze




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World Para Athletics Championships: Simran wins gold as India ends 6th with best-ever 17 medals 

Simran Sharma shaved off around one-fifth of a second from her earlier personal best of 25.16 seconds to win the gold.




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Athletics: Chebet breaks 10,000m record, Kerr beats Ingebrigtsen

Chebet clocked 28 minutes 54.14 seconds, taking nearly seven seconds off the previous world record set by Ethiopian Letesenbet Gidey three years ago to qualify for the event at the Paris Olympics.




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Not injured, withdrawal from Golden Spike meet a precautionary move, Neeraj Chopra clarifies

Neeraj Chopra said he would not want to risk injury in an Olympic year and hence decided to skip the prestigious meet.




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Athletics | Chennai to host second Indian Grand Prix today




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Indian GP: Yugendran leaps to a new meet record in men’s pole vault

Baranica secures the gold in women’s event; Vithya Ramraj claims the women’s 400m hurdles title; Abha bags the shot put top spot




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Nayana shocks Asian champ Sumire to win gold in Taiwan Athletics Open

Animesh impresses in Spain, Eldhose and Jesse strike gold in France




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Dutee Chand’s four-year ban stays

ADAP rejects star sprinter’s appeal, upholds ADDP’s decision




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India’s fastest junior quartermiler Sai Sangeetha provisionally suspended

ATHLETICS | Junior international Jeyavindhiya also figures in NADA’s list; sprinter Neha banned for four years




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Race walker Suraj loses Paris ticket as World Athletics cancels results of Nationals

World body marks results of Indian meet as ‘invalid’)




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Portland Track Festival | Gold for Sanjivani, silver for Sable




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Get ready for the Deepanshi surprise

The 21-year-old from Rohtak ran the country’s fastest 400m at the recent Haryana Championships




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Gulveer breaks Sable’s 5000m National record




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Third Indian Grand Prix track and field: Another chance for many stars to stake their claim for Paris Olympics

There are no eye-popping names in the fray, perhaps because the National inter-state championship is scheduled in close proximity (June 27-30 in Panchkula, Haryana).




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Sprint hurdler Kiran breaks Maymon’s under-18 National record




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Neeraj Chopra set to resume Olympic build-up at Paavo Nurmi Games in Finland

The 26-year-old superstar, the lone Indian in the field, will be up against German teenaged sensation Max Dehning, who is the youngest member of the coveted 90m club, which Chopra is aspiring to enter.




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Jumpers Shaili and Eldhose shocked as WA marks Slovakia’s Jumps Fest results as ‘uncertified’

AFI president Sumariwalla writes to the governing body about the issue




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Guadalajara Athletics Meeting | Jeswin Aldrin disappoints in Spain




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National inter-State athletics | Eyeing a Paris ticket, India’s top athletes gear up one last time




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Manu under dope cloud, Paris chances hit; AFI disappointed; coach Naik too under scrutiny




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Avinash Sable overwrites own meet record, Kushare consolidates Paris spot

The national record holder Avinash Sable, who has already attained the Paris Olympic qualifying standard, clocked 8:31.75 to overwrite his own previous meet record of 8:33.19, set five years ago in Lucknow.




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Inter-State athletics | Tejas wins men’s hurdles with a new meet record




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Neeraj Chopra opts out of Paris Diamond League: Report

Speaking to 'ESPN', Chopra said he is focussing on training and strengthening his blocking leg




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Olympic silver medallist gymnast Poujade dies at 51




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Former high jump world champion Freitag found dead in South Africa

Freitag won world championships at youth, junior, and senior levels. He took gold in the high jump at the 2003 World Championships in Paris




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Athletics Federation of India names 28-member squad for Paris Olympics 2024

The Athletics Federation of India announced the squad on July 4 with no surprises, including all those who have either achieved the qualifying standard or made the cut through world rankings.




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Stay calm, sleep well: PM Modi tells Paris-bound athletes; asks for mom-made ‘churma’ from Neeraj

The upcoming Games will be held from July 26 to August 11 and India would be hoping to better its best ever tally of seven medals, including Chopra's historic javelin throw gold, achieved in the Tokyo Games.




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Paris Olympics 2024 | Inside the radical transformation in Indian sports and the making of a medal-winning champion

Over the last decade, not-for-profit organisations as well as private academies and training centres have come forward to train Indian athletes, bringing them on a par with global standards




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Simone Biles’ redemption song continues to silence Tokyo demons

The 27-year-old gymnast, regarded as one of the best ever, booked her ticket to Paris with a resounding victory at the US trials. Having successfully made a comeback after a two-year break to safeguard her mental health, she has the opportunity to put the 2020 Olympics firmly in her rearview mirror




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Jeswin Aldrin, Ankita Dhyani make Olympics cut, Indian athletics team strength rises to 30

The Indian athletics team will now have 30 members; the track and field competitions will begin on August 1




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Ambitious AFI looking to shake up the status quo of Indian athletics

Post the Paris Olympics, the association has planned to completely restructure its training and competition modules, possibly allowing more freedom and opportunities to athletes in both; this includes doing away with centralised national camps, grading the training centres and academies and increasing regional events for easy access to competitions




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Ukraine's Mahuchikh breaks 1987 women's high jump world record

The Ukrainian outperformed the world indoor champion, Australia's Nicola Olyslagers, with both competitors clearing the 2.01 metre height on their second attempts




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With plenty of swimming stars at the 2024 Olympics, France's Marchand may shine brightest

With big names like Caeleb Dressel, Katie Ledecky, Ariarne Titmus and Emma McKeon, it is expected that local favourite Léon Marchand may shine in the swimming event at Paris Olympics 2024




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Paris Olympics 2024: Team USA sending more women than men for the fourth consecutive Summer Olympics

The lineup features 314 women and 278 men, spanning ages from 16 to 59 and with 46 states represented.




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How do you make India’s fastest faster? Tear down invisible barriers

The country’s young sprinters are beginning to break records and shift perceptions. One of the facilitators of this change is Reliance Foundation athletics director James Hillier, who has helped create a structured environment that guides athletes to figure things out and take ownership of their progress




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Arshad Nadeem Pakistan's best hope in Paris Olympics

The Pakistan Olympic Association on July 15 announced the contingent comprising seven athletes and 11 officials, including coaches in four disciplines.




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Who is carrying the Olympic torch through Paris? A BTS star, a garbage collector and more

Hundreds of people have carried the Olympic torch through the French capital for two days of celebrations before the Summer Games kick off at the end of the month




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Olympics-bound javelin thrower Kishore Jena says his father stopped him from quitting

Kishore Jena admitted that Neeraj Chopra's Tokyo Olympics gold medal motivated him to achieve more in his sport but he found it difficult to get the big throws and thought of quitting the sport in July last year




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So near yet so far: India’s tryst with fourth-place Olympic heartbreaks

Arjun Babuta missed a medal by finishing fourth in the men’s 10m air rifle event at the Paris Olympics. Here is a look at the instances when Indian athletes came close but ended at just that.




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Neeraj Chopra lives in the moment and is remarkably consistent, says AFI chief Adille Sumariwalla

Rumours have swirled around the Olympic and world champion being troubled by an adductor niggle as he sets sights on retaining the gold medal at the Paris Olympics a few days from now




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Noah Lyles win last 100m before Olympics in personal best

Lyles was quick out of his blocks and tore down the track at London Stadium to win in 9.81 seconds




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Sports science back-up provided to Indian athletes in Paris Games is unprecedented, says Gagan Narang

Narang said the sports science team, under the leadership of renowned sports injury expert Dr. Dinshaw Pardiwala, is a never-before support for the Indian athletes.




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Norman Pritchard: Colonised India’s first athlete to win two medals in same Olympics

While the International Olympic Committee (IOC) lists him as an Indian, World Athletics (formerly IAAF) credits his Olympic medals to Britain.




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Paris Olympics: Afghan sprinter Yousoufi tells girls not to let others make decisions for them

Competing in her third Olympics — Rio de Janeiro and Tokyo — Yousofi finished with a time of 13.42 seconds, slower than the 13.29 three years ago.




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With qualification done, Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra has his task cut out

The other Indian Kishore Jena could not qualify for finals while the only medal hope for Pakistan Arshad Nadeem qualified for finals.