Asian Games 2018 Athletics
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AIIMS doctors offer to help Asian Games 2018 gold medallist Swapna Barman 'smile without pain and suffering'
AIIMS doctors offer to help Asian Games 2018 gold medal-winning heptathlete Swapna Barman 'smile without pain and suffering'.
Asian Games 2018: India's sprinter Dutee Chand says she cherishes 100m silver more than her 200m win
With the double, Dutee joined her illustrious compatriots such as PT Usha in the list of athletes, who have won more than one medal at the Asian Games.
Asian Games 2018: Powered by PT Usha's pep talk, Jinson Johnson sets aside 800m disappointment to take 1500m gold
Jinson Johnson's pride and self-confidence restored after Usha’s uplifting words, he went about constructing his 1500m triumph after losing gold in the 800m event to compatriot Manjit Singh.
Listen: Full script of Episode 32 of Spodcast where we discuss women's relay team's win, India men's hockey team's exit and more
Today, on Firstpost Spodcast, we talk about the 4x400m relay team's gold and silver and the India men's hockey team's exit from the Asian Games 2018.
Firstpost Spodcast Episode 32: Women's relay team bags gold, India crash out in hockey and more on our daily sports podcast
India's 4x400m women's and men's relay teams bag gold and silver, India crash out of men's hockey event— we discuss all this and more on Spodcast, Firspost's daily sports podcast.
Highlights, Asian Games 2018, Day 13 : Indian women's hockey team wins silver after losing 1-2 to Japan in final
Asian Games 2018, Day 13 LIVE Updates: With India having won 59 medals in 12 days, Friday will represent an opportunity to go past their best-ever tally of 65 medals at an Asiad. Catch all the action from Jakarta and Palembang on our liveblog
Asian Games 2018: Shower of medals in athletics not enough to ease pain of India's shock loss in men's hockey
On Thursday, India discovered that the powerful, alluring and addictive scent of victory, floating from different events on track and field, is inadequate to quell the stench of a shock defeat in men’s hockey.
Asian Games 2018: With boxer Vikas Krishan, Indian women's hockey team in action, here's full schedule of Day 13
Here's the schedule of the Indian contingent on the 13th day of the Asian Games taking place in the Indonesian cities of Jakarta and Palembang.
Asian Games 2018: India clinch fifth consecutive gold in women's 4x400m relay; Jinson Johnson wins men's 1500m
The Indian 4x400m women's relay team on Thursday clinched its fifth consecutive Asian Games gold medal to maintain a remarkable domination in this event while Jinson Johnson won the men's 1500m final race as the country produced its best ever show in athletics since the inaugural 1951 edition.
Asian Games 2018: Seema Punia fails to repeat Incheon gold, gets bronze in women's discus throw
Defending champion Seema Punia on Thursday settled for a bronze in the women's discus throw event in the Asian Games in Jakarta.
Asian Games 2018: Dutee Chand's success proves India's ace sprinter has run past history of accusations and ostracisation
Dutee has sprinted out of every conceivable pigeonhole we pushed her into. India has to realise she is no more a novelty act. She is the Act.
Asian Games 2018: With gold medal in bag, Arpinder Singh banishes all demons of pressure, expectations
As Arpinder Singh boarded the bus to the Games Village, with the Asian Games gold medal tucked in his bag, he knew that he can clear the mind of any doubts that allows to surface.
Highlights, Asian Games, Day 11: Jinson Johnson bags men's 1500 metres gold; women's team wins 4x400 relay
Asian Games, Day 12 LIVE Updates: Catch all the action from Day 12 of the Asian Games taking place in the Indonesian cities of Jakarta and Palembang as it happens.
Asian Games 2018: Arpinder Singh, Swapna Barman bag hard-earned golds; Indian paddlers come of age on Day 11
Triple jumper Arpinder Singh could afford to run through his last attempt, secure in the knowledge that it would bring the curtain down after establishing himself as champion.
Asian Games 2018: Swapna Barman creates history with heptathlon gold; hopes to get custom shoes for her six-toed feet
The first Indian heptathlete to win an Asian Games gold, Swapna Barman on Wednesday made a plea to provide her more customised shoes for her 'abnormal' feet.
Asian Games 2018: Double silver medalist Dutee Chand fearful of future, says could be made to 'suffer' again
Dutee Chand won a court battle for her right to compete with her hormonal imbalance, and has achieved silvers in Jakarta in both the 100m and 200m – only the second Indian woman ever to do so, after sprint queen PT Usha.
Asian Games 2018: Arpinder Singh clinches India's first gold in men's triple jump in 48 years
Arpinder Singh clinched India's first men's triple jump gold in 48 years with a jump of 16.77m in the Asian Games at Jakarta on Wednesday.
Asian Games 2018: Khushbir Kaur finishes fourth in 20 km race walk as three Indians disqualified in event
Khushbir Kaur failed to match up to her silver-winning feat in the last edition of the Asian Games by finishing fourth at Jakarta on Wednesday, while three of her compatriots were disqualified in a disappointing show by India's 20km race walkers.
Listen: Full script of Episode 30 of Spodcast where we discuss Manjit Singh's 800m gold, 400m mixed relay silver and more
Manjit Singh's 800m gold, 400m mixed relay silver and more in our daily Spodcast.
Asian Games 2018: Manjit Singh's unexpected success in 800m event marks golden culmination of his underdog story
Manjit Singh was the first choice 800m runner as early as in 2010. But after a semi-final appearance in the Commonwealth Games in Delhi, he slipped away from collective consciousness.