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Long jumper Murali Sreeshankar successfully defends gold in Greece event, Jeswin Aldrin takes silver
Sreeshankar’s series were 7.94m, 8.17m, 8.11m, 8.04m, 8.01m and 8.18m. He, however, could not breach the 2023 World Athletics Championships qualifying standard of 8.25m.
Parul Chaudhary wins women’s 3000m steeplechase title in New York
Chaudhary, who is currently training in the USA, won the race with a time of 9:41.88, which is more than three seconds outside her personal best of 9:38.09 she had clocked during the World Championships last year.
Six athletes from Inspire Institute of Sport qualify for 2023 Asian Athletics Championship
The six athletes will compete at the Asian Athletics Championships to be held in Bangkok from July 12, 2023, to July 16, 2023.
World record holder Rhonex Kipruto suspended for suspected doping as Kenya's problems rise
Close to 70 Kenyan athletes -- mainly distance runners -- have been banned in the last five years for drugs offences.
Fed Cup Senior Athletics C’ships: Shot putter Tajinderpal Singh Toor, javelin thrower Annu Rani win golds
Tajinderpal Singh Toor heaved the iron ball to a distance of 20.42m to win the gold medal, though it was below his personal best 21.49m.
Gulveer Singh wins 10,000m gold, books ticket to Asian Athletics Championships
Gulveer won with a time of 29:05.90 seconds, which was better than the Asian Championships qualifying time of 29:30.
Fed Cup Athletics Championships: Injury forces Hima Das out; Tajinderpal Singh Toor, Annu Rani top attractions
Several top athletes, including the likes of triple jumper Eldhose Paul, Avinash Sable (300m steeplechase) and Murali Sreeshankar (long jump) will not feature in the meet
Injury forces sprint icon Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce to miss Kenya athletics meet
Kip Keino Classic director Barnabas Korir said Fraser-Pryce suffered a knee injury during training at Nairobi's Kasarani stadium on Thursday
Sports ministry clears Avinash Sable and Tejaswin Shankar's proposals to train abroad
The MOC, which met on Thursday, also approved jumpers Jeswin Aldrin, Praveen Chithravel and T Selva Prabhu's proposal for training and competitions in Greece, Italy and France respectively.
Reigning champion Neeraj Chopra returns to Diamond League in Doha
Neeraj Chopra, the reigning Diamond League series champion, will begin his title defence in Doha.
Sports ministry approves Murali Sreeshankar, Priyanka Goswami and Sandeep Kumar's proposals to train abroad
Long jumper Murali Sreeshankar, along with his coach Sivasankaran Murali, would be training in Greece for 32 days, the cost of which will be covered under the Target Olympic Podium Scheme
CWG medallist Tejaswin Shankar bags decathlon silver in US, nearly breaks national record
Tejaswin competed in the gruelling 10-event decathlon and scored a cumulative 7,648 points — 10 less than Bharatinder Singh's national record of 7,658 set in 2011.
World Athletics set to tighten transgender rules, lift Russia doping ban
The proposals will be discussed and put to the vote at the meeting of World Athletics' Council that starts Tuesday in Monaco
Jeswin Aldrin breaks men's long jump national record with 8.42m leap
Jeswin Aldrin, 21, leapt 8.42 metres to erase the previous mark of 8.36 metres set by India teammate M Sreeshankar at the Federation Cup in Kozhikode in April last year
Triple jumper Aishwarya Babu slapped with four-year ban for violating anti-doping rules
Aishwarya had been dropped from last year's Commonwealth Games after testing positive for Ostarine — a drug that falls in the category of selective androgen receptor modulator.
Armand Duplantis sets new world pole vault record of 6.22 metres; watch video
Competing at the All-Star Perche meeting in Clermont-Ferrand, Armand Duplantis cleared the new record at his third attempt
Inspire Institute of Sport to host second edition of Indian Open – Throws and Jumps Competition
This will be the first Athletics Federation of India (AFI) sanctioned senior competition to be held at the IIS.
Long jumper Jeswin Aldrin working on run-up issues for more success after Asian Indoor silver medal
Jeswin Aldrin recently won silver at Asian Indoor Athletics Championships and has already qualified for the 2023 World Athletics Championships.
Asian Indoor Athletics Championships: Chitravel, Aldrin set new triple and long jump national records
Triple jumper Praveen Chitravel smashed the national indoor record during his silver medal-winning effort while long jumper Jeswin Aldrin also bettered the national mark en route to the final round.
Tejaswin Shankar pips ex-world champion Donald Thomas to to win high jump gold in Boston
The 24-year-old Delhi-born athlete leapt 2.26 metres as he pushed the 2007 World Championships and 2010 CWG gold medallist, 38-year-old Thomas, to second spot.