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Race walker KT Irfan, sprinter Dutee Chand included in Target Olympic Podium Scheme core group

Shot putter Tajinder Pal Singh Toor was also retained in the TOPS core group, along with Chopra and Hima, after a performance review while triple jumper Arpinder Singh was dropped from the scheme.

AFI urges athletes to stay mentally strong during lockdown, take advantage of extra time ahead of Tokyo Olympics

The Olympics, originally scheduled for July-August, has been postponed to next year in the wake of the fast-spreading COVID-19 pandemic

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Racewalker KT Irfan says mega event's postponement gives him chance to train more

The 30-year-old Irfan qualified for his second Olympics after finishing fourth in the 20 km race walk event in the Asian Race Walking Championship last year.

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Unheralded Bhawna Jat seals qualification for Games in 20km race walk event

Unheralded Bhawna Jat qualified for the Tokyo Olympics in the 20km race walk event after pulling off a shock win with a national record time at the National Championships on Saturday.

IAAF World Athletics Championships 2019: India's full schedule, TV broadcast and live streaming coverage

Without Neeraj Chopra and Hima Das, India have grim chances of winning a medal or reaching a final at the IAAF World Athletics Championships 2019 in Doha, Qatar.

Indian race-walking team awarded bronze medal for 2012 IAAF World Race Walking Cup after Ukrainian team's disqualification

The Indian team of KT Irfan, Babubhai Panucha and Surinder Singh had finished fourth in the men's 20km team event behind China, Ukraine and Australia in May 2012 at Saransk

After 2018 Commonwealth Games heartbreak, race walker KT Irfan's career back on track with Tokyo Olympics berth

The wounds of the ouster from the Commonwealth Games last year are yet to heal. But KT Irfan's performance at the Asian Race Walking Championship held in Japan this Sunday has given his career a new lease of life.

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.

Asian Games 2018: IOA instructs athletes, national sports federations to adhere to No Needle Policy in Indonesia

The Asian Games-bound Indian athletes should adhere to the 'No Needle Policy' during the mega-event, the IOA said in a letter to all the national sports federations.

Commonwealth Games 2018: Full schedule of events of Indian athletes on Day 10

Full schedule of Indian athletes in action on Day 10 (14 April) of Commonwealth Games 2018.