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Rio 2016 Olympics: Lalita Babar, Sudha Singh rated highly in women's track and field; Dutee Chand faces uphill task
K P Mohan • 9 years agoThe Indian women look to have better chances than their male counterparts in athletics. Among them, steeplechasers, Lalita Babar and Sudha Singh should be rated with the best chance of making the final.
Indian men's and women's 4x400 relay team on cusp of qualification for 2016 Olympics
• 9 years agoIndian men's and women's 4x400m relay race teams on Sunday virtually qualified for Rio Olympics after clocking impressive timings at the 3rd Indian Grand Prix athletics event in Bengaluru on Sunday.
On track for Rio: Indian women relay team enhance qualification bid for 2016 Olympics
• 9 years agoThe Indian women 4x400m relay quartet of Jauna Murmu, Ashwini Akkunji, Anilda Thomas and M R Poovamma enhanced its Rio Olympic Games qualification chances by winning a gold medal at the PTS athletics Grand Prix with an impressive timing of 3:31.39.
Indian men clinch hockey gold, women bag 4 x 400m relay gold; India jump to ninth place
Fp Archives • 11 years agoThe Indian men's hockey team regained the gold medal after a gap of 16 years while the women's 4x400m relay team also picked up gold as India added four medals to jump to the ninth position in the overall standings in the 17th Asian Games in Incheon.