Shivpal Singh

Neeraj Chopra, Shivpal Singh's training and competition tour of Turkey suspended due to hard quarantine

Olympics-bound javelin throwers Neeraj Chopra and Shivpal Singh were to be among the group to travel to Turkey this month, along with the quarter-milers — both men and women — but the tour has been put on hold.

Neeraj Chopra, Hima Das to embark on training and competition tour of Turkey in build-up to Tokyo Olympics

Apart from Chopra and fellow Olympic bound javelin thrower Shivpal Singh, country's relay racers (both 4x100m and 4x400m men and women) will be part of the 40-odd contingent that also includes coaches.

Indian Grand Prix III: Neeraj Chopra breaks his own national record with throw of 88.07m

Another Olympic-bound javelin thrower, Shivpal Singh of Uttar Pradesh, was second with a best throw of 81.63m while Sahil Silwal, representing Haryana, was third with a best effort of 80.65m.

National Open Race Walking Championships: Sandeep Kumar, Priyanka Goswami shatter national records, qualify for Tokyo Olympics along with Rahul

With the three new entrants, the total number of Indian race walkers who have qualified for the Tokyo Games has swelled to five as KT Irfan (men's 20km) and Bhawana Jat (women's 20km) have already made the cut earlier.

Neeraj Chopra, Shivpal Singh and other top Indian javelin throwers begin training camp in Bhubaneswar

The team has shifted base from NIS Patiala, which is very cold at the peak of winter, to the Odisha capital, which will be comparatively warmer than the Punjab city.

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.

Coronavirus Outbreak: No Indian athletes to take part in international events this year, says AFI President Adille Sumariwalla

Earlier this month, the AFI prepared a tentative calendar for this year starting with the Indian Grand Prix on 12 September and squeezing in three national champions in a period of less than two months

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Shooter Mairaj Ahmad Khan, javelin thrower Shivpal Singh ready to put medal dream ahead of coronavirus concerns

Shivpal Singh, who booked his Tokyo ticket at a meet in South Africa on Tuesday, says athletes are trained to get over setbacks but missing out on the Olympics would be on another level.

South Asian Games 2019: Tajinderpal Singh Toor, PU Chitra to lead 75-member Indian athletics squad for Kathmandu-hosted event

Asian Games gold medallist shot putter Tejinder Pal Singh Toor and two-time Asian 1500m champion PU Chitra will lead a 75-member-strong Indian athletics squad in the South Asian Games to be held in Kathmandu, Nepal, from 1 to 10 December.

World Military Games: Para-athlete Anandan Gunasekaran clinches third gold of event, javelin thrower Shivpal Singh too bags top honours

Para-athlete Anandan Gunasekaran clinched his third gold of the event, while javelin thrower Shivpal Singh bagged another gold medal for the country as India continued their fine show at the ongoing 7th CISM World Military Games on Thursday.