Category: Athletics

The heart-breaking story of 5,000m runner Parul missing Olympics

By Navneet Singh New Delhi, July 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) No one comes as close to missing qualifying for the Olympic Games…

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Namibia’s ‘speed queens’ to miss 400m Olympic race

Windhoek, July 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) The dream of Namibia's two sprinting queens, Christine Mboma and Beatrice Masilingi, of competing in the…

3 years ago

Warholm breaks 29-year old 400m hurdles world record

Oslo, July 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) Norwegian star Karsten Warholm clocked 46.70 seconds in men's 400 metres hurdles to smash Kevin Young's…

3 years ago

Athletics Integrity Unit acknowledges CAS verdict on Salwa

Monaco, July 1 (SocialNews.XYZ) While acknowledging the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) verdict on a two-year suspension of Bahrain's…

3 years ago

Discus thrower Seema books Olympic berth

Patiala, June 29 (SocialNews.XYZ) Discus thrower Seema Punia, bronze medallist at the 2018 Jakarta Asian Games, booked her ticket for…

3 years ago

Saroj’s gold medal effort not good enough for Olympics

Patiala, June 28 (SocialNews.XYZ) The 2017 Asian champion Ajay Kumar Saroj's chances of making cut for the Tokyo Olympic Games…

3 years ago

Olympic-bound Toor wins gold, sets record in Inter-State Athletics

Patiala, June 28 (SocialNews.XYZ) Olympic-bound Tajinderpal Singh Toor won gold and set a meet record in men's shot put with…

3 years ago

When Milkha’s Pak competitor was taken as prisoner of war in 1971

New Delhi, June 28 (SocialNews.XYZ) One of Pakistan's most celebrated sprinters, Abdul Khaliq -- who created history by winning the…

3 years ago

800m men, women runners lose last chance to qualify for Olympics

Patiala, June 27 (SocialNews.XYZ) Manjeet Singh, the 2018 Jakarta Asian Games men's 800 metres champion, and others failed to avail…

3 years ago

Chopra bags javelin bronze at Kuortane Games

Kuortane (Finland), June 26 (SocialNews.XYZ) Star Indian javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra hurled the spear to a distance of 86.79 meters…

3 years ago

Gurindervir shatters 100m meet record in Inter-State Athletics

Patiala, June 26 (SocialNews.XYZ) Punjab's Gurindervir Singh won the men's 100 metres dash with a meet record of 10.27 seconds…

3 years ago

Dutee Chand’s Olympic hopes hang by a thread

Patiala, June 26 (SocialNews.XYZ) Star sprinter Dutee Chand's hopes of cracking Tokyo Olympic qualification time of 11.15 seconds in the…

3 years ago

Mo Farah fails to qualify for Tokyo Olympics

Manchester, June 26 (SocialNews.XYZ) Long-distance Olympic champion Mo Farah's chances of competing at the Tokyo Olympics disappeared as one of…

3 years ago

Olympics: Men’s 4x400m relay team improves chances of qualifying

Patiala, June 25 (SocialNews.XYZ) Indian men's 4x400m relay team on Friday enhanced its chances of qualifying for the next month's…

3 years ago

Bharatsinh wins gold in 10,000 metres

Patiala, June 25 (SocialNews.XYZ) Vikram Bharatsinh of Madhya Pradesh won gold in men's 10,000 metres on the opening day of…

3 years ago

Chinese sprinters better men’s 4x200m Asian record

Chongqing (China), June 24 (SocialNews.XYZ) An eastern Chinese province Shandong team reset the Asian record in the men's 4x200 meters…

3 years ago

Two Sri Lankans to compete in India’s Inter-State Athletics

Patiala, June 24 (SocialNews.XYZ) Sri Lanka's middle-distance runner Nimali Waliwarsha and sprinter Nadeesha Ramanayake are among the prominent athletes will…

3 years ago

Last chance to qualify for Olympic: Spotlight on men’s, women’s relays

Patiala, June 24 (SocialNews.XYZ) The spotlight will be on the women's 4x100m and men's 4x400m relay squads at the five-day…

3 years ago

Javelin ace Chopra to compete in Kuortane Games on Friday

New Delhi, June 23 (SocialNews.XYZ) Ace javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra will be part of a highly competitive field at the…

3 years ago

Former Ukrainian athletics coach of India Ogorodnik dead

New Delhi, June 22 (SocialNews.XYZ) Ukrainian Yuriy Ogorodnik, who was associated with India as an athletics coach for nearly two…

3 years ago



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