Athletics

By Navneet Singh New Delhi, July 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) No one comes as close to missing qualifying for the Olympic Games as ace 5,000 metres runner Parul Chaudhary did — by a solitary ranking spot, after…

Windhoek, July 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) The dream of Namibia’s two sprinting queens, Christine Mboma and Beatrice Masilingi, of competing in the 400m Olympic events were shattered after they were ruled not eligible by World Athletics. The…

Oslo, July 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) Norwegian star Karsten Warholm clocked 46.70 seconds in men’s 400 metres hurdles to smash Kevin Young’s long standing world record of 46.78 secs at the Bislett Games, which is also the…

Patiala, June 29 (SocialNews.XYZ) Discus thrower Seema Punia, bronze medallist at the 2018 Jakarta Asian Games, booked her ticket for the Tokyo Olympic Games with a gold medal-winning throw of a 63.72m meters on the…

Patiala, June 28 (SocialNews.XYZ) The 2017 Asian champion Ajay Kumar Saroj’s chances of making cut for the Tokyo Olympic Games evaporated as his gold medal-winning time of 3 minutes 42.55 seconds in men’s 1500 metres…

Patiala, June 28 (SocialNews.XYZ) Olympic-bound Tajinderpal Singh Toor won gold and set a meet record in men’s shot put with a throw of 21.10 metres at the National Inter-State Athletics Championships here on Monday. With…

New Delhi, June 28 (SocialNews.XYZ) One of Pakistan’s most celebrated sprinters, Abdul Khaliq — who created history by winning the 1954 Manila Asian Games sprint gold in record time but lost a much-hyped race with…

Patiala, June 27 (SocialNews.XYZ) Manjeet Singh, the 2018 Jakarta Asian Games men’s 800 metres champion, and others failed to avail the last chance to qualify for the Tokyo Olympic Games at the National Inter State…

Kuortane (Finland), June 26 (SocialNews.XYZ) Star Indian javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra hurled the spear to a distance of 86.79 meters for bronze at the Kuortane Games here on Saturday. The 23-year-old athlete, who has qualified…

Patiala, June 26 (SocialNews.XYZ) Punjab’s Gurindervir Singh won the men’s 100 metres dash with a meet record of 10.27 seconds at the National Inter-State Athletics Championships here on Saturday. S Dhanalakshmi of Tamil Nadu won…

Patiala, June 26 (SocialNews.XYZ) Star sprinter Dutee Chand’s hopes of cracking Tokyo Olympic qualification time of 11.15 seconds in the women’s 100 metres final at the National Inter-State Athletics Championships on Saturday may get dashed…

Manchester, June 26 (SocialNews.XYZ) Long-distance Olympic champion Mo Farah’s chances of competing at the Tokyo Olympics disappeared as one of the most successful British athletes failed once again to achieve the qualification time of 27min…

Patiala, June 25 (SocialNews.XYZ) Indian men’s 4x400m relay team on Friday enhanced its chances of qualifying for the next month’s Tokyo Olympic Games by clocking 3 minutes 01.89 seconds on the opening day of the…

Patiala, June 25 (SocialNews.XYZ) Vikram Bharatsinh of Madhya Pradesh won gold in men’s 10,000 metres on the opening day of the National Inter State Athletics Championships here on Friday. Bharatsinh clocked 30 minutes 16.44 seconds…

Patiala, June 24 (SocialNews.XYZ) Sri Lanka’s middle-distance runner Nimali Waliwarsha and sprinter Nadeesha Ramanayake are among the prominent athletes will compete in the five-day National Inter State Athletics Championships starting here on Friday. While Nimali…

Patiala, June 24 (SocialNews.XYZ) The spotlight will be on the women’s 4x100m and men’s 4x400m relay squads at the five-day National Inter-State Championships starting here on Friday. This will be the last chance for athletes…

New Delhi, June 23 (SocialNews.XYZ) Ace javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra will be part of a highly competitive field at the Kuortane Games on Friday in Finland in a bid to further boost his confidence ahead…

New Delhi, June 22 (SocialNews.XYZ) Ukrainian Yuriy Ogorodnik, who was associated with India as an athletics coach for nearly two decades, died in Kharkiv on Monday. He was 84. Ogorodnik had multiple stints in India…