Category: Athletics
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Karsten Warholm Breaches World Record At Xiamen Diamond League
Norwegian star Karsten Warholm ran the fastest time ever in the men’s 300m hurdles at the Wanda Diamond League season opener in Xiamen on Saturday, beating his own previous world best by 0.21 seconds. Warholm clocked 33.05 to win the 300m hurdles at the Egret Stadium, beating his previous mark of 33.26, posted at the…
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TCS London Marathon: Tigist Assefa Sets Women-Only World Marathon Record
Ethiopia’s Tigist Assefa smashed the women-only world record by 26 seconds at the TCS London Marathon, running 2:15:50 to win the World Athletics Platinum Label road race on Sunday (27). The Olympic silver medallist kicked away from Kenya’s Joyciline Jepkosgei to clinch her first London Marathon win after finishing second to Peres Jepchirchir last year,…
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Asian Athletics Championships 2025: India Squad For Continental Event Announced
Premier Indian steeplechaser Avinash Sable will lead the India squad for the Asian Athletics Championships 2025 starting in Gumi, the Republic of Korea, from May 27. The Athletics Federation of India (AFI) named a 58-member squad on Friday, including Jyothi Yarraji and Praveen Chithravel, who recently breached the World Championships qualification mark. Indian athletes’ participation…
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India Drop Women’s 4x400m Relay Team For Asian Athletics Championships
The Athletics Federation Of India (AFI) has decided to drop the women’s 4x400m squad for next month’s Asian Athletics Championships in Gumi, South Korea. National Games champion Aishwarya Mishra, who is the fastest runner of this season, and Kiran Pahal missed the Federation Cup in Kochi. Olympian Jyothika Sri Dandi was rejected for the National…
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Neeraj Chopra Says Arshad Nadeem’s Participation In NC Classic Was ‘Out Of Question’
Neeraj Chopra, the double Olympic medalist, has responded to the ‘hate and abuse’ hurled at him for inviting his Pakistan counter-part Arshad Nadeem to the inaugural edition of NC Classic. Chopra, the organizer behind the first-of-its-kind event clarified that, following the terror attack at Pahalgam, Nadeem’s participation in the event was out-of-question. He, however, questioned…