Cleveland, May 31 (IANS) A day after winning the 1-mile race, India’s long-distance runner Gulveer Singh came up with yet another strong run at the Music City Carnival, a World Continental Tour organised at the Lee University Cleveland campus, clocking 3:37.87 in 1500 m to finish second. Gulveer also became the second after national record holder Jinson Johnson to go sub- 3:38 twice. On Saturday, the 27-year-old Asian Games bronze medallist in the men’s 10,000m became the first Indian runner to …
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New Delhi, Feb 28 (IANS) Olympians Jinson Johnson and Anish Bhanwala will be the main highlights of the 63rd Fit India Sundays on Cycle event on March 1. Johnson, a former India Olympian in 2016 and the national record holder in the 1500m with a time of 3:35.24, will join the cycling event at the picturesque RK Beach in Visakhapatnam. Johnson won a gold medal in the 1500m and a silver in the 800m at the 2018 Asian Games. He also earned a silver in the 1500m at the 2022 Asian Games, establishing …
New Delhi, Jan 7 (IANS) Indian middle-distance runner Jinson Johnson announced his retirement from competitive athletics on Wednesday, bringing a decade-and-a-half-long career to a close.Johnson, who competed in the 800m at the Rio 2016 Olympics, ended his career with the 1500m national record, which he set at the ISTAF Berlin meet in 2019 with a time of 3:35.24.His participation in Rio 2016 made him the first Indian male runner to qualify for the 800m at the Olympics since Sriram Singh in 1980….