New Taipei City, June 6 (IANS) India’s women’s 4x100m relay team produced a commanding performance to clinch the gold medal and set a new meet record at the New Taipei City Athletics Open, a World Athletics Continental Tour Silver event, on Saturday.The quartet of Srabani Nanda, S.S. Sneha, Sudeshna Shivankar, and Tamanna clocked an impressive 44.07 seconds at the Banqiao Stadium in Taiwan to finish atop the podium. In the process, the Indian team shattered the previous meet record and secured v…
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New Delhi, June 1 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday lauded the Indian U20 athletics contingent for their 19-medal haul, including 10 gold, at the U20 Athletics Championships, calling it a reflection of the determination and excellence of young athletes. The Indian contingent wrapped up their campaign in style by adding three gold medals to their tally on the final day and overall finished second with 19 medals. Besdies 10 gold medals, the Indian team also won five silver and four bro…
Hong Kong, May 31 (IANS) India concluded a successful run at the 22nd Asian U20 Athletics Championships, winning three gold medals on the final day. This included setting a meet record in the women’s 4x400m relay, helping India finish second in the overall rankings behind the host nation, China.The Indian team finished the championships with a total of 19 medals, 10 gold, five silver, and four bronze, easily surpassing third-place Japan, which earned 18 medals. China led the medal tally with 2…
New Delhi, May 13 (IANS) India’s talented long jumper Shahnavaz Khan is among the 48-member national track and field team that will compete in the upcoming Asian U20 Athletics Championships to be held in Hong Kong from May 28.The Athletics Federation of India (AFI) selected the athletes on the basis of their performance in the domestic competition. Shahnavaz Khan’s outstanding performance of 8.23m, a national U20 long jump record, was recorded at the just concluded 24th National Junior Athle…
Tumkur, April 25 (IANS) Three national junior records highlighted the second day of the 24th National Junior (U20) Athletics Federation Competition at Tumkur’s Mahatma Gandhi Stadium in Karnataka on Saturday.On a day when several athletes achieved new heights, Army’s Asian junior silver medalist Nitin Gupta set a new benchmark in men’s U20 5,000m race walk.Uttar Pradesh long jumper Shahnavaz Khan also entered his names in record books.Kerala’s talented sprinter Mohammed Ashfaq hogged the…
Tumkur, April 24 (IANS) Abhay Singh and Nipam claimed the titles as they emerged as the fastest male and female athletes on Day One of the 24th National Junior (U20) Athletics Federation Competition at the Mahatma Gandhi Stadium in Tumkur, Karnataka, on Friday.Abhay Singh, representing Reliance Foundation, raced to victory in the men’s 100m dash. His winning time of 10.41 seconds was better than the Asian junior qualification time of 10.46 seconds and the meet record of 10.47 seconds set by Gu…
Tumkur (Karnataka), April 23 (IANS) Overall 1059 competitors, including 709 male track and field athletes, will be seen in action during the three-day National Junior (U20) Athletics Competition, starting Friday at Mahatma Gandhi Stadium in Tumkur, Karnataka.The competition will also act as a qualifying event for next month’s Asian U20 Athletics Championships to be held in Hong Kong.The Athletics Federation of India (AFI) has already announced the qualification standards for the Asian U20 meet…
Hyderabad, Jan 6 (IANS) Hyderabad police have arrested a man for defrauding people to the tune of Rs 49.90 lakh in the name of online trading.A Cybercrime police station team apprehended Mohammed Ashfaq, a resident of Hyderabad.The police said on Tuesday that the arrest was made during the investigation after a complaint was received from a victim, also a resident of Hyderabad.According to police, Ashfaq, 33, who runs a general store business, gave his bank account to cyber fraudsters on a commi…