Tag: athletics

Sports

Indian athletes lead gold rush in South Asian Games

December 5, 2019

Kathmandu: Track and field athletes led India’s gold rush on the third day of competitions in the 13th South Asian ...

Christian Coleman (Centre) winning the 100m at Doha, Saturday night

Sports

New 100m World Champion Christian Coleman not ready to replace Usain Bolt as face of athletics

September 29, 2019

Doha: American Christian Coleman scorched to the 100 metres World Championships gold medal here Saturday night but the crowning of ...

Metro

Dutee Chand keen to join politics after career in athletics

September 23, 2019

Bhubaneswar: Ace sprinter Dutee Chand has expressed her interest to enter the political fray after finishing her athletic career. The ...

Sports

IAAF was crumbling when I took over: Sebastian Coe

August 30, 2019

Zurich: Sebastian Coe admits that athletics' world governing body was ‘crumbling’ when he took over four years ago, but insists ...

Lysenko was provisionally suspended last August on the eve of the European Championships in Berlin, after failing to make himself available for out-of-competition drug testing.

Sports

Russia accused of doping cover-up involving high jumper

June 3, 2019

Paris: The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) is investigating claims Russian officials tried to cover up a doping case involving high ...

Sasha Zhoya, 16, burst onto the scene at the Australian Athletics Championships in Sydney, winning the under-20 pole vault with a height of 5.56 metres, just shy of the qualifying standard for the world championships.

Sports

France and Australia in tug-of-war for teen sensation

April 6, 2019

Sydney: A fast-rising teen sensation has been breaking junior athletics records this week, sparking a tug-of-war between Australia and France ...

Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik inaugurates the High Performance Centers along with former India cricket captain Anil Kumble, eminent badminton coach Pullela Gopichand and Sports Minister Chandra Sarathi Behera at the Kalinga Stadium complex, Monday

Sports

CM inaugurates 5 HPCs in city

February 25, 2019

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik inaugurated Monday High Performance Centers (HPC) for weightlifting, athletics, badminton, football development and sports management ...

State

Cop felicitated for athletic achievements

February 23, 2019

Parlakhemundi: The state Excise Commissioner and Principal Secretary felicitated Gajapati district Excise department ASI, Kishore Chandra Rath, Saturday with a ...