Athletics

Sreesankhar sets eyes on 8.4 metre mark

March 23, 2021

Sreesankhar sets eyes on 8.4 metre mark

The long jumper Sreesankhar cleared 8.26 metres at the Federation Cup last week to erase the national record and secure a spot at the Tokyo Olympics.

March 19, 2021
Kamalpreet Kaur qualifies for Olympics with national record

Kamalpreet Kaur booked her Olympics berth with an effort of 65.06m in discus throw.
March 16, 2021
Long jumper Sreeshankar qualifies for Tokyo Olympics

The 21-year-old from Kerala set a new national record of 8.26m in his fifth attempt.
March 05, 2021
India's Belarusian athletics coach Nikolai Snesarev found dead

The dead body of the 72-year-old Snesarev, who returned to India after a gap of two years to be at the helm till the end of September, has been sent to a government hospital for post-mortem.
March 05, 2021
Neeraj Chopra breaks own national record at Indian GP 3

Competing for the first time in more than a year after the COVID-19 pandemic wiped out the whole of 2020 calendar, Chopra hurled the spear to a distance of 88.07cm in his fifth attempt.
February 19, 2021
Double high jump world champion Vlasic retires

Vlasic claimed the silver medal in Beijing in 2008 and bronze in Rio in 2016.
February 17, 2021
PT Usha's niece strikes gold at state junior meet

After watching Samridhi easily beat her rivals to clinch the gold in the 600m race, Usha said she would persuade her to shift her focus to 400 metres hurdles.

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