Guangzhou: Preeja Sreedharan and Kavita Raut clocked their personal bests to clinch the silver and bronze respectively in the women''s 5000m final of the Asian Games here on Friday. Sreedharan, who earlier clinched the 10,000m gold, returned a timing of 15:15.89. Raut, who bagged a silver in 10,000m, could not get past Sreedharan yet again but managed a personal best of 15:16.54 to win the bronze. Bahrain''s Mimi Belete Gebgregeiorges...
04:01 PM, Nov 26, 2010
After a brilliant performance by Indian athletes in Asian Games, India's legendary athlete PT Usha says she is overwhelmed with the brilliant performance of Indian athletes. ...
10:06 AM, Nov 26, 2010
Guangzhou: India's Ashwini Chidananda and Joseph Abraham won gold medals in the women's and men's 400m hurdles race while Ashwini's compatriot Juana Murmu missed the bronze by a whisker at the Asian Games here on Thursday. With a personal best timing of 56.15 seconds, Ashwini clinched the third gold medal for India from the track and field event of the Asian Games at the Aoti Main Stadium. The silver went...
04:46 PM, Nov 25, 2010
Guangzhou: India's Tintu Luka won the bronze medal in the women's 800 metres event of the track and field competitions at the Asian Games here on Thursday. Tintu, who had a disappointing finish in the New Delhi Commonwealth Games, led the pack right from the start, but couldn't keep pace in the last 50 metres and finished third with a timing of 2:01.36 seconds. The gold went to Kazhakstan's Margarita...
03:51 PM, Nov 25, 2010
Guangzhou: The Indian duo of Hamza Chatholi and Sandeep Karan Singh qualified for the men's 1500m finals of the Asian Games after finishing fourth in their respective heats here on Monday. The 29-year-old Chatholi clocked 3:46.68 to be sixth overall. First four in each heat and the next four fastest advanced to the final which is scheduled to be held on Tuesday. Chatholi's personal best stands at 3:39.90, but his...
10:40 AM, Nov 22, 2010
Guangzhou: After the unexpectedly strong display in the Commonwealth Games, in which they garnered 12 medals, Indian track and field exponents would aim to prove that it was no flash-in-the-pan effort when they open their campaign in the Asian Games athletics events starting here on Sunday. With the shooters, who picked up 30 CWG medals including 12 of the golden hue, coming a cropper in these Games and returning with...
10:33 AM, Nov 20, 2010
Olympic Gold medalist Usain Bolt, who is known to break records on the track, floors everyone with his dance moves. ...
09:44 PM, Sep 16, 2010
Olympic Gold medalist Usain Bolt, who is known to break records on the track, floors everyone with his dance moves. ...
09:44 PM, Sep 16, 2010
Suresh Kalmadi is the life president of the Athletics Federation of India. ...
07:48 AM, Jan 10, 2010
But her 100m gold will not be given to Greece's Katerina Thanou. ...
11:57 AM, Dec 09, 2009
Asafa Powell has run a personal best of 9.72 seconds in the 100 meters. ...
01:27 PM, Dec 08, 2009
Bolt missed the 2006 CWG in Melbourne due to a hamstring injury. ...
12:13 PM, Dec 02, 2009
Bolt was praised for performances raised to "an unimaginable level." ...
02:23 AM, Nov 24, 2009
Now retired from competition, Cathy Freeman is in India to train athletes. ...
09:58 AM, Nov 02, 2009
The sprint queen was reportedly made to share her room with five others. ...
10:23 AM, Oct 06, 2009
Tests had kicked off international row over 18-year-old Semenya's gender. ...
09:00 AM, Sep 20, 2009
Usain Bolt returned home to a hero's welcome after a fantastic year. ...
12:21 PM, Sep 16, 2009
Haile Gebrselassie has broken more than 25 world records. ...
12:12 PM, Sep 16, 2009
Newspaper says 800-m champion has male, female sex organs. ...
12:51 PM, Sep 11, 2009
The medal may not depend on the outcome of her gender test. ...
12:30 AM, Sep 10, 2009
