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Athletics

CM Rekha Gupta and LG VK Saxena to flag off Delhi Half Marathon on Sunday

IANS | October 11, 2025 9:47 PM

New Delhi, Oct 11 (IANS) The landmark 20th edition of the Delhi Half Marathon will be flagged off by the Chief Minister, Rekha Gupta, and Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena, as over 40,500 participants take to the streets for Asia’s premier road race. The world’s most prestigious half-marathon will be flagged off from Delhi’s iconic Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium on Sunday.

This will be one of the best championships, says Sumariwalla, ahead of Junior National Athletics

IANS | October 9, 2025 5:48 PM

Bhubaneswar, Oct 9 (IANS) Chairman of the national selection committee of the Athletics Federation of India (AFI) Adille Sumariwalla has stated that the 40th National Junior Athletics Championships, scheduled from October 10 to 14 at the Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar, will be among the best-organised national events in recent years, featuring world-class facilities and systems.

JLN dog bite incident: Affected area sanitised to ensure venue remains operational, say sources (Lead)

IANS | October 3, 2025 5:52 PM

New Delhi, Oct 3 (IANS) After an unusual case of a dog biting a foreign official here at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium during the World Para Athletics Championships 2025, sources said the organising committee carried out a sanitisation of the affected areas, ensuring the venue remains "safe, hygienic, and fully operational" and reinforced preventive measures has been taken to avoid any recurrence of such cases.

WPAC 2025: USA sprinter Blackwell celebrates cerebral palsy with pride, says 'it doesn’t define my limits'

IANS | October 3, 2025 11:37 AM

New Delhi, Oct 3 (IANS) When Jaydin Blackwell thundered across the finish line at the 2025 World Para Athletics Championships in a world-record 48.00 seconds, the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium erupted with joy. In the T38 (movement and coordination in the lower trunk and legs) 400m, the 21-year-old led the one-lap race wire-to-wire and crossed the line in 48.00, breaking the world record he set back in May by 0.26 seconds.

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