Budapest (Hungary), Aug 23 (IANS) India's Jeswin Aldrin has qualified for the final of the Men's long jump while fellow Indian Murali Sreeshankar failed to make it, finishing 22nd overall in the qualifying rounds here on Wednesday.
Mumbai, Aug 20 (IANS) Chhagan Bombale from Hingoli district in Maharashtra retained the men's half-marathon title in the 7th edition of the Ageas Federal Life Insurance Mumbai Half Marathon for the second year in succession.
Budapest, Aug 20 (IANS) The United States won the mixed 4x400m relay at the World Athletics Championships here on Saturday night, improving their own world record to 3:08.80 after the Netherlands’ world indoor 400m record-holder Femke Bol fell three strides from the finish line, having appeared on the brink of anchoring her team to victory.
Budapest (Hungary), Aug 19 (IANS) Spain's Alvaro Martin claimed the first gold medal at the 2023 World Athletics Championships by winning the men's 20km race walk here on Saturday.
Mumbai, Aug 18 (IANS) Having achieved 89.94 m in Stockholm on June 30, 2022, India's Olympic gold medallist javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra was expected to cross the psychological 90 m mark.
Budapest (Hungary), Aug 17 (IANS) The Athletics Federation of India (AFI) President Adille Sumariwalla was on Thursday elected as one of the four vice-presidents of World Athletics, even as track and field's global governing body re-elected Sebastian Coe as its president.
Mumbai, Aug 17 (IANS) India's Olympic gold medallist Neeraj Chopra has come out in support of fellow javelin thrower Kishore Kumar Jena, who is likely to miss the World Athletics Championship to be held in Budapest, Hungary, from August 19-27, because the embassy of Hungary in India has cancelled his visa.
Lausanne, Aug 15 (IANS) World Athletics will introduce a centralised licensing system for Athletes’ Representatives from September 1 after the regulatory framework was approved by the World Athletics Council this week.
Mumbai, Aug 10 (IANS) Olympic gold medallist Neeraj Chopra will lead a strong contingent including stars like steeplechaser Avinash Sable, long jumpers Jeswin Aldrin and Murali Sreeshankar and Jyothi Yarraji (women's 100m hurdles) who will participate in the World Athletics Championships to be held in Budapest from August 19 to 27.
Lausanne (Switzerland), Aug 7 (IANS) World Athletics, the governing body for track and field on Monday ratified World Records set this season by Kenyan Faith Kipyegon in women's 1500m and 5000m and Ethiopian Lamecha Girma in men's 3000m steeplechase.
