Category: Athletics
Pooja Atmaram cops three-year ban for evasion, adds to growing list of distance running dopers
Pooja Atmaram, a 29-year-old distance runner, has accepted a three-year ban by the Athletics Integrity Unit after evading a test at the end of the IndianOil WNC Navy Half Marathon…
Kartik posts thrilling win over Army runners; Nirmaben tastes victory in women’s race
New Delhi, February 22: Kartik Jayraj Karkera showed that his victory in the Tata Mumbai Marathon was not a flash in the pan when he claimed top prize ahead of a…
Kids Athletics Cup could be a critical talent spotting pathway
The synthetic track revealed its age unabashedly. Parents and Physical Education Teachers were the only spectators in the galleries. Mainstream media was conspicuous by its absence. Yet, words can never be…
Kachnar Chaudhary takes huge weight off her shoulders with patience and perseverance
It was a night on which Vishal TK clocked the men’s 400m National Record time and Baranica Elangovan equaled the women’s Pole Vault Meet Record. It was understandable that other…
NADA response to Whereabouts Failures by Parvej Khan comes across as sluggish
A National Anti-Doping Disciplinary Panel (ADDP) compounded Parvej Khan’s two Anti-Doping Rule Violations and sanctioned him a six-year ineligibility period. The ADDP, chaired by Charu Pragya and including Dr Bikash…
Neeraj Chopra rides confidence to shake the 90m-monkey off his back in Doha
“Finally,” he allowed himself to say as the other competitors congratulated Neeraj Chopra, the flagbearer of India’s Olympic sport, on his entry into the exclusive 90m Club. The man who…
NIDJAM & Coach development pathway earns AFI shot at World Athletics Member Federation Award
Athletics Federation of India (AFI) has been shortlisted among six finalists nominated for the Member Federations Award of the World Athletics Awards 2024. The Asian Athletics Association, which awarded AFI…
Neeraj Chopra coach Klaus Bartonietz offers incredible lesson when moving on
There is an incredible lesson in Dr. Klaus Bartonietz acknowledging that he had done the best he could for Neeraj Chopra and sparking a search for a new coach for…
Neeraj Chopra looks to work with new coach in quest for improvement; AFI begins search
Athletics Federation of India President Dr. Adille J. Sumariwalla has said that AFI is currently engaged in the search for a coach to help the consistent Neeraj Chopra raise his…
Teenager Parvej Khan attracts provisional suspension after positive EPO test
Middle-distance runner Parvej Khan, hailed as India’s latest track sensation after his exploits in the NCAA circuit in the United States of America earlier this year, has been placed under…
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