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Ten Olympic medals for India in Paris 2024 are a realistic possibility

Neeraj Chopra will be the first name that springs to everyone’s lips when conversations in the New Year veer to prospects in the Paris Olympic Games later this year. The…

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Indians seek to mark growing presence with positive show in World Championships

Long Jumper M Sreeshankar, ranked sixth in the world, wrapped up his training session in the warm up track at the National Athletics Centre in Budapest and engaged himself in…

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Sreeshankar’s quest for one big jump on global stage remains unfulfilled, finishes seventh in Oregon22

Eugene, July 16: It’s the seventh place! Or, oh! it’s only the seventh place. The Hamletian arguments popped up almost as soon M Sreeshankar finished seventh in the men’s Long Jump…

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Sable, Sreeshankar keep India’s spirit high on emotional opening day at Oregon22

They were dealing with pressure of their own and yet, at the World Athletics Championships Oregon22 in Eugene on Friday, it seemed as if Avinash Sable and M Sreeshankar did…

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Sreeshankar, Sable favoured to nail good show on opening day at World Athletics Championships Oregon22

Eugene, July 14:  Race walkers Priyanka Goswami and Sandeep Kumar will be the first Indian athletes on view in the World Athletics Championships Oregon22 in the Hayward Field here on Friday (early…

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India gets set to go on an emotional ride with Neeraj Chopra one more time

There can be no doubt that over the past few years, he has virtually single-handedly drawn the entire nation’s attention to athletics. When he won the World Junior Championships in…

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World Athletics Championships Oregon22: India names 22-member squad

Olympic Games Javelin Throw gold medallist Neeraj Chopra feature in the Indian squad to compete in the World Athletics Championships Oregon22 to be held in Eugene, Oregon from July 15…

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Javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra is not listed among the projected medallists by GraceNote
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Can India build on the gain of Neeraj Chopra’s Olympic Gold in 2022?

It is amazing what one Olympic Games gold medal can do. It can magically lift the mood of nation. It can effortlessly instil greater self-belief in a nation’s athletes. It…

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