Now a second-year Master of Commerce student at Jain University, Keerthana delivered the University’s first gold medal outside the swimming pool, stamping her arrival as one of the most exciting young sprinters on the circuit.
On the final day, Supreeti Kachhap clinched gold in the women’s 5000 meters with a timing of 17:09.59, while Vishal Bahadur secured gold in the men’s triple jump with a leap of 16.12 meters.
Sebasthiyan clocked 1:23.03, five minutes behind the eventual winner Caio Bonfim of Brazil. The time was a minute and 39 seconds off his personal best, as he battled the heat and humidity of Tokyo.
The Indian ace needed to clear 84.50m for automatic qualification and did so with a smooth 84.85m effort on his opening attempt, extending his remarkable record of sealing qualification with a single throw for the fifth major event in a row.
NHPC Limited has announced its sports scholarship scheme for budding sportspersons across 16 disciplines, including football, hockey, boxing, archery, athletics, cricket, swimming, wrestling, badminton, chess and para sports.
Union Sports minister Mansukh Mandaviya, held a significant meeting with Sebastian Coe, President of World Athletics and Member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), in New Delhi on Monday.
“I thought someone would take up the lead but no one did. I too slowed down and was caught in the bunch and didn’t know how to get out. Even on the last lap I was hopeful of a medal,” said India's best track medal hope Sable in the mixed zone after the race.
In his first outdoor meet of the season, high jumper Tejaswin Shankar won the event at the Shocker Spring Invitational athletics competition in Wichita, Kansas.
The lengthy 10-year ban slapped on Kenyan marathoner Titus Ekiru by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) has exposed another dimension to the doping crisis that has plagued the country's athletics for almost a decade.
4x400 relay team also bagged yellow medal as medal rush continued for India
