Krishan Kumar, Harmilan Bains bag men's and women's 800m gold
June 27, 2021 21:30 ISTThe 22-year-old Harmilan won in 2:02.57 while Sri Lanka's Nimali Liyanaarachchi found the pace on the home stretch to push Shalu to bronze.
The 22-year-old Harmilan won in 2:02.57 while Sri Lanka's Nimali Liyanaarachchi found the pace on the home stretch to push Shalu to bronze.
Deepika blanked Russia's Elena Osipova 6-0 in the final of the women's individual recurve event to complete a hat-trick of gold medals in one day.
Prakash clocked 1:49.73 seconds in the heats at the FINA-accredited Olympic Qualifier, bettering Virdhawal Khade's previous national mark of 1:49.86 seconds.
Vimal said there is still a lot of time and Sindhu needs to work on her strategies against potential opponents.
Deepika and Atanu bounced back from a 0-2 deficit to down the Netherland's Sjef van den Berg and Gabriela Schloesser 5-3 and fetch India a third gold medal from the competition.
Deepika, Ankita and Komalika wins Gold for India in Women's team Recurve at the ongoing Archery World Cup Stage 3 in Paris.
More than 100 Indian sportspersons have qualified for the mega-event, which will be held under strict health safety protocols from July 23 to August 8 in the Japanese capital.
A pileup was caused by a fan that took down a large part of the peloton.
Chopra began with 83.21m and then sent the iron spear to a distance of 86.79m in the his second attempt. All the remaining four throws were fouls.
Dhanalakshmi emerged as the fastest woman of the tournament, clocking 11.52 seconds, ahead of Sri Lanka's Amasha de Silva (11.59) and Archana Suseendran (11.60) of Tamil Nadu.
The 27-year-old, who represented India in the 2016 Rio Olympics, made the Tokyo Games 'A' standard, set at 1:56.48 seconds, by 0.1 seconds.
It was Verma's second individual World Cup gold medal. The 32-year-old Indian last won an individual medal in 2015 at World Cup Stage 3 in Wroclaw.
Stalin also announced a cash award of Rs 2 crore for those winning silver and Rs one crore to bronze medallists at the multi-national event next month.
Manu Bhaker and Saurabh Chaudhary ended with a silver medal in 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team Event at the ISSF World Cup in Croatia.
The national federation also nominated RP Singh and Ch Sanggai Ibemhal for the Dhyan Chand Award for Lifetime Achievement.
Bajrang Punia's coach Shaki Bentinidis confirmed that he will be off from mat training for "nearly a week."
Dutee says she went all out during women's 4x100m relay heats on Friday and wasn't able to fully recover for Saturday morning's 100m heats.
The 38-year-old Farah had won a grand double, clinching the 5,000m and 10,000m gold at the 2012 London and 2016 Rio Olympics.
Hima, who is on the verge of missing out on Tokyo Olympics as she is yet to qualify for the showpiece, did complete the race and finished third in heat 3 with a timing of 12.01 seconds.
Bajrang injured his right knee on Friday evening while competing in the semi-finals of the Russian tournament -- Ali Aliyev, against Abulmazhid Kudiev, the Under-23 European silver medallist.
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