PV Sindhu defeated Indonesia's Choirunnisa 21-15 21-19 while Sameer Verma got the better of Hong Kong's Ng Ka Long Angus 21-12 21-19.
Chitra overtook Bahraini runner Tigest Gashaw just a few metres before the finishing line to win the race in 4 minute 14.56 seconds at the Khalifa Stadium.
Indian men's freestyle wrestlers continued their impressive performance at the Asian Wrestling Championships in China on Wednesday.
Sindhu looked in command from the beginning and registered a thumping 21-14, 21-7 victory in just 28 minutes against Japan's Takahashi Sayaka.
With this performance, Bajrang yet again sounded a warning to his opponents that he will be a strong medal contender at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
The 30-year-old Gomathi clocked a personal best time of 2 minutes 02.70 seconds in the women's 800m race to open India's gold account.
Besides Sakshi and Bajrang, Vinesh Phogat is another big names who would be vying for top honours during the mega-event.
Around 1100 skaters both in Inline and Quad skating from all over the country are scheduled to participate in the event.
The comeback is complete. Tiger Woods has his fifth Masters title. It had been 14 years since he last won the Masters - no one had ever gone that long between green jackets.
Meena, the 2014 Asian Championships bronze medallist with three National Championships titles to her credit, edged Thailand's Machai Bunyanut on points in the summit clash.
PV Sindhu defeated world No.18 Cai Yanyan of China 21-13, 17-21, 21-14 to set up a meeting with former world champion Nozomi Okuhara.
It was Navjot Kaur's fine field goal in the 35th minute and a good defensive display that helped India win.
World number 6 Sindhu will next face China's Cai Yanyan, a 2017 BWF World Junior Championships bronze medallist.
Star Indian shuttlers P V Sindhu and Saina Nehwal sailed into the second round of the Singapore Open with straight-game wins over their respective rivals in the women's singles event here Wednesday.
The period of suspension would begin from July 20, 2017, the date of her provisional suspension, according to an order of the anti-doping disciplinary panel (ADDP) of the NADA dated March 29.
The former Australian forward Kieran Govers has joined the national camp at the SAI centre in Bengaluru to help the Indian men’s hockey team strikers prepare for the 2020 Olympic Qualifiers.
Though it was India who established a strong position after taking an early 2-0 lead, bounced back in the final quarter with two brilliant goals as the visitors settled for a draw.
Graham Reid has played as a defender and midfielder for the Australian national team and was part of the Silver medal winning team at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics.
The mega event, attended by over 80,000 spectators, concluded with the Women's Main Event, a Winners Take All - introduced for the first time in WrestleMania.
Srikanth went down in straight games 18-21, 19-21 in the 48-minute contest.
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