Neeraj Chopra continued to shine for India in Javelin throw as he became the world champion and also won the gold medal at the Asian Games in Hangzhou. A total of 11 nominees have been announced for the prestigious award and the winner will be announced on December 11.
The Indian contingent added nine medals on Day 10 of the ongoing 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou. There is an expectation of double those medals across various disciplines on Wednesday, October 4 with some of the top medal contenders taking part in their final events.
India added nine more medals to their tally in Asian Games 2023 on Day 10 with Parul Chaudhary and Annu Rani starring with Gold medals in women's 5000m race and javelin throw, respectively. The tally for India now stands at 69 as it finds on heels of scripting Asian Games history.
India's Parul Chaudhary won a Gold medal in women's 5000m, which is now her second medal in the ongoing 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou. This was India's 14th Gold in the ongoing Asiad as Parul left behind Japan's Ririka Hironaka in the final few metres to finish the 5k race in the top position.
It was another fruitful day for the Indian contingent as far as the Hangzhou Asian Games are concerned as seven medals were won on Day 9 on Monday, October 2. The historic table tennis bronze medal by the Mukherjees started it all while the athletes ended the day with four more medals.
India added 15 medals to their kitty in the ongoing 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou on Sunday, October 1 with Track and Field athletes contributing 9 of them. The tally has reached 53 and there are more medals on the horizon on Day 9 in canoeing, athletics, kurash and diving.
Indian contingent added five more medals to the tally on Saturday, September 30 including a couple of Gold medals in mixed doubles in tennis in the men's squash team event. The tally now stands at 38 with more in the offing on Sunday with the Badminton team headlining the medal events.
India added a couple of more medals to the tally on Day 7 as Kartik Kumar and Gulveer Singh won silver and bronze in the men's 10,000 metres race. India's tally now reached 38 with five medals so far on Saturday, September 30 including a Gold in mixed doubles in tennis and men's squash team event.
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Neeraj Chopra becomes first Indian to win gold at World Athletics Championships
The Indian quartet of Muhammed Anas, Amoj Jacob, Muhammed Ajmal and Rajesh Ramesh finished fifth in the final of 4x400m relay race at the World Athletics Championships 2023 in Budapest.
World Athletics Championships Javelin Throw Final Highlights: Neeraj Chopra became the first-ever Indian athlete to win the gold medal at the World Athletics Championship as his second attempt of 88.17 metres was the winner.
The Indian quartet of Muhammed Anas, Amoj Jacob, Muhammed Ajmal, Rajesh Ramesh will be in action in the final of the 4x400m relay in the ongoing World Athletics Championships 2023.
India's ace steeplechaser Avinash Sable became the first track and field athlete to qualify for Paris Olympics 2024 after his second career-best finish in Diamond League.
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This was Duplantis' 60th time clearing six metres or more. Australia's Kurtis Marschall came in second place with a jump of 6.10m, followed by Menno Vloon of the Netherlands in third place with a jump of 6.02m.
Murali Sreesankar, India's distinguished long jumper has clinched gold at the 12th International Jumping Meet in Greece on Thursday. Sreesankar leapt a distance of 8.31m to secure the gold medal.
Top Indian runner Avinash Sable smashed the 30-year-old men's 5000m national record at the Sound Running Track Meet at San Juan Capistrano, California in USA.
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