Tokyo Olympics: Is Usain Bolt 100m record under threat?
Other Sports | July 18, 2021 12:44 ISTThe best a sprinter has clocked this season is 9:77 seconds, by American 26-year-old Trayvon Bromell in June this year.
The best a sprinter has clocked this season is 9:77 seconds, by American 26-year-old Trayvon Bromell in June this year.
Deepika Kumari may finally taste Olympic success with husband Atanu Das ready to be the calming factor in the mixed event debut at the Oympics.
The Tokyo Olympics has registered its first Covid-19 Tokyo Olympics ,Covid-19 case, Olympic Village case in the Olympic Village six days before the Games open, organisers said on Saturday.
World No. 1 Novak Djokovic has confirmed he will participate at this month's Tokyo Olympics as he looks to continue his dominant season in Asia.
Chirag lost his grandfather to COVID-19 while the Indian doubles shuttler was preparing for Olympics in Mumbai in April.
Alexandr Kudashev and Veronika Popova Andrusenko were suspended on Wednesday based on doping evidence provided by WADA.
The COVID postive case has lead to a delay in their travel plans for the Tokyo Games even though all others have returned negative results for now.
India's ace shuttler PV Sindhu on July 14 said that she is confident and all set for Tokyo Olympics."I am looking forward as it is just nine days away.
Johanna, through a post on Twitter, revealed she had tested positive for Covid-19 while in self-isolation.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday asked the Tokyo Olympics-bound Indian sportspersons not to get bogged down by the pressure of huge expectations and try and put up their best performance without bothering about the results.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday interacted with India's Tokyo Olympics-bound contingent and listened to athletes' inspiring stories ahead of the showpiece. Modi asked the athletes to not be bogged down by expectations and give their best shot at the Games.
Four US and British men working for a power company contracted for the Olympics were arrested on suspicion of using cocaine.
Chopra, India's main medal hope in athletics, has recently recovered from an ankle injury and is preparing for Tokyo Olympics in Sweden.
India has won a grand total of 28 medals, nine of them being gold, in the 121 years of Olympics. On the other hand, American swimming star Michael Phelps has won 28 medals in just four Olympics.
Vikas Krishan has no qualms admitting that he has been 'indisciplined' and 'too reliant on luck in the past' ahead of his third Olympics appearance in Tokyo.
Fraser-Pryce chances of winning gold increased dramatically earlier this month when her USA rival Sha'Carri Richardson was banned for a positive test for marijuana.
Indian Navy's ace athlete MP Jabir on Thursday qualified for the Tokyo Olympics in 400m hurdles after he clocked 49.78s to win gold at the recently concluded Inter-State Athletics Championships in Patiala.
Despite not breaching the stiff qualifying mark of 64.00m, Annu Rani's strong ranking of World No. 11 has helped her bag quota spot as just 15 throwers could earn the direct qualification.
Fellow sprint star Hima Das is ranked at 108th in the 200m and won't make the cut for the qualification through the alternate route.
Also rules out the country's presence in the mixed team competition, it's best chance for a podium finish.
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