India tops medal table in SAAF Senior C'ships; Lankan star Pathirage clinches javelin gold
The big names who will be bidding for a podium finish before bidding farewell...
Khatua was the joint record holder of 18.06m with Manpreet Kaur before this event. But with her fifth round hurl of 18.41m at the Kalinga Stadium, she became the sole national record holder.
The deadline to file nomination papers for the IOA elections ends on Sunday. According to IOA elections returning officer Umesh Sinha no nomination has been filed for any post so far since the process began on Friday.
Following is India's schedule at the Asian Games on Tuesday, October 3.
Following is India's schedule at the Asian Games in Hangzhou on Saturday, September 30.
India's schedule at the Asian Games in Hangzhou on Monday, October 2.
PT Usha set to get elected as IOA chief, first woman occupant of top job
Renowned athletics coach O M Nambiar, who nurtured Indian athletics great P T Usha, passed away in Kozhikode on Thursday due to age-related illness. He was 89.
'We are delighted that you have been nominated by your Area Association as a recipient of the IAAF Veteran Pin for your long and meritorious service to the cause of World Athletics'
A three-way voting process will determine the finalists.
Dutee Chand joined her illustrious compatriots such as P T Usha in the list of athletes who have won more than one medal at the Asian Games as she added a silver to her kitty after finishing second earlier in the women's 100m dash, in Jakarta, on Wednesday.
Katie Ledecky of the United States broke her own world record for 800 metres freestyle at the world swimming championships on Saturday.
Andre De Grasse's withdrawal through injury has only boosted the chances of Usain Bolt and Wayde Van Niekerk stamping themselves as the headline acts of the World Athletics Championships that start in London on Friday.
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