India's fastest woman Dutee Chand, the national record holder bagged gold with a timing of 11.49 seconds. Dutee needs to clock 11.20 seconds to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics.
A summary of Indian athletes' showing at the Paralympics in Paris on Saturday.
The Indian 4x100m women's relay team broke the 18-year-old National record to finish in 4th position at the IAAF World Challenge in Beijing on Wednesday. The 4x100m women relay team comprising Dutee Chand, Srabani Nanda, HM Jyoti and Merlin Joseph clocked 44.03s to finish the race, breaking the 18-year-old record of 44.43s created by the quartet of Saraswati Dey, Rachita Mistry, EB Shyla and PT Usha on July 22, 1998 in Fukuoka, Japan.
Rishabh Pant has been nominated for the prestigious Laureus World Comeback of the Year Award.
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Missy Franklin surprised herself by going second-quickest behind Australia's Cate Campbell with a personal best in the heats for the women's 100 metres freestyle on Thursday as the American teenager chases a fourth world championship gold of the week.
23-year-old Srihari Nataraj is ready for his second Olympics, where he will compete in the 100m backstroke event.
Katinka Hosszu of Hungary won the women's Olympic 100 meters backstroke on Monday to claim her second gold of the Rio Games, edging out Kathleen Baker of the United States.
Letsile Tebogo became the first African to win the men's Olympic 200 metres title on Thursday when he powered clear of American duo Kenny Bednarek and a COVID-hit Noah Lyles to claim Botswana's first Olympic gold medal.
The Olympic and world 100m champion is looking to better Tim Montgomery's season's best of 10.04 seconds.\n\n
Wu Yanni apologises to all competitors including Yarraji after false start drama in 100m hurdle
Kenyan Beatrice Chebet shattered the women's 10,000 metres world record at the Prefontaine Classic on Saturday, as Britain's Josh Kerr beat arch-rival Jakob Ingebrigtsen in the mile race at the Eugene Diamond League meet.
Rongali, who had won a silver in the Asian Para Games last year in China, produced a personal best of 10.63m but that was enough for a fifth-place finish in a top-class field.
Justin Gatlin blasted out a warning that he is ready to challenge Usain Bolt's 100 metres hegemony when he stormed to a lifetime best 9.74 seconds to win the event in the opening Diamond League meeting of the season on Friday.
The COVID-19 virus has forced athletes to withdraw from events and has others donning masks once again at the Paris Games.
Yarraji also competed in the women's 200m event in Warsaw and clocked 23.53 to finish second behind compatriot Kiran Pahal, who timed her run at 23.33.
Here's your complete guide to when India's athletes compete at the Paris Olympics, with dates, events, and timings in IST.
Jamaica's Usain Bolt won his third consecutive Olympic gold medal in the 100 metres with a time of 9.81 seconds on Sunday.
Jyothi Yarraji ready to put end to his mother's enormous struggles
Gulveer Singh claimed India's fourth gold medal in the Asian Indoor Athletics Championships.
India's fastest woman Dutee Chand was on Friday granted visa to travel to Europe and participate in a couple of races in her bid to qualify for the World Athletics Championships.
Ace sprinter Srabani Nanda has become the first Indian track and field athlete to participate in a competition amid the COVID-19 pandemic, running in a meet in Jamaica alongside some of the world's best. The 29-year-old Nanda competed in the 100m race at the Velocity Fest meeting at Jamaica College on Sunday, representing the MVP Track club.
Dutee Chand qualified for Rio Olympics in the women's 100m event after meeting the qualification mark at XXVI International Meeting G.Kosanov Memorial in Almaty.
World 100 metres champion Justin Gatlin said on Tuesday he is "shocked and surprised" at doping allegations made against his coach Dennis Mitchell, like Gatlin a convicted doper, but added that he sacked him as soon as he heard about the issue.
Images from Monday's swimming action at Paris La Defense Arena, Nanterre, France.
American Cole Hocker delivered one of the all-time Olympic shocks when he won the 1,500 metres gold
"The men's 4x400m relay team had a good start. Muhammad Anas clocked 45.93 seconds in the first leg, but the second runner -- Rajesh Ramesh -- fell down due to cramps in leg muscles at the first bend," read a statement from the Athletics Federation of India.
Several Indian athletes secured their spots for the upcoming Paris Olympics, with Jyothi Yarraji becoming the country's first female 100m hurdler to qualify.
Images from the athletics action at Stade de France, Saint-Denis, Paris, on Friday.
India's inspirational para-athletes achieved their stated goal of 25 medals and remained on course for more in Paris on Thursday.
Christian Coleman showed again he is the man to beat in the 100 metres as he cruised to victory at the US Nationals and World Championship trials with another sub-10 second run on Friday. World silver medallist Coleman, who holds the year's fastest time of 9.81 seconds, won the final in 9.99 seconds after clocking 9.96 in the semi-finals.
China's Su Bingtian became the first Asian man to reach the Olympic 100 metres final for 89 years on Sunday, scorching to an Asian record of 9.83 in his semi-final, but pre-race favourite Trayvon Bromell failed to make it.
Tejas Shirse broke the previous national record of 13.48 seconds set by Siddhanth Thingalaya in 2017.
The world's fastest man Usain Bolt took the record-breaking Genbeta electric car for a spin ahead of the first race of the Formula E season in Mexico City.
The Swede broke his own pole vault world record with a 6.24 metres effort in the first Diamond League meeting.
Sunday also proved to be a good day for Delhi's star 400m runner Amoj Jacob, whose winning time was 45.92 seconds.
Usain Bolt is going to be back at the Olympics after eight years.
Capturing the drama at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka on Friday.
All Indian athletes who've qualified for the paralympic games
Usain St Leo Bolt can still have his final sporting wish granted.
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