A summary of Indian athletes' showing at the Paralympics, in Paris, on Monday, September 2.
A summary of Indian athletes' showing at the Paralympics in Paris on Saturday.
Neeraj exhibited the basics of throwing a javelin to former Indian cricketer Dinesh Karthik on JioCinema's 'Get Set Gold'
Pakistan's star javelin thrower Arshad Nadeem has refused to comment on his arch-rival Neeraj Chopra.
Jena found it difficult to get the big throws in and thought of quitting the sport in July last year just before the World Championships.
The Diamond League will increase its prize money to more than $9 million in 2025, the highest in the history of the series, the organisers said on Wednesday.
Neeraj Chopra won again, but not in the manner he would have liked to, and he had no qualms in admitting it.
Several Indian athletes secured their spots for the upcoming Paris Olympics, with Jyothi Yarraji becoming the country's first female 100m hurdler to qualify.
Neeraj Chopra produced a season's best effort of 89.49m in his last attempt.
Kareena took to Instagram and shared the news of Chopra's win with a silver medal GIF and clap emoticons.
Check out how India's athletes fared on Day 11, Tuesday, August 6, 2024:
Neeraj Chopra underlined his claim as the favourite with a single throw on Tuesday, launching his Olympic title defence with 89.34 metres in qualification.
Images from Day 6 of the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games on Tuesday, September 3, 2024.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday expressed confidence that India's Olympic-bound contingent will make the country proud and live up to the aspirations of 140 crore people
Indian contingent led out by Sumit, Bhagyashri at Paralympic opening ceremony
Neeraj emerged victorious with a season's best throw of 88.88 meters.
Javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra's coach Klaus Bartonietz says the Olympic champion has rectified most of the shortcomings in his technique and now the endeavour is to maintain technical "stability" to touch greater heights in the coming years.
India's Olympic champion javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra said he is looking forward to starting his Diamond League season in Stockholm on June 30.
The 43-year-old asserted that the para athletes are physically and mentally ready for the Paris Games and will continue the trend of doing well at marquee events as they did at the Para Asian Games last year and in the recent world championships.
A summary of Indian athletes' showing at the Paralympics in Paris on Wednesday.
A summary of the country's athletes performed at the Tokyo Games on Wednesday, August 4.
'Our brothers and sisters are headed to Paris, hungry for medals. A billion of us will be watching them nervous and excited as our athletes set foot in the tracks and fields and courts and rings.'
With 29 gold, 31 silver and 51 bronze in their kitty, the Indian para athletes won four medals more than the record tally of 107 won by the able-bodied athletes in the Hangzhou Asian Games, held from September 23 to October 8.
Sachin Sarjerao Khilari defended his gold medal in the men's shot put F46 category with an Asian record at the World Para Athletics Championship.
Needless to say, his next big target is to finish on top of the podium at the World Athletics Championships.
Neeraj Chopra created history on August, becoming the first Indian to win a gold in track and field at the Olympics. He threw the javelin to a distance of 87.58m to pick the yellow metal at the Tokyo Games. The 23-year-old athlete is only behind German athlete Johannes Vetter who has a 1396 score as per the latest update issued by World Athletics.
90m is not something I want badly: Neeraj Chopra
Indian javelin thrower Kishore Kumar Jena's participation in the World Championships in Budapest was on Wednesday rendered doubtful after his one-month visa was cancelled by the Hungarian embassy in New Delhi.
Here are the highlights from the world athletics showpiece...
Hazlewood developed interest in javelin throw but eventually settled for the gentleman's game.
There is no rivalry with Neeraj Chopra, insists Pakistan's Arshad Nadeem
Nadeem clinched the gold medal with a stunning Olympic record throw of 92.97m while defending champion Chopra took the silver
Arshad Nadeem's home village erupted into rapturous celebrations after he clinched Pakistan's first Olympic medal in athletics
Athletics Federation of India vice-president Anju Bobby George believes that while the spotlight will undoubtedly be on javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra to defend his Olympic title,
Newly-crowned world champion Neeraj Chopra will look to maintain his unbeaten streak in the prestigious Diamond League meet when he competes in a star-studded men's javelin throw field in Zurich on Thursday.
'I thought I could throw even over 90m today. But it is okay as I have more competitions coming this year'
After breaching the coveted 90m mark in Doha, javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra is aiming for an even bigger throw at the ORLEN Janusz Kusocinski Memorial meet in Poland.
Neeraj clinched his second consecutive Diamond League title on June 30 with a throw of 87.66m -- an effort that was not close to his best in recent past.
Indian trio of Sachin Yadav, Rohit Yadav, Sahil Silwal named for NC Classic
Along with Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra, Kishore Jena, Rohit Yadav and D P Manu have also qualified for the August 19-27 World Championships in Budapest.
