Yelena Isinbayeva is to run for president of the Russian athletics federation (ARAF), the double Olympic pole vault champion said.
Indian para athlete and Arjuna Awardee Amit Kumar Saroha from Haryana won the gold medal in men's club throw (F-51) at the recently concluded 2016 French Open Athletics Championship in Paris. The event was held on May 23 and 24. Amit's effort of 26.58m broke the Asian record which he had himself set at last year's World Championships in Doha on way to winning a silver. Amit has already qualified for the 2016 Rio Paralympics scheduled to be held this September, and the 2016 French Open Athletics Championship was part of his preparation for Rio 2016, for which he is one of India's biggest medal prospects.
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This is her second medal of Paris Paralympics and India's sixth medal in total.
Usain Bolt completed yet another crushing sprint double on Saturday and hardly needed to extend himself to achieve it as he took his third successive world 200 metres title in the year's fastest time of 19.66 seconds - easing down.
The Indian lung jump ace slid a place to No. 5 in the latest IAAF rankings.
Ace long jumper Anju Bobby George will lead a 32-member team in the three-day championship, starting in Doha on Thursday.
The Canadian was expected to be Bolt's main rival for his 100 metres crown in the Jamaican's farewell championship but he suffered a hamstring strain in training on Monday and will miss the rest of the season.
American Noah Lyles made an impressive season debut in the 200 metres to beat Olympic champion Letsile Tebogo at the Monaco Diamond League meeting on Friday, where Kenyan Emmanuel Wanyonyi outclassed a high-class 800 metres field.
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Indian long jumper Someswara Rao Ramudri and javelin thrower Mohit clinched gold medals in their individual events at the 2022 World Para Athletics Grand Prix
'We have been working on that, especially in terms of being more patient to continue that rally and keep the shuttle in the court for a longer period of time. Because we have to make changes every time the game changes.'
The athlete who hails from a village near Tiruchirapalli, Tamil Nadu, finished on top in 800 the metres in Doha and has now set her eyes on doing well at the World Athletics Championships.
Tejas Shirse broke the previous national record of 13.48 seconds set by Siddhanth Thingalaya in 2017.
The world's fastest man Usain Bolt cruised to victory on Thursday in the 200-metres final at the IAAF World Championships in Berlin, setting a World record in the process with a superhuman time of 19.19 seconds.
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'WFI must reverse all amendments made during its suspension and ensure checks and balances in decision-making within four weeks.'
kshdeep Singh and Priyanka Goswami qualified for Paris Olympics by virtue of their 18th place finish at the World Athletics Race Walking Team Championships.
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.
Chopra had claimed the silver at this event in 2022.
After being sidelined with an injury since the Paris Games, accomplished boxer Nikhat Zareen is now determined to make a strong comeback and aims to be competition-ready by May.
With 55,000 of his home fans roaring their support at the London Stadium, the 34-year-old Briton sprinted away with his 10th consecutive gold medal in a global track final, a dazzling sequence that ranks among the greatest feats in sport.
The Indian team for the SAF Games in Islamabad will be chosen on the performance in the championships.
"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.
At least 488 Ukrainian athletes and trainers have been killed since early 2022, around two dozen of whom had been European or world champions in their discipline, according to sports ministry spokesman Serhiy Bykov.
Usain Bolt stretched, stifled a yawn and, almost apologetically, extracted his giant frame from his blocks before strolling through his heat as he began his bid for a third successive world 200 metres title on Friday.
Star Indian long jumper Murali Sreeshankar on Saturday qualified for the 2024 Paris Olympics after winning a silver medal in the Asian Athletics Championships.
The Kerala High Court, had on Friday, directed the central government to ensure participation of Chitra in the World Athletics Championships in London next month.
Unheralded Abha Khatua equalled the women's shot put national record of 18.06m while winning silver in a surprise performance.
Ahmed Abdelwahed has been banned for four years and stripped of his silver medal from the 2022 European Athletics Championships.
Landmine blast survivor Hokato Sema came up with a career-best throw of 14.65 metres to win the bronze medal in the men's Shot Put F57 category at the Paralympic Games in Paris on Friday.
The 27-year-old Annu sent the iron spear to a distance of 62.43m in her second round throw, bettering her earlier national record of 62.34m, which she achieved in March, to book a place for Tuesday's final.
The Indian mixed 4x400m relay team on Wednesday won a bronze to clinch the country's fifth medal in the history of Under-20 World Athletics Championships in Nairobi.
Double Olympic medalist Neeraj Chopra will kick off his season at the Doha Diamond League on May 16.
Ecuador's Jefferson Perez set a world record in the 20km walk today to win the first gold medal of the world athletics championships in Paris.
India will miss Virat Kohli more than Rohit Sharma in the marquee Test series against England and the duo's recent retirement from the format will "hurt" the transitioning team's chances in the rubber starting on Friday, reckons the legendary Geoffrey Boycott.
Mondo Duplantis was named the Laureus World Sportsman of the Year, while American gymnast Simone Biles bagged the top women's honour at the Laureus World Sports Awards.
Chitra ran her personal best in the women's 1500m first round heats but that was not enough to advance
The top ranking also ensured Anju an automatic place in the World Athletics Final in Monaco.
