Nigerian Tobi Amusan won gold in the 100 meters hurdles final at the World Championships held in Eugene, United States, becoming the first sportsperson from her country to bag gold at such an event. On Sunday, the 25-year-old clocked 12.12 seconds in the semi-final at Hayward Field, which was initially announced as a world record but was later ruled out, as the wind speed surpassed the legal limit. In the final, she made a slow start but recovered to give a perfect performance over the barriers, 0.17 seconds clear of Jamaican silver medallist Britany Anderson. “The goal was to come
On Friday, 22-year-old McLaughlin beats second-place finisher, Femke Bol of the Netherlands and sets a new world record by 1.59 seconds. For the fourth time in 13 months, McLaughlin ran for 400-meter hurdles at the World Championship in 50.68 seconds by shattering her old mark by 0.73 seconds. In an absurd amount for a race of this length and a period of time that, prior to McLaughlin, had required 33 years to shorten. Her main opponent, Dalilah Muhammad came third by finishing third in 53.13 seconds. It was one of the must-see events in the track which McLaughlin declared she had run a pe
On Sunday, ‘India’s Golden Boy’ Neeraj Chopra created yet another milestone in Indian history by winning India its very first silver medal in the World Athletics Championships 2022. His best effort of 88.13m in Hayward Field was a little short of Anderson Peter’s gold medal mark of 90.54. In the meantime, Jakub Vadlejch won his bronze with 88.09m. Neeraj Chopra ended India’s 19-year-old wait for a medal by winning the first podium finish and second medal at the World Championship. Anju Bobby George's bronze medal at the Paris 2003 world championships was India's first medal at th
Norah Jeruto won the women’s 3,000 meters steeplechase gold, creating a World Championships record while China’s Feng Bin defeated Olympic champion Valerie Allman in the discus final in Eugene, Oregon on Wednesday. The former Kenyan National Jeruto, who switched allegiance to Kazakhstan earlier this year, clocked eight minutes, 53.02 seconds, the third-fastest time ever, surpassing the previous winner Beatrice Chepkoech’s mark in Doha in 2019, by five seconds. Ethiopian Werkuha Getachew claimed silver, while her compatriot Mekides Abebe settled for bronze. “At the starting li
India finished their ISSF Shooting World Cup campaign in Changwon on Wednesday by leading the medal tally with a haul of 15 medals, including five gold, six silver, and four bronze. On the tournament's last day, the Indian trio of Anish Bhanwala, Vijayveer Sidhu, and Sameer bagged the silver in the men’s 25m Rapid Fire Pistol team event. The Indians were expected to top the podium and, at one point, had a good lead of 10-2 against the formidable Czech side of Martin Podhrasky, Tomas Tehan, and Matej Rampula. But the Indians were panicky and went down 15-17 to finish second. In the ske
On Monday, 18-year-old Indian lifter Harshada Garud won the women's 45kg gold medal at the Asian Youth and Junior Weightlifting Championships in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. The championship is being held from July 15 to July 25, 2022. Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS) athlete and weightlifter Garud won the yellow metal after putting in a total effort of four kilograms. The Pune lifter made history in May this year by becoming the first Indian to win a gold medal at the world junior championships. This time the aggregate was 157kgs (69kg+88kg), which was better than her junior world championshi
Ethiopia's Tamirat Tola won the men's marathon in a dominant style at the World Athletics Championships on Sunday. Tola clinched the Gold as he finished the race in 125 minutes 37 seconds, breaking the previous best record held by Kenya's Abel Kirui, who clocked 126 minutes 54 seconds in Berlin in 2009. The cool conditions offered by the 6.15 am local start time offered an advantage to the Ethiopian, who, with a sustained acceleration, continued to move towards the finishing line. Mosinet Geremew won his second successive silver while Belgium’s Bashir Abdi claimed a bronze, bagging hi
Veteran Indian shooter Mairaj Ahmed Khan scripted history on Monday by winning the first-ever ISSF World Cup gold medal for the country in men's skeet in Changwon. In the 40-shot final, the double Olympian shot 37 to finish ahead of Korea's Minsu Kim (36) and Britain's Ben Llewellin (26), who clinched the silver and bronze, respectively. Khan is the oldest member of the Indian contingent in Changwon this year. He shot 119/125 during two days of qualifying before winning his first individual gold. The 46-year-old from Uttar Pradesh bagged a silver at the 2016 World Cup in
Ace Indian badminton player and Olympic medalist PV Sindhu clinched the Singapore Open 2022 title after overpowering China's Wang Zhi Yi in the women's singles final on Sunday. Playing on court 1, Sindhu won the match by 21-9, 11-21, and 21-15. She had an excellent start, winning the first game by an impressive margin. Zhi Yi rose to action in the next game, winning it by 11-21. In the final game, the top Indian shuttler kept her calm to claim it 21-15 and win the title. PV Sindhu moved on to the finals of the women's singles category by defeating Japan's Saena Kawakami in the semifinals o
94-year-old Haryana sprinter Bhagwani Devi Dagar won a gold and two bronze for India at the Tampere World Masters Athletics championships 2022 in Finland. She won the gold medal in the 100-meter sprint with an excellent timing of 24.74 seconds. The World Masters Athletics Championships were held between June 29 - July 10 in Tamper. It is a world championship-caliber event for track and field athletic events for male and female athletes aged 35 and above. Haryana Governor Bandaru Dattatreya and Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Monday congratulated 94-year-old Bhagwani Devi for br