India’s Olympic and World Champion javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra expressed heartfelt pride and optimism as he prepares to compete in the inaugural Neeraj Chopra Classic on Saturday at Bengaluru’s Sree Kanteerava Stadium – a landmark event named in his honour. For Chopra, the event isn’t just about competition; it’s about catalysing a new era for…
Vithya Ramraj of India (Photo by Cameron Spencer/Getty Images) NEW DELHI: At the Taiwan Open international athletics event’s final day, three-time national champion Vithya Ramraj led the Indian contingent’s successful campaign alongside Rohit Yadav, Pooja and Krishan Kumar, each securing gold medals in their respective events.Yashas Palaksha achieved a personal best of 42.22s, earning silver…
India’s 4x400m men’s relay team, comprising Rince Joseph, Dharmveer Choudhary, Manu Thekkinalil Saji, and Mohit Kumar, stormed into the final of the 26th Asian Athletics Championships with its best ever effort to top the heat on Thursday. The quartet will start from lane five in the final slated later in the evening after clocking 3:06.28…
NEW DELHI: India’s middle-distance runner Mohammed Afsal scripted history on Friday by breaking the long-standing men’s 800m national record at the UAE Athletics Grand Prix in Dubai. The 29-year-old clocked an impressive 1:45.61s to surpass the previous record of 1:45.65s set by Jinson Johnson in 2018.Afsal’s performance earned him a second-place finish at the World…
Grand Slam Track: A new league that wants to save athletics (Credits: X/@MJGold) US sprinter Michael Johnson spent his career breaking records, but even at his peak he realized track and field was broken. Now, with his new venture Grand Slam Track, the 57-year-old is determined to fix it.Despite producing global superstars and spectacular performances,…
Kartik Kumar and Gulveer Singh at the 2023 Asian Games. Bengaluru: Asian Games silver medallist in men’s 10,000m, Kartik Kumar, has failed out-of-competition dope test conducted by the US Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) during his recent training stint in the United States.According to sources, Kumar’s sample collected by USADA officials towards the end of February, from…
WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The most glaring difference between a major- and minor-league stadium is in height. The newly renovated home of the Athletics, Sutter Health Park in West Sacramento, Calif., carries just one main level topped by a second concourse of mostly suites, and in that way, it is still unmistakably the minor-league park…
(Correction: An earlier version of this article included an incorrect order on our All-America teams. Paige Bueckers is a member of The Athletic’s All-America first team, and Ta’Niya Latson is a second-team All-America selection.) With the regular season in the rearview, The Athletic’s team of dedicated writers and contributors got together to take stock of…
NEW ORLEANS — They gathered here, leaders of the two most powerful conferences in college sports, and talked about the future. There was a newfound optimism that they were starting to wrangle all the changes in college athletics to figure things out. “We’ve got a chance to hopefully build a new model here and get…
Greg Bell (Photo Credit: X) NEW DELHI: Greg Bell, the 1956 Olympic long jump champion, passed away on January 25 at the age of 94. World Athletics paid tribute to Bell, who was the oldest living Olympic gold medallist in athletics.Bell was a dominant figure in the men’s long jump during the 1950s. His personal…