Olympian Neeraj Chopra Breaks His Own Record With 89.94m Throw: Diamond League
Gold medallist Olympian Neeraj Chopra broke his own record and gave another mind-blowing performance with 89.94m throw, on June 30 Diamond League tournament. With his performance, Chopra bagged a silver medal at the event, held in Stockholm. While Chopra secured Silver, Peters clinched the gold medal while Julian Weber of Germany bagged the bronze after throwing 89.08m. Although Chopra didn't secure gold medal, he broke his June 14, record (… read-more
Tags: Neeraj Chopra, Javelin, National Record, Olympian, Diamond League
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Olympic Gold Medalist Neeraj Chopra Sets New National Record In Javelin
India's Olympic gold medalist Neeraj Chopra once again made India proud, and set his new record with a throw of 89.30 metres at the Paavo Nurmi Games in Finland. He secured a silver medal, bettering his own national record of 88.07 meters. Furthermore, after Tokyo Olympics, this is his first International competition. While Chopra secured a silver medal, Oliver Helander secured gold with a throw of 89.93 metres.
Tags: Neeraj Chopra, Javelin Throw, Tokyo Olympics, National Record, Indian athlete
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Meet National Drag Racing Record-breaker Hemanth Mudappa
Bengaluru's Hemanth Mudappa has won two gold in the ribbon event of the second round of the MMSC FMSCI Indian National Drag Racing Championship at the 303-metre Madras Motor Race Track, on October 3. The seven-time national champion Mudappa also broke his own national record. ''I'm so happy to set the national record,'' said Hemanth. Meanwhile, Hyderbad's Mohd Riyaz and Bengaluru's Sugan Prasad won silver and bronze, respectively.
Tags: Drag Racing, National Record, MADRAS, Champion Hemanth Mudappa
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Discus Thrower Kamalpreet Kaur Breaks Record To Qualify For Olympics
Indian discus throw athlete Kamalpreet Kaur qualified for the Tokyo Olympics, besides setting a national record with her off the charts stint on March 19 at the Athletics Federation Cup. Kamalpreet, while breaking Krishna Poonia's nine-year record of 64.76m, made a throw of 65.06 m, and exceeded the Olympics qualification mark valued at 63.5 m. Notably, this is the first time an Indian attained the 65 m rate in the women's discus throw… read-more
Tags: Discus Throw, Kamalpreet Kaur, Tokyo Olympics, National Record, Krishna Poonia, Athletics Federation Cup
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