Beijing World Championship

Rudisha Rutherford and Dibaba Excel on Fourth Day of Beijing World Championship

 August 27, 2015   R K Gupta

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From its very start, the world athletic championship at Beijing has been dominated by the rivalry between Jamaica’s Usain Bolt and USA’s Justin Gatlin. Both of them have been on the field on every day and the spotlight has remained fixated on them. On the fourth day, however, two other athletes seized the attention away […]

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Athletics

Fraser-Pryce Kemboi Cheruiyot Barber & Ibarguen Were 3rd Day’s Show Stealers at Beijing

 August 26, 2015   R K Gupta

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If men’s 100m final on Sunday brought the racing heartbeats, women’s 100m on Monday was no less thrilling. The pocket-sized Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce ran a dominant race and quite expectedly won the sprint. Just as she crossed the finish-line, Fraser-Pryce raised her finger to announce to the world that you can’t beat Jamaican athletes in the […]

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World Athletic Championship

Miguel Lopez wins 20km Walk Jessica Ennis-Hill Wins Heptathlon and Kovacs Triumphant in Shot Put on Second Day at Beijing’s World Athletic Championship

 August 25, 2015   R K Gupta

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Before Jamaica’s Usain Bolt brought the Birds Nest stadium alive with his super-show, four other events had been concluded and gold medalists decided in Beijing’s world athletic championships. Spain’s European champion Miguel Angel Lopez won the gold medal in 20-km walk; GBR’s Jessica Ennis-Hill expectedly won the heptathlon gold; Poland’s Pawel Fajdek took top spot […]

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Usain Bolt

A Bolt of Lightning Flashes Through the Night Sky at Beijing’s World Athletic Championship

 August 24, 2015   R K Gupta

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The second day at the world athletic championship belonged entirely to the Jamaican super sprinter Usain Bolt. The most awaited 100m final took place in front of the packed crowd at the Birds Nest stadium in Beijing. It was the most memorable 10-second period, for which there had been a huge build-up over several months. […]

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Mo Farah

Eritrean Ghirmay Ghebreselassie Tops in Marathon Mo Farah Wins His 6th World Championship Gold on First Day at Beijing

 August 23, 2015   R K Gupta

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The first day of the World Athletics Championship was highlighted by an unknown marathon runner Ghirmay Ghebreselassie, who left behind a strong field of marathoners from East Africa. The Eritrean teenager not only became the youngest man to win the World Championship marathon but he brought the first gold for his nation in the World’s. […]

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2016 Rio

US Basketball Team & Other Sporting Superstars Are Excited About 2016 Rio Participation

 August 22, 2015   R K Gupta

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USA’s Basketball teams have an amazing record in the Olympics. The men have won 14 out of 17 Gold Medals in the over 100-year Olympic history and since the women’s basketball was introduced in 1976 Montreal Olympics Games, USA women have won the Gold 7 out of 8 times. The teams didn’t participate in the […]

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Dipa Karmakar Brings with a Bronze at 2015 Artistic Asian Gymnastics

Dipa Karmakar Brings Glory to India with a Bronze at 2015 Artistic Asian Gymnastics Championships

 August 4, 2015   R K Gupta

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It is not every day that an Indian’s name figures in sports like gymnastics. In a nation that doesn’t boast of world-class athletes with the possible exception of Vikas Gowda in men’s discus throw, woman artistic gymnast Dipa Karmakar’s bronze medal at the recently concluded Asian Gymnastics Championships in Hiroshima is extremely creditable and heartening. […]

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IAAF Diamond League

Fraser-Pryce Tops 100m But Barshim Fails Again in the Chilly Stockholm Athletic Night

 August 2, 2015   R K Gupta

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In the 12th IAAF Diamond League track and field meeting of the year at Stockholm on Thursday, Jamaica’s Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce ran 100m in 10.93s to offer further evidence of her superiority in the event. She looks like taking the 2015 DL championship and seems set for next month’s world title in Beijing. The Jamaican goes […]

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London Diamond League IAAF

London DL Meet Highlighted by Usain Bolt Mo Farah Amos Rudisha & Kiprop’s Strange Mile

 July 27, 2015   R K Gupta

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The two-day Sainsbury Anniversary Games, of which the London Diamond League was a part, were held in Olympic Stadium during July 24-25, 2015. All talk on Friday was about Usain Bolt returning to the track and Mo Farah dominating the field in 3000m. Besides these two big names, Friday’s events saw sparkles by Britain’s Zharnel […]

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2016 Rio Olympic

Unveiling of 2016 Rio Olympic Torch as Games Euphoria Gains Momentum

 July 22, 2015   R K Gupta

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About a fortnight back, the Olympic Games Organizing Committee invited Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff for officially unveiling a uniquely designed Olympic Torch for next year’s Olympic Games at Rio de Janeiro. The torch will be carried through hundreds of Brazilian towns from May next year before arriving at Rio’s iconic Maracana stadium on August 5, […]

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