IAAF World Championships

New Champions Emerge on Day 5 of 2015 IAAF World Championships In Beijing

 August 27, 2015   R K Gupta

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Wednesday will be remembered for some new champions and disappointment to some established names. In men’s javelin, Julius Yego came up with a massive hurl of 92.72 that left everyone behind and completed devastated Czech Republic’s defending champion Vitezslav Vesely. In men’s 400m, LaShawn Merritt had to remain content with the second place finish as […]

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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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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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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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Lausanne Diamond League

Lausanne Diamond League: Justin Gatlin and Mo Farah Star in Swiss Athletic Night

 July 10, 2015   R K Gupta

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On July 09, 2015, the Lausanne Diamond League Meeting concluded with Justin Gatlin and Mo Farah producing great performances in the events of their choice. USA’s Justin Gatlin was dominant in his 9.75s 100m sprint leaving Asafa Powell and Tyson Gay in his wake. Great Britain’s Mo Farah, who disappointed his fans at Birmingham by […]

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IAAF Diamond League 2015

Three Athletes Come Close to Breaking World Record at Paris Diamond League Meeting

 July 8, 2015   R K Gupta

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Amidst amazing performances in Paris’ 8th Diamond League Meeting of 2015 season, three athletes attempted to reach long standing world marks in the Saint-Denis arena on July 04, 2015. The closest was USA’s Evan Jager, who missed by an incident of fate but still made history in men’s 3000m steeplechase. But Jager still broke Northe […]

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New York Diamond League

David Rudisha, Ajee Wilson Steal Show As Usain Bolt Returns to New York Diamond League

 June 22, 2015   R K Gupta

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The seventh Diamond League meeting, a part of Adidas Grand Prix in New York, saw the return of world record holders Usain Bolt and David Rudisha. Both superstar athletes won the events in which they participated. Other highlights included Ajee Wilson’s great win in women’s 800m and the arrival of another American Boris Berian at […]

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