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From Taiwan to India: Parth Singh’s journey into Indian athletics

From Taiwan to India: Parth Singh’s journey into Indian athletics

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It was late in the evening in Taiwan. Parth Singh was winding down after a long tiring day, savoring his meal in the quiet comfort of his dorm room, books scattered as he prepared for an exam the next morning. Life had returned to normalcy after a quick five-day trip to India. But little did Parth know that people in India were still talking about his nationality status and his performance. Parth, listed as a Chinese Taipei athlete on the World Athletics website, represented Jharkhand at the Under-20 Junior National Championships in Bhubaneswar. “I have competed in India twice before, but this year, I won two gold medals and the Best U20 Athlete award. People only really notice you when you shine bright,” Parth, who has been living in Taiwan since the age of six, told The Bridge from Taiwan. Addressing the confusion about his nationality, Parth said the family has strong Indian roots. “I’m still an Indian. I don’t have a Taipei passport. Even if I love this place, I cannot really abandon my …

Ancy Sojan pips Shaili Singh at UAE Women’s Athletics Gala

Ancy Sojan pips Shaili Singh at UAE Women’s Athletics Gala

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Ancy Sojan pipped fellow Indian Shaili Singh to win the silver medal at the 2025 UAE Women’s Athletics Gala in Dubai on Sunday. While Sojan leapt a distance of 6.54m to finish second, Singh took home the bronze with a jump of 6.48m. Egypt’s Esraa Owis won the gold medal at a distance of 6.66m. The UAE Women’s Athletics Gala, a World Athletics Continental Tour Bronze Level meet, had a nine-member field in women’s long jump. Out of the nine, six athletes in contention were Indians. Apart from Sojan and Singh, India’s Moumita Mondal also finished in the top five with a best of 6.22m to finish fifth. Mondal had shot to fame at the 2025 National Games in Uttarakhand earlier this year, winning medals in both women’s 100m hurdles and women’s long jump within just minutes of each other. Among the Indians in contention, Kusuma Rava (6.16m) and Deepanshi Singh (6.03m) also crossed the six-metre mark to finish sixth and seventh respectively in Dubai. The other Indian, Krittika Anandakumar was only one of the …

For para athletics star Vanessa Low, return to India is a full-circle moment | Sport-others News

For para athletics star Vanessa Low, return to India is a full-circle moment | Sport-others News

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12°57′ N 77°37′ E is tattooed on the left arm of multiple Paralympic medalist Vanessa Low of Australia.The co-ordinates are of Bengaluru. Her first-ever visit to India in 2009 was to the Garden City. She was 19 then and it was her first international classification event. She has three more coordinates of Christchurch, Lyon and Doha, host cities of the World Para Athletics Championships. Over a decade and a half since her visit to Bengaluru, the 34-year-old is back in the country as three-time Paralympic gold medalist and three-time World Champion in the T63 Long Jump. She’s in the capital to take part in the first-ever World Para Athletics Grand Prix happening in the national capital. “2009 was my first trip. It was very chaotic. Transport didn’t work well and there were struggles but I loved every minute of it. The reason we are here is the sport and I am so excited to be back,” Vanessa told The Indian Express. Story continues below this ad When asked what has changed from the last time, …

Long Jump gold, Hurdles PB – Moumita Mondal juggles two events with ease at National Games

Long Jump gold, Hurdles PB – Moumita Mondal juggles two events with ease at National Games

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Multitasking is tough. Even on a day-to-day basis juggling between two things sucks the life out of you. Now, imagine having to do it at the biggest stage of your life. That’s the situation a young Moumita Mondal found herself in at the 2025 National Games on Sunday. Mondal, 23, switched competing between women’s 100m hurdles and long jump at the Ganga Athletics Ground. She did it remarkably as well, winning a silver medal in hurdles behind the experienced Jyoti Yarraji and then a gold in the long jump just minutes later. “Too hectic,” Mondal told reporters at the venue with a wry smile. “I had never won a gold medal in a senior competition before. I am very happy.” The schedule was harsh on Mondal. The two events she competed in clashed with each other. There were attempts made to move one of the events a bit later so that she could get enough rest between the two but those requests fell on deaf ears. Mondal was told she would have to give her …

Medley relays spice up day 4

Medley relays spice up day 4

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The 34th National Junior Athletics Championships continued at the Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar in Odisha on Tuesday. In the Women’s U18 1,000m race, the top-three finishers broke the existing national record with Haryana’s Sanjana Singh winning gold and setting a new national mark by clocking 2:46.45s. Similarly, the 600m national record in the girls U16 category was also broken by four athletes with Tamil Nadu’s Edwina Jason eventually setting a new national mark of 1:33.26s. Haryana’s Tannu and Uttar Pradesh’s Nandani Rajbhar settled for silver and bronze respectively. New national records were also created in the boys U14 kids javelin throw category by Bhiky Barman (60.65m) and in the girls U14 kids javelin throw category by Minakshi of Haryana (46.81m). Karnataka picked up gold in the men’s U18 1,000m sprint medley race clocking 1:54.55s. In the women’s U18 1,000m sprint medley race, Tamil Nadu clocked 2:12.80s to pick up gold ahead of Haryana and Maharashtra. Karnataka picked up yet another gold in the boys U16 1,000m sprint medley race with a timing of 2:00.35s. The final …

Track & field finals on day 4

Track & field finals on day 4

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After numerous national records fell on Monday, day 4 of the 39th National Junior Athletics Championships 2024 began on Tuesday with a host of qualification events in the morning session. In the evening session, multiple finals are in store with medals up for grabs in javelin, high jump, long jump and the medley relay races. Catch all the live updates right here. Disclaimer: We do not own any of the content, ideas, images, or text presented here. All rights belong to their respective owners. For more information and to view the original source, please visit the following link: Source link

Animesh Kujur and Puneet Yadav complete double

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The 4th Indian Open Under 23 Athletics Competition drew to a close at the Patliputra Sports Complex in Patna on Monday. Haryana’s Puneet Yadav, who won the men’s 10,000m on Saturday was on song today as well and cruised to victory in the men’s 5,000m today while clocking 14:29.15. Meanwhile, Odisha’s Animesh Kujur completed a sprint double when he clocked 20.65s to take the honours in the men’s 200m. Kerala’s Anamika KA put continued to dominate the heptathlon event by notching up 5,160 points on her way registering a new meet record en route to gold. The other athletes that created new meet records were Kerala’s Jomon Joy (2.17m) in the men’s high jump and Haryana’s Sanya Yadav (50.59m) in the women’s discus throw event. Results: Men’s Hammer Throws: Mayank Yadav (UP) 60.87m, Mukul (MP) 60.39m, Mo Nadeem (UP) 60.29m. Men’s Javelin Throw: Anand Singh (UP) 74.75m, Vikash Sharma (UTT) 71.99m, Niraj M (MAH) 71.33m. Women’s Long Jump: Moumita Mondal (WB) 6.27m, Lakshmi Gemmela (AP) 5.91m, Deesha Ganapathy (KAR) 5.86m. Men’s High Jump: Jomon Joy …

Long jumper Murali Sreeshankar undergoes knee surgery in Doha

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Long jumper Murali Sreeshankar, who was ruled out of the Paris Olympics due to a left knee injury last week, has undergone surgery in Doha on Wednesday. French orthopaedic surgeon Dr. Olory performed the surgery. Sreeshankar is an Asian and Commonwealth Games silver medallist. “The surgery was successful under Dr. Bruno Olory at the Aspetar Hospital, Doha. Thank you everyone for all your love and blessings during this tough phase. 18 hours post surgery and I am already walking,” wrote Sreeshankar on Instagram. A screengrab of Murali Sreeshankar’s Instagram post. Sreeshankar had suffered the knee injury during a training session in Palakkad earlier this month. He had qualified for the Paris Olympics, scheduled for July-August, in July 2023 when he won a silver medal at the Asian Championships in Bangkok with a jump of 8.37m, crossing the Olympic qualifying mark by 0.10m. “Life writes strange scripts, and some times there is courage in accepting it and moving on. That’s what I will do. My journey to a comeback began the minute I injured my knee. …

Long Jumper Murali Sreeshankar pulls out of Paris Olympics

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Elite Indian long jumper Murali Sreeshankar has pulled out of the upcoming 2024 Paris Olympics owing to knee surgery, the athlete announced on Thursday. The athlete took social media platform Instagram to announce his decision. “All my life, I’ve had the courage to look at a setback in the eye, accept situations I can’t change, and work hard at dictating the outcomes of those I can. Unfortunately, in what feels like a nightmare, but is a reality, my Paris Olympic Games dream is over,” Murali wrote on Instagram. “I suffered a knee injury during training on Tuesday, and all the tests and consultations later, it’s been decided that I would need surgery, ruling me out of the one single thing I have chased relentlessly all these years,” the post read further. Murali’s absence from the Paris Olympics will leave Jeswin Aldrin as the sole Indian representative in the long jump discipline of Athletics. Murali booked his qualification after registering a jump of 8.41m at the Inter-State Athletics Championships last year in Bhubaneswar. Commonwealth and Asian …

Murali Sreeshankar to start his season at Shanghai Diamond League

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Top Indian long jumper Murali Sreeshankar will start his season at the Shanghai Diamond League on 27th April in a crucial Olympic year. He will continue in the DL circuit and participate in Doha Diamond League on 10th May. The 25-year-old long jumper from Kerala became only the third Indian to finish in the top three in a Diamond League meeting in the Paris leg on June 0 with a third-place finish, after Olympic champion javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra and former discus thrower Vikas Gowda. He had won a silver in the Hangzhou Asian Games last year but was disappointed with a qualifying round exit in the 2023 Budapest World Championships. “Team IIS athlete Sreeshankar Murali will begin his 2024 season at the Shanghai DL, and then make his way to Qatar for the Doha DL. Let’s do this, Sree!,” said a tweet from Inspire Institute of Sport where Sreeshankar trains. In Doha, Sreeshankar will be joined by Chopra and another Indian javelin thrower Kishore Jena in a star-studded field. Both Chopra and Jena are …