Middle distance runner Gomathi Marimuthu, a farmer’s daughter, won the 800 metres gold at the Asian Athletics Championship last month in Doha but on Tuesday was handed a four-year-ban after being tested positive for a banned substance.
“My father ate the food kept for cattle in order to provide me with decent food so that I can train for athletics,” said a tearful Gomathi Marimuthu at a press meet in Chennai last week after the surprise gold win at the recently concluded Asian Athletics Championship in Doha. The sprinter is not letting […]
Middle distance runner Gomathi Marimuthu, a farmer’s daughter, set the track ablaze when she won gold at the Asian Athletics Championship recently. How often do you get to hear such an inspiring story? A 30-year-old Gomathi, from the outskirts of Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, created history by winning India’s first gold medal in the 23rd Asian Athletics Championships […]
Sports sensation PU Chitra has proved her mettle once again by winning a gold medal in women’s 1500m race at the Asian Athletics Championships on Wednesday. With her medal haul, India picked up four medals on the fourth and final day of the competitions, to end at fourth place in the medal tally. Chitra’s victory was clocked in 4 […]
In an unexpected turn of events, Gomathi Marimuthu triumphed even before any of the star athletes could get on the tracks and gave India its first gold medal in the women’s 800m race. With this win, the country added four medals on the second day of the Asian Athletics Championships being held at Doha, Qatar, here […]
Ace sprinter Dutee Chand has broken her own national record in women’s 100m race and qualified for the semi-finals of the event at ongoing the Asian Athletics Championships in Doha on Sunday. She timed 11.28 seconds to surpass her previous national record of 11.29 seconds, which she had set at the Inter-State meet in Guwahati last year. Meanwhile, Hima Das […]
The latest sports sensation, PU Chitra has been denied entry in the Indian squad for the upcoming World Championships. The Kerala sprinter had qualified for the mega event by winning a Gold at the Asian Athletics Championships. The Athletics Federation of India have excluded Chitra from the squad stating that her timing is slower than the world […]
Shot putter Manpreet Kaur is likely to lose the gold medal won by her earlier this month at the Asian meet. The Asian champion has been tested positive in the dope net for a banned stimulant. This brings an embarrassing moment, not only for Kaur but for the country. India's leading shot putter, #ManpreetKaur fails dope test […]
PU Chitra – does the name ring a bell? Well, if you haven’t heard of her, she is the latest sportstar who has made India proud. On Friday (July 7), the sprinter added a gold medal to India’s tally at the Asian Athletics Championships in Bhubaneswar. Gold Gold!!!! #ajaykumar #puchitra #AsianAthleticsChampionship #AsianAthleticsChampionships #AsiaInOdisha pic.twitter.com/Ihivob75h8 — [email protected][email protected] (@chnrju1) […]
Indian athletes are off to a good start at the 22nd Asian Athletics Championships, being held in Bhubaneswar. On Friday (July 6), Day 2 of the championships, they bagged four gold medals.
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