New Delhi, Aug 8 (Ians) Sports Ministry will fund the participation of the Indian contingent, consisting 28 athletes, for the upcoming World Athletics Championships, which will be held in Budapest, Hungary from August 19.
A 42-member contingent, including coaches and support staff, are heading for the world event which will have the best of the best athletes from across the world competing.
In the previous edition, a total of 6 individuals reached the finals at the World Championships in 2022 with 3 of them making it to Top 8 finishes & Neeraj returning with a historic silver medal. This was India’s best performance in any edition of the World Athletics Championships.
The funding will cover the team’s training cost, plus boarding/Lodging costs, airfare, visa costs and Out of Pocket Allowance (Opa) among other expenditures, a media release from the Ministry said on Tuesday.
Out of 28 competing athletes, 13 are Target Olympic Podium Scheme (Tops) athletes and...
A 42-member contingent, including coaches and support staff, are heading for the world event which will have the best of the best athletes from across the world competing.
In the previous edition, a total of 6 individuals reached the finals at the World Championships in 2022 with 3 of them making it to Top 8 finishes & Neeraj returning with a historic silver medal. This was India’s best performance in any edition of the World Athletics Championships.
The funding will cover the team’s training cost, plus boarding/Lodging costs, airfare, visa costs and Out of Pocket Allowance (Opa) among other expenditures, a media release from the Ministry said on Tuesday.
Out of 28 competing athletes, 13 are Target Olympic Podium Scheme (Tops) athletes and...
- 8/8/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
Bhubaneswar, June 16 (Ians) It was an eventful day here on Friday at the 62nd National Inter State Senior Athletics Championship as more than a dozen athletes made the cut for the Hangzhou Asian Games, scheduled to be held in September in China.
The evening session saw an exciting duel between local favourite Srabani Nanda and Jyothi Yarraji of Andhra Pradesh battling for supremacy in the women’s 100m dash. However, Jyothi Yarraji pipped Srabani Nanda to post a personal best time of 11.46 seconds to win gold.
In the longer sprint—400m race—Kerala’s Muhammed Anas fought a pitched battle with Sri Lanka’s Kalinga Kumarage for the gold. But Sri Lankan surged ahead to post a time of 45.64 secs to win gold.
While the Indian athlete settled for silver with a time of 45.76 secs which was his season best time.
“I’m improving my time with each competition I have competed until June.
The evening session saw an exciting duel between local favourite Srabani Nanda and Jyothi Yarraji of Andhra Pradesh battling for supremacy in the women’s 100m dash. However, Jyothi Yarraji pipped Srabani Nanda to post a personal best time of 11.46 seconds to win gold.
In the longer sprint—400m race—Kerala’s Muhammed Anas fought a pitched battle with Sri Lanka’s Kalinga Kumarage for the gold. But Sri Lankan surged ahead to post a time of 45.64 secs to win gold.
While the Indian athlete settled for silver with a time of 45.76 secs which was his season best time.
“I’m improving my time with each competition I have competed until June.
- 6/16/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
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