The Asian Games 2022 that was scheduled to take place in Hangzhou in September have been postponed indefinitely as China battles a resurgence of COVID cases. The host city of Hangzhou was poised to become the third city in China to host the Asian Games after Beijing in 1990 and …
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Sports Ministry will now spend 190 crore on training of athletes and also has renewed the recognition of 38 National Sports Federations (NSFs) for the year 2022. The allotted Rs 190 crore will be spend by the Sports Ministry on athletes for their training, foreign exposure, equipment and support staff …
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The Indian 4×400 Mixed Relay team’s silver medal in 2018 Jakarta Asian Games has been officially upgraded to gold after the disqualification of original winners Bahrain due to a doping ban handed to one of its runners. The Indian quartet of Mohammad Anas, M R Poovamma, Hima Das and Arokia Rajiv …
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Athletes from Australia and the rest of Oceania have been invited to compete at the 2022 Asian Games to be held at Hangzhou in China. The Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) extended an invitation to the Australian athletes at the Asian Games in selected sports which will have their qualification …
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Radha Venkatesh and Rakshitha Raju have certain things in common. Both of them are still in their teens; they go to the same school; they are track and field athletes and both of them are Asian Games medallists. But most importantly they are both visually impaired. Radha, who is from …
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With 15 gold, 24 silver and 33 bronze medals, India recorded the best-ever performance at the Para Asian Games 2018 held in Jakarta. With 72 medals, India outclassed its performance of 2014 when Indian sportsmen won 33 medals (3 gold, 14 silver, 16 bronze). On the last day of the …
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India’s ace para shuttler Parul Parmar notched up a victory of 21-9, 21-5 over Wandee Kamtam of Thailand to win the gold medal in the Women’s Singles SL3 event at the Para Asian Games 2018. Athletes in this class have impairment in one or both lower limbs and poor walking/running …
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Indian para high jumper Sharad Kumar broke two records to win a second successive gold medal at the Asian Para Games. Sharad made a jump of 1.90m in Men’s High Jump T42/63 category to better the Asian as well as the Games record to bag the gold medal. The high …
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Para archer Harvinder Singh won gold in the Men’s Individual Recurve on the fourth day of the Para Asian Games in Jakarta. The other athletes fetched India eight other medals on the day. Harvinder Singh defeated China’s Zhao Lixue 6-0 in the W2/ST category final to claim the top honour. …
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India bagged a total of 11 medals on the third day of the Para Asian Games with 3 gold, 3 silver and 5 bronze. With this India maintain its eighth spot in the medal tally in Jakarta. Para shooter Manish Narwal bagged the yellow metal in the P1 – Men’s …
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