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Hima Das wins fourth gold in 15 days

Star Indian sprinter Hima Das clinched her fourth gold of the fortnight as she won the 200m race with a creditable time in the Tabor Athletics Meet in Czech Republic on Wednesday. Hima won in 23.25 seconds though the race had a mediocre field with most of the competitors representing clubs of Czech Republic. Nonetheless, she is inching closer to her personal best of 23.10, Hima’s compatriot V K Vismaya was second with a season best 23.43. This was 19-year-old Hima’s fourth gold since July 2 when she ran her first competitive race in Europe. She has been keeping on improving since her first race. In her first competitive 200m race of the year, the old Assam runner had clocked 23.65 seconds on her way to gold at the Poznan Athletics Grand Prix in Poland on July 2. After that, she won her second 200m gold at the Kutno Athletics Meet, also in Poland, on July 7 with a time of 23.97 seconds. On July 13, she won her third 200m gold at the Kladno Athletics Meet in Czech Republic wi...
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Sprinter Hima Das

Hima Das achieved her season best timing of 52.09s to win 400m gold at Nove Mesto It was Hima's 5th gold medal of the month in Europe Hima successfully returned to 400m after struggling with back issue at Asian Athletics Championships in April Indian sprinter Hima Das extended her sensational run by claiming her fifth gold of the month as she returned to her pet 400m competition with a season-best time of 52.09s in Nove Mesto, Czech Republic on Saturday. The timing is slower than her personal best of 50.79 seconds, which she managed at the Jakarta Asian Games and she also narrowly missed out on the World Championships qualifying mark of 51.80. However, it was better than the timing of 52.88 seconds, which she managed earlier in the season. It was Hima's fifth gold medal since July 2 when she ran her first competitive race in Europe. In her first competitive 200m race of the year, she clocked 23.65 seconds on her way to gold at the Poznan At...
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woman wrestler to win gold -VINESH PHOGAT

She becomes the first Indian woman wrestler to win gold, and first woman wrestler to win back-to-back medals, at the event Vinesh Phogat on Monday created history by becoming the first Indian woman wrestler to win a gold medal at the Asian Games, brushing aside her rivals with remarkable ease in the 50kg category here. Vinesh was a medal-favourite in her category and was likely to face stiff competition from Japan’s Yuki Irie whom she outplayed 6-2 in the final. It is surely a ground-breaking achievement for the 23-year-old firebrand Haryana wrestler, who is connected to Dangal-famed Phogat family. Putting behind her heart-breaking loss at the Olympics two years ago, Vinesh began her victorious campaign with a revenge win against Chinese Yanan Sun against whom she had suffered that terrible leg injury which cut short her journey in Rio. This time Vinesh did not give her opponent any chance and came out a dominant winner with a 8-2 score. In the next bout she brushed ...
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: 16-year-old Manu Bhaker clinches gold in 10m pistol in Commonwealth Games 2018.

   India's teen shooting sensation Manu Bhaker grabbed the women's 10m air pistol gold medal by shattering the games record while Heena Sidhu staged a stirring comeback to bag silver at the 21st Commonwealth Games on Sunday. old medallist Manu Bhaker of India (C) , silver medallist Heena Sidhu of India and bronze medalist Elena Galiabovitch pose with their medals. Reuters The 16-year-old Bhaker's calm demeanour belied her age as she shot a record 240.9 to finish well ahead of her senior teammate Sidhu, who aggregated 234 at the Belmont Shooting Centre. A dominant Bhaker led throughout the two stages in her maiden Commonwealth Games outing, living up to the billing. Bhaker was the overwhelming favourite to win the event, having bagged multiple gold medals at the 2018 ISSF World Cup in Guadalajara, Mexico and the subsequent Junior World Cup in Sydney. The event in Mexico was also a maiden appearance for the young girl from the Jhajjar district in Haryana. Suc...
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Deepa Malik won silver medal in the Rio Paralympics 2016

India's Deepa Malik scripted history when she won the silver medal in the women's shotput F53 event at the Rio Paralympics on Monday, with a personal best throw of 4.61m. With this herculean effort, she became India's first woman and oldest athlete to ever win a medal at the Paralympics. Deepa started off with a throw of 4.26m, then registered 4.49 on her second attempt and 4.41m on the third. On her sixth throw, she recorded a personal best of of 4.61m, which ultimately helped her finish second. "I want to use this medal to support women with disabilities in India. This journey has been wonderful for me and my entire family, I am proud to be the oldest athlete in the team and win a medal." 45-year old told  IANS  after her feat. Deepa Malik with her silver medal at the Rio Paralympics 2016. Facebook/Deepa Malik Spinal tumor to silver medal Deepa is a paraplegic, paralysed from waist down. A spinal tumour confined her to a whe...
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Olympics 2016 : PV Sindhu wins silver medal

PV Sindhu wins silver medal after going down 21-19, 12-21, 15-21 to Carolina Marin: As it happened PV Sindhu becomes the first Indian woman to clinch a Silver medal at the Olympics. PV Sindhu took the opening game against Spain’s Carolina Marin 21-19 but couldn’t sustain that momentum as the World No 1 came back into the contest to win the next two games 21-12 and 21-15. Sindhu still won hearts all over for her valiant effort and winning the silver medal – the best finish by a shuttler at the Olympics. Indian shuttler P.V. Sindhu has beaten Japan's Nozomi Okuhara to make a smashing and historic entry into the badminton finals of the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio. After beating Okuhara (21-19, 21-10), the 21-year-old Hyderabadi becomes the first Indian to gain an Olympics final spot in Badminton. On Friday, ninth-seeded Sindhu will meet Spain's Carolina Marin for the title clash at 7:30 pm India time. Marin is currently the world No. 1. Sindhu had defeate...
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Sakshi Malik Rio-2016 Olympics

Sakshi Malik clinches bronze medal in women’s wrestling 58kg category, opens India’s account at Rio 2016 Olympics India’s  Sakshi Malik  won a bronze medal in the wrestling 58kg category after the Indian beat Aisuluu Tynybekova 8-5 in the bronze medal bout. In a thrilling contest, Sakshi fought back from 0-5 down to seal the bout 8-5 in her favour. With seconds left on the clock, she produced a three-point move to seal the bout and India’s first medal at Rio 2016 Olympics. It wasn’t an ideal start for the 23-year-old as she conceded a five-point lead early in the contest, and like in three out of the four bouts earlier in the day, she was back from behind to produce the moves when they mattered, and seal the win. Tynybekova started on a positive note as her leg-grab put her in the lead. She repeated the move again and sat in a comfortable position. Malik opened the scoring in the second period of the bout when she pushed her opponent dow...
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