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Mumbai Marathon: Cosmas Lagat rules the road

Nandakumar Marar

Sudha Singh finished on top among the Indian runners while setting at a personal best of 2:34:56

Mumbai, 20/02/2019: Worknesh Alemu, winner of International Elite Full Marathon, Women in action during 15th edition of Tata Mumbai Marathon on Sunday.

Sudha, Nitendra go under Doha Worlds qualifying time

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Sudha Singh also set a personal best of 2:34:56 while finishing a creditable eighth overall.

Sudha Singh, winner of Indian Elite Full marathon, in action during the 15th edition of Tata Mumbai marathon on January 20, 2019.

Elite runners race the clock with eye on Doha

Nandakumar Marar

Leaders will be in the reckoning for qualifying for the 2019 World championships

The best: Gopi Thonakal, Nitendra Singh Rawat, Amane Gobena, Sudha Singh and Abera Kuma in Mumbai on Friday.

Khelo India Youth Games: Ritesh pips Ajay to 3000m victory

Nandakumar Marar

Saliha demolishes the field in the girls’ under-17 high jump

Ritesh Ohire, right, pulls ahead on way to his gold.

Mumbai, 20/02/2019: Worknesh Alemu, winner of International Elite Full Marathon, Women in action during 15th edition of Tata Mumbai Marathon on Sunday.

Mumbai Marathon: Cosmas Lagat rules the road

Sudha Singh, winner of Indian Elite Full marathon, in action during the 15th edition of Tata Mumbai marathon on January 20, 2019.

Sudha, Nitendra go under Doha Worlds qualifying time

The best: Gopi Thonakal, Nitendra Singh Rawat, Amane Gobena, Sudha Singh and Abera Kuma in Mumbai on Friday.

Elite runners race the clock with eye on Doha

Ritesh Ohire, right, pulls ahead on way to his gold.

Khelo India Youth Games: Ritesh pips Ajay to 3000m victory

Pulling ahead: Kerala team, right, clinched the Under-21 boys’ 4x100m relay.

Maharashtra girls, Kerala boys excel

Running towards his goal

Neeraj Chopra after winning the gold medal in the men’s javelin throw event at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta on August 27, 2018.

Athletics 2018: Breakthrough year for Neeraj, Hima but familiar dope shame hits athletics

PTI Hima Das is also the first Indian to win a gold in a track event at the world level.

Training sessions on Payyoli beach. Photo: K. Ragesh

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Stan Rayan A decade after moving to the sprawling Kinaloor campus, P.T. Usha strongly believes her academy will produce an Olympics champion very soon

Recognition: Caterine Ibarguen and Eliud Kipchoge.

Kipchoge and Ibarguen scoop IAAF awards

AFP Kenyan marathon master Eliud Kipchoge and Colombian jumper Caterine Ibarguen won the IAAF men and women’s 2018 awards on Tuesday. Kipchoge set a new world record in Berlin in September, smashing the previous best by an incredible 78 seconds as he clocked 2hr 1min 39sec. The 34-year-old Olympic champion’s effort was the largest single improvement on the marathon world record since Derek Clayton improved the mark by 2:23 in 1967. Acclaimed as the greatest marathon runner of the modern era,

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Sudha, Nitendra go under Doha Worlds qualifying time

Mumbai Marathon: Cosmas Lagat rules the road

Tejaswin has a strong season-opener

Equal prize money

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Double for Nithin

Khelo India Youth Games: Ritesh pips Ajay to 3000m victory

Saliha demolishes the field in the girls’ under-17 high jump

Maharashtra girls, Kerala boys excel

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