javelin

Rising javelin thrower Sachin Yadav continued his purple patch on Wednesday, bagging the men's javelin title at the National Games in Dehradun with a personal best performance. Sachin broke Haryana athlete Rajendra Singh's meet record of 82.23m with his fifth attempt of 84.39m, and that throw was also the fifth straight competition this season that the Uttar Pradesh thrower had produced an 80m-plus throw. Rohit Yadav (80.47m) of the statemate Sachin and Vikas Sharma (79.33m) of Uttarakhand finished in second and third positions, respectively. He first

TOKYO : Neeraj Chopra's soaring javelin did not just earn India their first Olympic gold in athletics on Saturday, it also meant that the contingent will return from Tokyo with seven medals, their biggest Games haul ever. The world's second most populous nation has been an Olympic laggard and the six medals the contingent won in London 2012 was the best outing for the nation of 1.35 billion before Tokyo. The country's sports ministry accepted that in the past preparations had not always