The Tamil Nadu long jumper's winning leap at the IIT Gandhinagar athletics track on Saturday measured 0.1m above the automatic World Athletics Championships 2023 qualifying standard of 8.25m.
Tamil Nadu's Bhavani Devi beat Jagmeet Kaur of Punjab 15-3 in the final. She also won gold medals in the 2011 and 2015 editions. Kerala's Christy Jose Josna and Manipuri Laishram Abi Devi won the bronze medals.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the 36th National Games at a grand Opening Ceremony to be held here at the Narendra Modi stadium in Ahmedabad on Thursday.
The athletes underwent a ten-day training camp at the Lakshmibai National College of Physical Education in the Kerala capital about which the coach expressed satisfaction
Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], September 28 (ANI): The picturesque Sabarmati flowing through the city of Ahmedabad could soon become a hub for international rowing events in the country.
Murali Sreeshankar has bettered his own national record thrice this season and has a personal best of 8.36m he achieved at the Federation Cup in April.
The ace shooter from Himachal Pradesh, currently on a comeback trail, headlined the pistol events at the National Games 2015 with five gold medals and a bronze.
Guwahati (Assam) [India], September 23 (ANI): Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday said that the Assam government will provide jobs to all medal winners of the state at the National Games 2022.