[Emvi]

Tokyo 2020 turned out be the best ever Olympic Games in Indian history with athletes winning 7 medals in total. The cherry on top was undoubtedly Neeraj Chopra's individual gold in Javelin throw event. This mega achievement has certainly given Indian Athletics / Sports a much needed big push.

Of late we have witnessed some great achievements by Indians in the world of sports. Picking the recent two-

• Just a month ago India's Nikhat Zareen won the Women's World Boxing Championships in Turkey, becoming only the fifth Indian woman to be crowned world champion.
• As recent as yesterday, Neeraj Chopra won silver at 2022 Paavo Nurmi games(Finland) Javelin throw event with a 89.30 m throw thereby bettering his own previous national record!

This prompts me to initiate a thread on Sports and Athletics wherein the achievements of our compatriots as well as others across the globe can be shared and discussed.

[Aditya]

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[Emvi]

Neeraj Chopra wins Gold at 2022 Kuortane Games!

Another impressive performance from the reigning Javelin Olympic Champion. Although the gold winning throw(86.69m) wasn't anywhere close to his record throw last week, it is absolutely heartening to see an Indian athelete performing consistently in the international circuit. Hope he brings more accolades to the nation and inspire many more young Indians.

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[Emvi]

American Katie Ledecky wins a record extending 16th World swimming gold.

Katie Ledecky was already the most successful female swimmer coming into the World Championships and now has 19 medals in total.

Only her male compatriots Michael Phelps (26 titles) and Ryan Lochte (18) have won more gold medals.

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[HTC]

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce clocks 10.67sec to win Paris Diamond League.

She is an amazing athlete. Petite but full of energy. She's got the best start among her peers and dominates the track like anything. Can't believe she is 35 years old and still clocking consistant record timings.

In many 100m videos, her legs look blurred due to her speed. Amazing to watch. One of my long time favorites along with BOLT .

https://sportstar.thehindu.com/athle...03944.ece/amp/

[kavensri]

Originally Posted by HTC

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce clocks 10.67sec to win Paris Diamond League.

I have been waiting since 88 for someone to break that Flo-Jo’s WR. While I am not doubting Flo-Jo’s capabilities, that run was aided by strong wind, which for some strange reason, the equipment did not record it!
I hope either Thompson-Sarah or Fraser-Pryce can break that 34 years old record before they end their careers.

[Emvi]

Neeraj Chopra betters his own national record with 89.94m throw at Stockholm Diamond League, finishes 2nd behind reigning world champion Anderson Peters. Yet another superlative effort from the star Indian athelete.
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[Emvi]

Reigning youth world champions India's Alfiya Pathan and Gitika produced sensational performances to win gold medals in the Elorda Cup 2022 Boxing in Kazakhstan on Monday.

With the addition of two gold and as many silver medals on the final day, the Indian contingent also concluded their campaign with 14 medals, including 10 bronze, in the inaugural edition of the tournament.
Indian women boxers secured two gold, two silver and six bronze medals in the tournament which witnessed top players in action from strong boxing countries such as India, Uzbekistan, hosts Kazakhstan, Cuba, China and Mongolia.

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[Emvi]

21 year-old Indian Aishwary Prathap Singh Tomar shoots gold in the World Cup in Changwon, South Korea.

Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar came up with a dominant performance in clinching the men’s 50-metre rifle 3-position gold in the shooting World Cup in Changwon, Korea, on Saturday.

After qualifying in style with 593 out of 600, which was four point better than the next best score, the 21-year-old Aishwary topped the ranking round with 409.8, a total that was 3.1 points better than the eventual silver medalist Zalan Pekler of Hungary.

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[Emvi]

World Athletics Championship 2022

1. Sydney McLaughlin shatters her own world record to win the women's 400 metres hurdles final.

https://youtu.be/jV_8KfaIY14

2. Indian Atheletes Niraj Chopra and Rohith Yadav make it to the finals of World Javelin.
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3. Meanwhile India's Annu Rani finished seventh in the women's Javelin throw final.
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[kavensri]

Originally Posted by Emvi

World Athletics Championship 2022

1. Sydney McLaughlin shatters her own world record to win the women's 400 metres hurdles final.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfrdqWJKKO4

I might have watched the above video, more than couple of times since morning, for the amazing commentary as well. It was just an amazing performance from her to knock off around 3/4th of a second from the previous record. Her performance was on a similar scale compared to Karsten Warholm, when he broke the record for mens 400m hurdles last year.

[Emvi]

Neeraj Chopra wins SILVER in the Javelin throw final with a 88.13m throw! Yet another stellar performance from the Indian superstar at the world stage.

[Emvi]

Sweden's Armand Duplantis wins Pole Vault world championship gold with a world record and creates history!

Armand Duplantis is the first pole vaulter to have won gold at the Olympics, World Championships, World Indoor Championships, World Junior Championships, World Youth Championships and European Championships.

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https://youtu.be/o_FnI0kCX7w

[Emvi]

Commonwealth Games 2022

India win 2 medals on Day 2 of the ongoing games.

First Sanket Sargar bagged Silver in 55kg category weightlifting event to open India's medals tally and later Gururaja Poojary doubled the tally by winning Bronze in 61kg category weightlifting event.

[Emvi]

Yesterday Mirabai Chanu shattered games record to win the first GOLD of the games for India in women's 49kg category weightlifting. Today, compatriot weightlifters Jeremy Lalrinnunga(men's 67kg category) and Bindyarani Sorokhaibam(women's 55kg category) bring more glory by winning GOLD and SILVER in their respective events.