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Balancing Baby, PhD, and Olympic dream: Discus thrower Seema's story

February 09, 2025 4:22 pm

Mother to a two-and-half-year-old son Rudra, Seema restarted her athletic journey after a hiatus of three years due to a knee injury, the pandemic and the arrival of her baby.

Seema Antil demands hyperandrogenism test on competitor

June 30, 2021 8:42 am

Antil alleged that there is more than what meets the eye in the rapid improvement in her rival’s performance over a relatively short period.

Dreaming big without sleep, Kamalpreet Kaur breaks national mark again

June 22, 2021 1:19 pm

To put Kamalpreet Kaur's new discus throw national record into perspective, 66.59m would have earned a bronze at the 2016 Rio Olympics.

In season opener in Doha, Vikas Gowda’s discus shines like a diamond

May 10, 2014 5:24 pm

The Diamond League is a series which will have fourteen meetings and the top athletes compete in it.

Medal hopes rest on Gowda

August 06, 2013 2:38 am

Indias medal hopes at the World Athletics Championships will rest on the shoulders of discus thrower Vikas Gowda who is part of the 15-member squad that leaves for Moscow on Tuesday morning