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'It's a door-opener': Krishna Jayasankar set to become first Indian woman to compete in US Collegiate competition finals
June 14, 2025 9:11 am
Daughter of India international basketballers, Krishna is a body-positivity advocate, has been coached by sprint legend Carmelita Jeter and is set to break new ground on Saturday when she competes in the discus throw final at the NCAA Track & Field Championships
Krishna Jayasankar, 22, throws shot put at 16.03, sets Indian indoor record with a bronze at Albuquerque
March 02, 2025 2:19 pm
Krishna, who has had training stints in Jamaica and NCAA in Texas, is daughter of basketball internationals Prasanna and Jayasankar Menon in Chenna
How a former German world champion and Olympic medallist is using AI to teach Indians shot put - in Hindi
February 16, 2025 10:29 am
In a minute-and-a-half-long Instagram reel, Storl was seen sitting at an indoor athletics arena, his lips-syncing to every word uttered in an “unrecognisable language”, with captions in a “foreign” text and India’s flag next to it.
Tajinderpal Singh Toor sets new Asian shot put record days after losing grandmother
June 20, 2023 10:12 am
Punjab athlete hurls 21.77m to break his own mark set two years ago and gets emotional after the feat
Tajinderpal Singh Toor excluded from Commonwealth Games due to injury: AFI
July 23, 2022 5:16 pm
Toor had sustained the injury at Chula Vista in USA where the Indian team had a brief training stint ahead of the World Championships.
Landless farmer's daughter Abha Khatua meets Asian Games qualifying norms
February 28, 2022 6:50 pm
Abha Khatua becomes only fourth Indian woman to cross 17 metres in shot put.
Former Indian shot put medalist arrested in US for killing wife and mother
August 27, 2020 7:58 am
The former shot-putter won a bronze medal at the 1983 Asian Athletics Championship, which was held in Kuwait. This remained the biggest achievement of his sporting career before he moved to the US.
Ryan Crouser, Joe Kovacs: Meet the two athletes who dominate shot put
February 27, 2019 5:16 pm
The two are the reigning Olympic gold and silver medalists in the shot put. For the unfamiliar: That’s the event in which gigantic athletes sheathed in spandex heave palm-size spheres the weight of bowling balls as far as they can.
Big man in search of recognition
October 13, 2014 12:17 am
Inderjeet, standing tall at 6’5” and tipping the scales at 150 kilograms, wasn't taking any chances.
Adams makes history
August 13, 2013 1:31 am
Valerie Adams became the first woman to win four successive world titles when she secured shot put gold.
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