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Connor Bell breaks another record. Photo: ALISHA LOVRICH Connor Bell has added a further 9 centimetres to his senior men's national discus record with a toss of 66.23 metres to claim an emphatic victory at the Maurie Plant meet…

By PTI NEW DELHI: Top Indian discus thrower Kamalpreet Kaur, who achieved stardom for her exploits at the Tokyo Games, was on Wednesday banned for three years for using the prohibited substance Stanozolol, the…

Kristjan Ceh (Reuters Photo)EUGENE: Young gun Kristjan Ceh of Slovenia dethroned Sweden's Daniel Stahlin the discus final at the World Championships on Tuesday, giving the performance of his life to win gold in his first major…

NEW DELHI: India’s leading discus thrower and Tokyo Olympian, Kamalpreet Kaur, has been provisionally suspended for failing the dope test for an anabolic steroid, TOI can confirm. Kamalpreet, the first Indian woman to breach the 65m barrier…

By Express News Service CHENNAI: Last year she created a sensation by setting a new national record and finishing sixth in the Olympics. But on Wednesday, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) has provisionally…

KOZHIKODE: Kirpal Singh Batth broke the 22-year-old men's discus throw meet record with an effort of 61.83m at the 25th AFI National Federation Cup Senior Athletics Championships on Tuesday. The 29-year-old Batth, whose previous best of…

Express News Service CHENNAI:  At 37, she would need more determination and motivation to hurl the discus further everyday or continue with her daily ritual of training. Pain and niggles have become part of her life,…

By PTI TOKYO: Indian discus thrower Vinod Kumar on Monday lost his F52 category bronze medal at the Paralympics here after being found ineligible in disability classification assessment by the competition panel. The…

What does ‘Classification Assessment in Competition’ mean? What does it mean to have an athlete designated as Classification not Completed? Don’t athletes get classified before competition? After the Vinod Kumar…

Indian discus thrower Vinod Kumar on Monday lost his F52 category bronze medal at the Paralympics here after being found ineligible in disability classification assessment by the competition panel. The 41-year-old BSF man, whose Army man…