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He would carry out most of the activities, including covering a distance of six kilometres from his home to school, running. Both ways, every day, for years. Little did the Sables know their son's everyday routine from younger days was gradually turning into baby steps to a career in athletics.
Commonwealth Games podium in Birmingham wearing a historic silver, it would be difficult to miss what she's holding in her left hand. Dressed in the colours of the Indian flag, it's a statue of Lord Krishna in his 'bal roop' (childhood image), devotedly called 'Bal Gopal'. On Saturday, when India had its eyes on the wrestling arena in Birmingham, a piece of athletics history was being written by the 26-year-old devotee of Lord Krishna from Muzaffarnagar. In gold-medal position for the first 4000m of the 10000m women's race-walk, Priyanka lost the top spot to Australia's Jemima Montag. But she had enough fuel in the tank to finish second for a historic silver medal with a personal best time of 43:38.83. Saturday for Indian athletics became even more special and historic when Avinash Sable broke into Kenya's dominance in the 3000m steeplechase to win a silver medal with a new national record. With four medals so far in track and field -- Tejaswin Shankar in high jump and Murali Sreeshankar in long jump being the others - this is now the best showing by Indian athletics in a CWG outside of India.
Grapplers Ravi Dahiya, Naveen and Vinesh Phogat added two more gold medals to India's kitty in the ongoing Commonwealth Games and para table-tennis player Bhavina Patel also won a gold medal to take India's medal tally to 40 at the ongoing event. As a result, India have maintained their fifth spot in the medal tally and they are ahead of South Africa. On Saturday, boxers Amit Panghal, Nikhat Zareen would have a chance to add more gold medals.
BIRMINGHAM: Olympic champion Elaine Thompson-Herah rocketed to a sprint double at the Commonwealth Games on Saturday (Aug 6) as Australia pulled clear of England at the top of the medals table.
Keely Hodgkinson targeted a golden finale to her season after being beaten at the Commonwealth Games – as Jake Wightman and Zharnel Hughes also missed out on top spot.
Zharnel Hughes again missed out on Commonwealth Games gold – as Keely Hodgkinson and Jake Wightman suffered disappointment in Birmingham.
Keely Hodgkinson targeted a golden finale to her season after being beaten at the Commonwealth Games – as world champion Jake Wightman also suffered disappointment in Birmingham.
England’s Keely Hodgkinson was beaten by Mary Moraa to claim silver in the 800 metres at the Commonwealth Games.