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From 'Just Participating' To Winning Medals With Fire In The Belly - Gagan Narang Traces Change In Indian Sport - sports.ndtv.com - India

From 'Just Participating' To Winning Medals With Fire In The Belly - Gagan Narang Traces Change In Indian Sport

Neeraj Chopra put Indian sport on world map once again as he won a gold medal at the World Athletics Championship. With a throw of 88.17m in the javelin throw final, Chopra won the maiden World Athletics Gold Medal By an Indian. Neeraj has been a trail-blazer of sorts. After he made it big in javelin throw, the athletics discipline showed a great potential. The result was that two other athletes Kishore Jena and DP Manu also finished in top-6 in Sunday's final.

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Paris Olympics - Having Last Met His Parents Two Years Ago, Kishore Jena Might Have To Wait Longer For Homecoming - sports.ndtv.com - India

Having Last Met His Parents Two Years Ago, Kishore Jena Might Have To Wait Longer For Homecoming

Indian javelin thrower Kishore Kumar Jena does feel homesick at times, especially when none of his sisters are around to facilitate a video call with his aged parents. Being away from family is one of the sacrifices a professional athlete has to make. Jena last met his parents two years ago and he might not get to see them for another 12 months as he remains focussed on his preparation for the Paris Olympics. On Sunday, he finished a creditable fifth in the javelin throw final at the World Championships.

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Paris Olympics - "No Pakistan-India Rivalry...": Arshad Nadeem After Neeraj Chopra Pipped Him For World Championships Gold - sports.ndtv.com - India - Pakistan

"No Pakistan-India Rivalry...": Arshad Nadeem After Neeraj Chopra Pipped Him For World Championships Gold

In Arshad Nadeem, India's Neeraj Chopra will have tough competition for the gold medal at Paris Olympics, but the Pakistani ace says for now both are just "very happy" to call the shots in a sport once dominated by the Europeans. In cricket-crazy Pakistan, Nadeem has become the toast of the nation after becoming its first athlete to win a medal at the World Athletics Championships. Nadeem bagged silver in the men's javelin thrown final in Budapest on Sunday, as Olympic champion Chopra won the gold medal.

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Viktor Axelsen - Sunil Gavaskar - 'India Will Be Called A Sporting Country In 10-15 Years': Sunil Gavaskar - sports.ndtv.com - Australia - India

'India Will Be Called A Sporting Country In 10-15 Years': Sunil Gavaskar

Legendary Sunil Gavaskar on Monday said India will rise as a 'sporting country' in the next 10-15 years, while lauding historic achievements of javelin sensation Neeraj Chopra, chess prodigy R Praggnanandhaa and badminton star HS Prannoy. Chopra on Sunday became the first-ever Indian to win a gold medal at the World Athletics Championships, while Praggnanandhaa last week created history by reaching the World Cup final at 18 years. Prannoy defeated the world No 1 Viktor Axelsen en route to winning a World Championships bronze.

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Neeraj Chopra - Late Bloomer Kishore Jena And One-time Fast-Bowler DP Manu Rise In Shadow Of Neeraj Chopra - sports.ndtv.com - India

Late Bloomer Kishore Jena And One-time Fast-Bowler DP Manu Rise In Shadow Of Neeraj Chopra

One is a late bloomer who switched to javelin from volleyball due to his "short" stature and the other was a fast-bowler before his initiation into throwing "bamboo spears" by his school teacher. Having eventually established themselves as India's top javelin throwers, Kishore Jena and DP Manu now have one thing in common: to emulate Olympic and world champion Neeraj Chopra. Jena and Manu created Indian athletics history along with Chopra as the three participants, in a first, finished in the top six in the World Championships.

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Paris Olympics - After Historic World Athletics Championships Campaign, Have A Look At India's National Record Holders In Various Athletics Events - sports.ndtv.com - Czech Republic - Indonesia - India

After Historic World Athletics Championships Campaign, Have A Look At India's National Record Holders In Various Athletics Events

At the recently concluded World Athletics Championships 2023, Indian Olympic medalist Neeraj Chopra made history by giving the country its first-ever World Champion in athletics and 3000 m steeplechase racer Parul Chaudhary also established a new national record in her discipline with timings of 9:15.31 and qualified for the 2024 Paris Olympics. After a historic World Championships event for India, let us look at our national record holders in various disciplines in athletics.

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Andrew Parsons - Paris Paralympics - Stadiums packed with fans will be welcome sight for 2024 Paralympic athletes - cbc.ca - Canada

Stadiums packed with fans will be welcome sight for 2024 Paralympic athletes

The party starts with the opening ceremony at the Champs-Élysées one year from today.

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Andrew Parsons - Summer success shows Canadian Para athletes are primed for Paris - cbc.ca - China

Summer success shows Canadian Para athletes are primed for Paris

It was the elephant in the room many across the Canadian Paralympic Committee framework — and certainly the Canadian athletes — didn't want to talk too much about in the lead up to the Tokyo Paralympics in 2021.

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