Two of Kenya's most celebrated runners - Ibrahim Hussein and Paul Tergat - have predicted the current marathon world record of 2:03.38 won't stand for long.
India's top women quarter-milers will regroup to during the two-day trials in Bangalore from Saturday to select the squad for the fifth Asian Indoor Athletics championships to be held in Hangzhou, China from Feb 18.
Tanaji Nalavade, 23, would toil on his two-acre field in Tardaal village, Kolhapur, in the morning, and practise running on it every evening, after speaking to his coach over his mobile phone and jotting down his daily training routine. On Sunday, his dedication paid off - Nalavade earned his first-ever prize money — Rs 50,000 approximately — at the Mumbai marathon after he came first in the amateur category of the full marathon.
Kenya’s Laban Moiben and Ethiopia’s Netsanet Achamo Abeyo won the respective men’s and women’s classic distance in the Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon on Sunday morning.
Camilo Fernandes reports.
"Will it be cool in the city?" asked a Kenyan athlete who will be running in the ninth edition of the Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon, at the elite athlete gathering on the eve of the race. That was a question high on most athletes' minds.
It's naïve to think that a time of 2hrs 15minutes or below is beyond the reach of the Indian male marathon runners. If the current crop of runners, says former national long-distance coach JS Saini, is not cracking the barrier, it has nothing to do with genetics but haphazard training.
The world will not need to wait long to get a glimpse at triple Olympic champion Usain Bolt’s fitness for his highly anticipated 2012 season.
Several members of the opposition party BJP asked the government on Monday to make its stand clear whether Indian players will participate in the forthcoming London Olympics if Dow Chemicals, linked with the Bhopal gas tragedy, is a sponsor.
With the National Anti-Doping Agency's (NADA) three-member disciplinary panel yet to announce its verdict in the case involving the country's top-six female quarter-milers, rumour has it that the athletes could get a reduced sentence. Navneet Singh reports.
An influential India-focussed wing of Britain's opposition Labour Party is urging the organisers of the 2012 Olympics to drop a sponsorship deal with Dow Chemical Company on the 27th anniversary of the Bhopal gas disaster.
As long as the guy running in front of you is motivated enough, you are good to go. This was one of the factors that helped many participants finish the Delhi Half Marathon on Sunday. Amateur runners, almost 9,000 in number, who ran the 21km race, all found a way to keep them going towards the finish line - even though thoughts of stopping kept popping up in their heads.
Following are the over-all results of the New Delhi Half Marathon 2011.
With families on their minds, Ethiopia’s Lelisa Desisa and Kenya’s Lucy Kabuu raced to victory in the men’s and women’s sections respectively in the Delhi half-marathon on Sunday. Results
Indian para-athletes, who had virtually given up on hopes of participating in the London Olympics, can heave a sigh of relief. The Paralympic Committee of India (PCI) on Friday announced the restoration of its recognition by the sports ministry.
In pursuing list of anti doping violation cases that took place from 1991 to 2000 in the country, former international distance runner Sunita Godara, faced a minor set-back on Thursday. But, Godara wasn't perturbed at all. HT reports.