Tag: Dutee Chand

  • Dutee Chand breaks silence over dope allegations: ‘I have never touched or used any kind of performance enhancing drugs’

    Indian sprinter Dutee Chand was allegedly caught in an out-of-competition doping take a look at by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) after a leaked electronic mail on social media acknowledged that there was an ‘adverse analytical finding’ on her urine pattern on Wednesday.

    Chand denied that she had acquired this notification by the world physique and mentioned that she had been competing for a very long time on the highest degree and that she had by no means used a banned substance.

    “I have been competing at the highest level for almost a decade and I have never touched or used any kind of performance enhancing drugs. I have given my samples whenever asked. In 2014 I had to fight for my right to run due the hyperandrogenism case and now this has come up. I’ll have to see the letter first to tell you what my next step will be,” mentioned Dutee to the Indian Express.

    She then added, “I haven’t received any letter from doping agencies or federation yet. I only got to know through media people that a letter is being circulated on social media.”

    The urine pattern was collected by WADA on December fifth, 2022 in Bhubaneswar and contained the prohibited substance Selective Androgen Receptor Modulators (SARMs), in response to the e-mail.

    SARMS, in response to the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) are a ‘class of therapeutic compounds that have similar anabolic properties to anabolic steroids, but with reduced androgenic (producing male characteristics) properties.’

    The distinction between anabolic steroids and SARMS, is that the latter solely attaches itself to particular tissues whereas anabolic steroids connect themselves to androgen receptors in lots of elements of the physique.

    “In medical settings, this could be very useful for stimulating specific tissue growth like muscle and bone, while avoiding unwanted side effects in other tissues like the liver or skin,” states USADA in its web site.

    Crucially, USADA’S web site additionally states that SARMS are usually not authorized substances for any dietary dietary supplements but in addition says that there are various dietary supplements out there that publicize their merchandise with the banned substance and/or are contaminated with it.

    This was Chand’s A pattern that was carried out by WADA. She has the choice of asking for her B pattern to be examined.

    Athletics Federation of India in a press release mentioned,”At that time limit (when she was examined), she wasn’t on the nationwide camp. She left the camp a very long time in the past and wasn’t coaching underneath any official AFI coach. She moved to Odisha someplace to coach by herself and we had no concept about her whereabouts.”

  • Watch: India’s quickest girl Dutee Chand burns the dance ground in Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 10

    Olympic star Dutee Chand confirmed her dance strikes after becoming a member of a dance actuality present – Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 10. The athlete, who lately competed on the Commonwealth Games, was launched by Madhuri Dixit a wildcard contestant within the actuality present the place the runner danced to a preferred Bollywood tune.

    Excited about shaking a leg on the Jhalak stage, Chand stated that she by no means imagined she can be a part of a dance challenge in her profession.

    Sating that she is wanting ahead to taking over the brand new problem, the 26-year-old stated in a press release, “I’ve by no means imagined myself performing completely different dance types and competing in opposition to such stellar performers.

    Having stated that, as a sportsperson, I really like taking up new challenges which might be thrown at me. I’m used to performing in entrance of reside viewers, however that is going to be a brand new expertise altogether.”

    “Learning any new art form is not easy but with the help of my choreographer, I am excited to take this up as a challenge and perform to the best of my capabilities. I am looking forward to meeting the judges and performing in front of them. I would like to thank Colors for putting their trust in me and I hope that my fans and the audience will support me in my exciting new endeavour,” she added.

    India’s quickest girl @DuteeChand ‘s dance efficiency at Jhalak Dikhlaja. The 2018 Asian Games double silver medallist is a wildcard entrant within the dance actuality present. @IExpressSports 📽️ Voot pic.twitter.com/z4P0g1ctBd

    — Andrew (@AndrewAmsan) September 19, 2022

    Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 10 launched on September 2 with a grand premiere. The superstar dance actuality present has Rubina Dilaik, Nia Sharma, Niti Taylor, Paras Kalnawat, Faisal Shaikh, Zorawar Kalra, Gunjan Sinha, Gashmeer Mahajani, Dheeraj Dhoopar, Shilpa Shinde, Ali Asgar and Amruta Khanvilkar as contestants.

  • Teen athletics star Priya Mohan, who beat Dutee, sparks buzz with prime numbers on biomechanics chart

    PRIYA MOHAN HAD a go at singing, dancing, enjoying the keyboard, even portray. “I tried them all out because my parents wanted me to, but my first and only love has been athletics,” she says.

    Today, the 19-year-old is the centre of a rising buzz in Indian athletics. Not simply because she beat India’s quickest runner Dutee Chand 4 days in the past. She is being hailed as a possible world-class athlete, with unbelievable muscle-levers, by biomechanics specialists.

    “At our centre, we have tested more than 2000 elite athletes, but her readings are way better than any athlete who has walked in here,” says Anthony Chacko, director of the Karnataka state-run Centre for Sports Science (CSS).

    “Her torque (strength and force generated by the legs and muscles around the thoracic spine) is about 480 Newton metres while most elite athletes we tested were in the 280 Nm region. She is blessed with an incredible recovery rate. If she stays injury-free, she has the potential to become a world-class athlete,” says Chacko.

    When operating, the 4 limbs plus muscle mass surrounding the backbone – shoulder extensors, hip flexors, the lateral backbone rotators, shoulder flexors, in addition to the leg muscle mass – glutes, hamstrings, quads, calves, assist in clockwise and counter-clockwise torques that allow pace era. Priya’s operating torque permits a sturdy pivot round which pace-work will be constructed upon.

    The centre performed efficiency assessments to examine power, flexibility, cardiovascular endurance and adaptation. “Her peak torque, relative peak power, and recovery heart were too good for that particular sport. We also made her do a recovery intervention through hyperbaric oxygen therapy which helped her in reducing fatigue,” Chacko provides. Alongwith Priya’s coach Arun Ajay, specialists on the centre predict “great scope of improvement” for somebody who began the season clocking 52.37s in 400m — and can quickly be inside putting distance of the nationwide mark of fifty.79s.

    Last yr, Priya clocked 52.77s, which bought her to a detailed fourth on the Junior World Championships at Nairobi, and was India’s greatest timing in 400m in 2021. (File)

    Last yr, Priya clocked 52.77s, which bought her to a detailed fourth on the Junior World Championships at Nairobi, and was India’s greatest timing in 400m in 2021. This yr, the Bengaluru-based athlete started the season by enhancing her 400m private greatest to 52.37 on the Indian Grand Prix in March — and has been performing persistently within the run-up to big-ticket occasions just like the Asian Games and the Junior World Championships.

    On the home circuit, she has crushed M R Poovamma, a seasoned quarter-miler who has three Asian Games golds, thrice already. At the Khelo India Games final Sunday, she proved her credentials by besting Dutee Chand in 200m — an occasion that Priya doesn’t even specialize in.

    And, although {the teenager}’s private greatest is kind of a ways from a nationwide mark of fifty.79s, the athlete has made commendable progress since becoming a member of coach Ajay in 2018. “My timing in the 400m was 1 minute 43 seconds then. I did not even know what stretching exercises were. I was just a school-level athlete,” Priya says.

    But Ajay knew Priya had potential. And he was confirmed proper. With only a few months of coaching, she went on to complete fourth in 400m (56.46s) and gained a silver within the medley relay on the Youth Asian Championships at Hong Kong in 2019.

    Ajay reckons Priya is able to clocking under 51 seconds this season itself. From there, the probabilities are immense.

    This month, Priya, who’s backed by JSW’s Inspire Institute of Sports, will pack her baggage for Europe to coach and compete in three Continental Tour Meets — May 15 (France), May 22 (Italy), May 28 (Spain) — a stint that may iron out a whole lot of flaws in her operating.

    “She is very young and we are not giving her too much of a load in training at the moment. We don’t want to burn her out. She is still a work in progress. Her starts are not so explosive and she still has to learn how to pace her run. But these are things she will improve with training and more exposure,” says Ajay.

    Priya’s load-taking capability was on present on the Junior Worlds in Nairobi final yr when she ran 5 races, together with the bronze-winning 4×400 blended relay, in simply three days.

    “We tested her heart rate when she goes all out in training. We monitored the last 100m and observed her heart rate was around 60bmp, which is very good. That also means she can easily take on more workload without getting injured. Priya has also outdone other athletes in the cognitive assessments we have done,” says Chacko, a former Ranji cricketer who has rubbed shoulders with the likes of Rahul Dravid and Anil Kumble.

    When Priya knew she must compete beneath the Kozhikode solar on the Federation Cup final month, she skilled at 12 midday in Bengaluru. “We were out with her with our equipment to test her and not once did she say she felt tired or needed a break,” says her coach.

    “These numbers we get on tests don’t mean anything if the athlete has no passion. Priya is the perfect mix of numbers and passion,” says Chacko.

    Back dwelling, Priya says her father, who’s a choose within the workplace of the Lokayukta, and mom began backing her on the observe within the hope of a medical seat via sports activities quota. “They think sportspeople don’t get high-level posts. They still are worried whether I will get a good job or not,” says Priya, who’s pursuing BCom at Jain University in Bengaluru.

     

  • Journalist detained for harassing Dutee Chand

    By Express News Service

    BHUBANESWAR :  Mahila police on Friday detained the editor-in-chief of a regional net channel after Indian sprinter Dutee Chand lodged a grievance towards him for allegedly harassing her when she was in Tokyo to take part within the just lately concluded Olympics.

    Dutee additionally named a correspondent of the identical net channel and a social activist in her grievance and accused them of maligning her popularity. She alleged that the editor demanded cash for not airing the interview of her members of the family during which they reportedly spoke about their private points along with her.

    A case was registered on this regard below Sections 292 (2), 354-A, 385, 506, 509, 120B of IPC and Section 6 of Indecent Representation of Women (Prohibition) Act on Wednesday. The sprinter additionally filed a `5-crore defamation case in a court docket right here towards the editor-in-chief and the social activist. 

    “The journalist has been detained and his interrogation is on,” mentioned Bhubaneswar DCP Umashankar Dash. A day after the Supreme Court identified that net portals solely ‘listen to powerful voices’, Dash requested folks to return ahead and lodge complaints if any journalist is harassing them. In the final 10 months, Bhubaneswar police has arrested no less than seven journalists for allegedly demanding extortion.

  • Injury scare for Hima Das, Dutee Chand toppled on third day of National Inter-State Athletics meet

    For MP Jabir it was an ideal race, one thing he had anticipated. The Kerala athlete had hoped for a sub-50 seconds timing in 400m hurdles that may have elevated his probabilities of Olympic qualification.
    On the second day of the sixtieth National Inter-State Athletics Championships on the Netaji Subhas National Institute of Sports (NSNIS), Patiala on Saturday, Jabir clocked 49.78 seconds in a race during which he was competing in opposition to himself. By the midway mark he had left the sphere far behind and ran by himself to complete approach behind the automated qualification mark of 48.90s.
    The five-day meet is the final occasion for the Indian athletes eyeing tickets to Tokyo Olympic Games. It has been graded as a ‘B’ class occasion by the World Athletics to assist these athletes in search of qualification on the idea of their rankings.
    “I’m happy and hope to be on the flight to Tokyo. With today’s performance I hope to garner 100 points to the rankings,” Jabir instructed indianexpress.com after the race. With Saturday’s present, the Indian Navy athlete hopes to climb three positions from his present thirty third on this planet rankings.
    “This was my last event and I did my best. Now I’ll pray and hope to make the cut,” he added. Olympic qualification closes on June 29, the final day of the meet.
    No-show between Dutee, Hima
    Meanwhile, the showdown between Hima Das of Assam and Dutee Chand of Orissa was a no-show after Hima was seen limping throughout the heats. The Assamese athlete certified for the ultimate however failed to show up, elevating doubts on her health.
    READ | Dhanalakshmi wins 100m sprint, Dutee fourth; injured Hima on verge of lacking Olympics
    Athletics Federation of India officers have been tight-lipped however tweeted saying Hima’s damage is just a muscle pull.
    In the ladies’s 100m closing, Dutee was utterly routed by Tamil Nadu’s Dhana Lakshmi who clocked 11.52s to emerge because the quickest feminine athlete of the meet. Amasha De Silva of Sri Lanka (11.59s) and Archana S Suseendran additionally of TN (11.60s) have been second and third whereas Dutee was fourth, with a time of 11.62s.
    Gurindervir Singh of Punjab, who clocked 10.27s, emerged because the quickest male athlete with a brand new meet file. The previous meet file of 10.32s was set by Krishna Kumar Rane in 2014. Love Preet Singh of Punjab (10.47s) and the reigning nationwide and meet file holder Amiya Kumar Mallick of Odisha (10.49s) completed second and third respectively.
    Tejaswin wins however …
    Much was anticipated from the US-returned Tejaswin Shankar, the nationwide file holder in males’s excessive soar occasion at 2.29m. The Delhi-lad was watching an Olympic qualifying mark of two.33m.
    In the occasion held at Punjabi University stadium, Tejaswin received first place however with a modest effort of two.20m. Kerala jumpers Geo Jose and Aromal T, with similar 2.15 have been second and third, respectively. He is mendacity at 52nd place and can know his destiny within the coming days.
    In the decathlon, 19-year-old Usaid Khan of Uttar Pradesh who was main with 3546 factors on Friday after completion of 5 occasions went to win the gold garnering 6893 factors. Kerala’s Gokul S (6680) and Punjab’s Gurlal Singh (6428) full the rostrum. In the Federation Cup held on the similar venue on March 16 this 12 months, Usaid had garnered a powerful 6890 factors to be on high
    National file and meet file holder in males’s 110m hurdles, Siddhanth Thingalaya of Maharashtra (13.48s & 13.65s) will face 2021 Federation Cup champion Veeramani P of Tamil Nadu and 7 others within the closing on Sunday night. Seven different finals can even be held on the third day together with each women and men 800m, males’s triple and discus throw.
    Results
    MEN 400m Hurdles: Jabir Madari Palliyalil (Ker, 49.78s), Sathish Okay (TN, 51.90s), Pravin Kumar (TN, 52.77s); 100m: Gurindervir Singh (Punjab, 10.27 NMR, OMR 10.32s by Krishna Kumar Rane in 2014), Love Preet Singh (Pun, 10.47s), Amiya Kumar Mallick (Odisha, 10.49s); Hammer Throw: Damneet Singh (Pun, 62.03m), Niraj Kumar (Rajasthan, 60.28m), Ravi (Haryana, 57.92m); High Jump: Tejaswin Shankar (Delhi 2.20m), Geo Jos (Ker, 2.15m), Aromal T (Ker, 2.15m); 110m Hurdles (Qualified for closing): Debarjun Murmu (W Bengal), Veeraragavendra S (TN), Siddhanth Umananda Thingalaya (Mah), Mohammed Fais C (Ker), Amrinder Singh Aulakh (Pun), Veeramani P (TN), Kunal Chaudhary (UP), Naresh Yadav (UP);
    WOMEN Shot Put: Manpreet Kaur (Punjab, 16.95m), Srishti Vig (Delhi, 15.96m), Kiran Baliyan (UP, 15.75m); lengthy soar: Shaili Singh (UP, 6.48m), Sherin A (TN, 6.26m), Renu (Haryana, 6.17m); 400m hurdles: Salini VK (Ker, 1:01.63s), Khushdeep Kaur (Punjab 1:04.52s), Nirmal Punia (Har, 1:05.68s) 100m: Dhana Lakshmi (TN, 11.52s), Amasha De Silva (Sri Lanka, 11.59s), Archana S Suseendran (TN, 11.60s).

  • Dhanalakshmi wins 100m sprint, Dutee fourth; injured Hima on verge of lacking Olympics

    Tamil Nadu’s S Dhanalakshmi received the 100m sprint on the National Inter-State Championships whereas nationwide report holder Dutee Chand completed fourth on a day when one other star sprinter Hima Das didn’t begin after injuring herself within the warmth races, placing her unsure for the Tokyo Olympics.
    All the opponents in ladies’s 100m ultimate race returned with mediocre timings at the same time as Dhanalakshmi emerged because the quickest girl of the event, clocking 11.52 seconds, forward of Sri Lanka’s Amasha de Silva (11.59) and Archana Suseendran (11.60) of Tamil Nadu.
    Dutee, who had clocked 11.17 seconds within the Indian Grand Prix 4 earlier this week on the identical NIS tracks to shatter her personal nationwide report, completed fourth with a time of 11.62. She was seen having some discomfort whereas crossing the ending line.
    Dutee although is prone to qualify for the Olympics on the premise of world rankings as she is sitting fairly at forty first spot within the Road to Tokyo listing. Fifty-six athletes will compete within the Tokyo Olympics ladies’s 100m race.
    Hima, who has had a decrease again damage drawback for a very long time, didn’t begin within the ultimate after sustaining a muscle pull in the course of the 100m heats within the morning session. The extent of her damage couldn’t be ascertained formally.
    But it’s learnt that the Assam athlete is very unlikely to run the 200m race scheduled on Sunday in addition to the ladies’s 4x100m relay ultimate on June 29. She had run her private better of 20.88 seconds in 200m on the IGP 4 however missed the automated qualification mark of 20.80 seconds.
    Hima’s damage can be a giant blow to 4x100m ladies’s relay staff’s qualification bid for the Tokyo Games as she is a crucial member of the quartet, additionally comprising Dutee, Dhanalakshmi and Archana.
    Gurindervir Singh of Punjab emerged because the quickest man within the championships as he received the 100m ultimate with a time of 10.27 seconds, a mere one-hundreth of a second under the nationwide report of 10.26 which stands within the identify of Odisha’s Amiya Kumar Mallick, who completed third (10.49) on Saturday.
    Love Preet Singh (10.47), additionally from Punjab, took the silver. The Olympic qualifying mark in males’s 100m is 10.05 seconds.
    National report holder excessive jumper Tejaswin Shankar’s bid for an Olympic quota led to disappointment as he may clear solely 2.20m although he received the gold on the Punjabi Univerisity grounds.
    He had flown down from the United States, the place he has been learning on the Kansas State University, for a ultimate try at making the Olympics, for which the qualifying mark is 2.33m.

  • Jewellery chain ropes in Dutee Chand as ambassador

    Star sprinter Dutee Chand has signed on as a model ambassador for a number one jewelry retail chain that has rolled out a marketing campaign supporting the LGBTQ+ neighborhood. Dutee is the primary sportsperson in India to brazenly acknowledge being homosexual.
    The nationwide champion within the ladies’s 100m occasion will promote Senco Gold & Diamonds’ new lightweight jewelry vary ‘Everlite’. The 85-year-old model, one among India’s largest jewelry retail chains, is celebrating Pride Month.
    “A lot of people keep asking me how far has my relationship gone and if my family has accepted it, and if will I able to marry in the future. I just have one thing to say — to love is not a crime, the only difference is that someone likes a man and another likes a woman. I really love my life partner, she loves me a lot and we want to spend our life together,” stated Dutee, who has been coaching at Patiala’s National Institute of Sports for the final three months.
    “During the pandemic, we were worried about the competitions getting cancelled, a lot of athletes could not train as training is a costly affair and companies are not sponsoring due to slow business. However, the Indian Grand Prix and interstate competitions are just around the corner, and I hope to give my best and qualify for the Olympics,” she stated.

    Suvankar Sen, CEO, Senco Gold and Diamonds stated: “We are honoured to have Dutee as our brand ambassador. She is a talented athlete our country is proud to have. She is set to feature in a race in the Olympic qualifying event next week, and we wish her all the best. We are confident that she will come out with flying colours in the Olympic qualifying event and make our country proud again at the grandest sporting event in Tokyo.”

    The model has unveiled a brand new vary of Everlite jewelry named the ‘Love is Love Collection’ that provides a spread of rings, ear-studs, chains and pendants in gold and diamond for each day put on in addition to for events. Headquartered in Kolkata, Senco Gold & Diamonds has greater than 100 shops throughout India and is the biggest jewelry retail chain from Eastern India.
    Senco is the second jewelry model in current instances to launch a marketing campaign for the LGBTQ+ neighborhood. In April, south Indian model Bhima Jewellers launched an advert movie portraying the transition of a teenage boy right into a younger lady.

  • Indian athletes not to participate in Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan occasions; AFI broadcasts IGP 4 on June 21

    Star sprinters Hima Das and Dutee Chand will get another home occasion of their bid to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics because the Athletics Federation of India (AFI) on Wednesday introduced that it’ll host the Indian Grand Prix 4 on June 21 in Patiala.
    The resolution to carry the fourth sequence of the Indian GP was taken after the AFI’s efforts to ship a 40-member group, together with Hima and Dutee, for competitions in Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan couldn’t obtain success as a consequence of “changed quarantine rules” in these international locations.
    “AFI took this decision to provide additional competition to Indian athletes as the 40-member team will not be participating in the T Kolpakova International Competition in Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan) and the Qosanov Memorial in Almaty (Kazakhstan) later this month in view of the changed quarantine rules in those countries,” the AFI mentioned.
    Hima and Dutee, who’re but to qualify for the Olympics, have been to be part of the 4x100m girls’s relay group, which was earlier deliberate to compete within the two Central Asian international locations.
    The nationwide federations of Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan have knowledgeable the AFI by way of e-mails that new restrictive measures mandating 14-day isolation had been ordered for these arriving from India, no matter a detrimental RT-PCR take a look at or perhaps a vaccination certificates.
    “In view of that, AFI decided to drop the plan of sending the team as it did not make sense to have the athletes go through 14-day quarantine in either location for the June 12 and 13 and June 19 and 20 events respectively,” AFI President Adille Sumariwalla mentioned.
    “We don’t need to impression the coaching schedule of our athletes by making them undergo a quarantine course of with six weeks left for the Olympic Games.
    “We will now deal with offering them with good competitors within the Indian Grand Prix and National Inter-State Championships from 25-Twenty ninth June in Patiala.
    The listing of occasions that will probably be performed within the fourth IGP are 400m, 1500m, lengthy soar, triple soar, shot put, javelin throw and 400m hurdles for males and 100m, 200m, 400m, 1500m, 5000m, discus throw, javelin throw and 4x100m relay for girls.
    Ten athletes in particular person occasions, together with star javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra — and the blended 4x400m relay group have certified for the Olympics, which opens on July 23.
    Shivpal Singh (males’s javelin throw), M Sreeshankar (males’s lengthy soar), Avinash Sable (males’s 3000m steeplechase), KT Irfan, Sandeep Kumar and Rahul Rohila (males’s race stroll), Bhawna Jat and Priyanka Goswami (girls’s race stroll) and Kamalpreet Kaur (girls’s discus throw) are the opposite Olympic-bound athletes in particular person occasions.

  • India’s relay groups on verge of lacking Olympic qualifiers in Poland because of flight suspension

    Star sprinters Hima Das and Dutee Chand would possibly miss the Olympic qualifying World Athletics Relays in Poland on May 1 and a couple of because the Indian staff’s connecting flight to Amsterdam has been suspended following the record-shattering spike within the nation’s COVID-19 case load.
    The ladies’s 4x100m and the boys’s 4x400m relay groups have been to board a KLM flight to Amsterdam within the wee hours on Thursday however the Dutch authorities has suspended flights from India efficient Monday night.
    The Athletics Federation of India is attempting to e-book an alternate flight accessible to any European metropolis en path to Silesia in Poland the place the occasion will likely be held. There is not any direct flight to Poland from India.
    “There is a serious doubt that our team may not be able to take part in the World Relays. Many European countries have suspended flights from India. So, we may be stuck and there is a high possibility that the team may not go for the event,” a high AFI official instructed PTI.
    “But still we are trying, talking to the government and to our embassies if they can help our athletes to fly in any European city like Frankfurt from where they can proceed to Poland. We are also trying for any connecting flight to Dubai or any other West Asian city.”
    S Dhanalakshmi, who had crushed Dutee within the ultimate of girls’s 100m dash within the Federation Cup final month, was additionally named within the staff, together with Archana Suseendran, Himashree Roy and AT Daneshwari.
    India can even subject groups within the males’s 4x400m within the occasion to be held in Chorzow, Silesia, in Poland.
    The high eight groups from the World Athletics Relays will mechanically qualify for the Tokyo Olympics.
    The ladies’s 4x400m relay staff has pulled out of the occasion as greater than two members are unfit.
    The Indian blended 4x400m relay staff has already certified for the Tokyo Olympics after reaching the ultimate throughout the 2019 World Championships in Doha.
    The AFI was hopeful of the ladies’s 4x100m relay staff qualifying for the upcoming Olympics in Tokyo.
    The World Relays would be the first main worldwide occasion for Indian sprinters because the Asian Athletics Championships in Doha in April 2019.

  • Dutee Chand, Hima Das win sprints at IGP 2; Amoj Jacob clocks 400m private greatest

    Image Source : GETTY IMAGES File picture of Hima Das.
    Assam’s ace sprinter Hima Das gained the ladies’s 200m race whereas Odisha’s Dutee Chand dominated 100m within the second leg of the Indian Grand Prix meet right here on Thursday, at the same time as Delhi’s Amoj Jacob recorded private greatest time to win the boys’s 400m.
    Hima’s successful time of 23.31 seconds in her first race after an extended layoff attributable to again damage might be seen nearly as good efficiency, however it fell in need of Tokyo Olympic qualification time of twenty-two.80 seconds at Patiala’s National Institute of Sports right here.

    Hima, the 21-year-old 2018 world junior 400m champion and nationwide report holder of fifty.79 seconds, hasn’t finished nicely over the one-lap race since April 2019 attributable to decrease again ache. She has now switched to shorter sprints — 100m and 200m. She can be one of many key runners within the nationwide ladies’s 4x100m relay workforce.
    Despite being an Olympic qualifier competitors, there have been solely two runners within the 200m competitors right here on Thursday, with Delhi’s Simrandeep Kaur taking second spot at 24.91 seconds within the one-day competitors.
    The ladies’s 100m race went on anticipated traces with Odisha’s worldwide sprinter Dutee successful comfortably. She clocked 11.44 seconds. She had clocked 11.51 seconds within the first leg on February 18. Karnataka’s Daneshwari A was second at 11.89 seconds, whereas Maharashtra’s Diandra Dudley Valladares clocked 11.92 seconds for third place.
    Amoj Jacob got here up with a private greatest time of 46.00 seconds to win the boys’s 400m. In enhancing on the 46.26 sec he clocked in June 2017, he confirmed a sensible restoration from the damage that compelled him to hobble out of the race in Grand Prix I final week.
    Two of his relay squad teammates — Arokia Rajiv (Tamil Nadu) and Muhammed Anas Yahiya (Kerala) — had been locked in a captivating contest over the 200m dash — a part of their general preparations. Arokia Rajiv defeated Anas, who holds the nationwide report, by 0.20 seconds, with a time of 21.24 seconds.
    Jakarta Asian Games champion Tajinderpal Singh Toor of Punjab gained the boys’s shot put occasion with a throw of 19.49m. Sahib Singh of Delhi was second at 17.69m and Amandeep Singh of Punjab was third with a throw of 16.96m.
    In the boys’s lengthy soar predominant focus was on nationwide report holder Murali Sreeshankar of Kerala, however his greatest was 8.05m. His private greatest is 8.20m whereas Olympic qualification is 8.22m.
    Uttar Pradesh’s Shekhar Singh was at 7.85m whereas Muhammed Anees of Kerala was third with a distance of seven.76m.
    Uttar Pradesh’s Annu Rani’s gold successful efficiency of 61.22m too fell in need of Tokyo Olympic qualification mark of 64m. Of the six throws, her first three had been above 60m whereas the final three beneath 60m.
    Sanjana Choudhary of Rajasthan was second at 53.27m and Sharmila Kumari of Haryana was third with a throw of fifty.93m.
    Seasoned Karnataka’s runner MR Poovamma dominated the 400m race. Her successful time was 53. 60 seconds.
    Kiran Pahal of Haryana was seconds in 54.88 secs and Subha Venkatesan of Tamil Nadu third at 55.29 seconds.
    Results (all):

    Men:
    100m: 1. Krishnakumar Satish Rane (Maharashtra) 10.71 seconds; 2. Amiya Kumar Mallick (Odisha) 10,74; 3. Amit Tiwari (Delhi) 10.81.
    200m: 1. S Arokia Rajiv (Tamil Nadu) 21.24 seconds; 2. Muhammed Anas Yahiya (Kerala) 21.44; 3. Ashok Kumar (Punjab) 21.80.
    400m: 1. Amoj Jacob (Delhi) 46.00 seconds; 2. Sarthak Bhambri (Delhi) 47.12; 3. Angrej Singh (Haryana) 47.32.
    1500m: 1. Ajay Kumar Saroj (Uttar Pradesh) 3 minutes 44.31 seconds; 2. Rahul (Delhi) 3:45.98; 3. Ajeet Kumar (Gujarat) 3:51.30.
    Long Jump: 1. M Sreeshankar (Kerala) 8.05m; 2. Yugan Shekhar Singh (Uttar Pradesh) 7.85; 3. Muhammed Anees Yahiya (Kerala) 7.76.
    Shot Put: 1. Tajinderpal Singh Toor (Punjab) 19.49m; 2. Sahib Singh (Delhi) 17.69; 3. Amandeep Singh Dhaliwal (Punjab) 16.96.
    Javelin Throw: 1. Sahil Silwal (Haryana) 77.40m; 2. Rohit Yadav (Uttar Pradesh) 77.33; 3. Manu DP (Karnataka) 75.28.
    Women:
    100m: 1. Dutee Chand (Odisha) 11.44 seconds; 2. AT Daneshwari (Karnataka) 11.89; 3. Diandra Dudley Valladares (Maharashtra) 11.92.
    200m: 1, Hima Das (Assam) 23.31 seconds; 2. Simrandeep Kaur (Delhi) 24.91.
    400m: 1. MR Poovamma (Karnataka) 53.60 seconds; 2. Kiran Pahal (Haryana) 54.88; 3. Subha Venkatesan (Tamil Nadu) 55.29.
    1500m: 1. Chanda (Delhi) 4 minutes 15.54 seconds; 2, PU Chitra (Kerala) 4:20.98; 3. Lili Das (West Bengal) 4:21.32.
    400m Hurdles: 1. R Vithya Ramraj (Tamil Nadu) 59.49 seconds; 2. Nanhi (Haryana) 1:00.13; 2. Salini V Krishna (Kerala) 1:00.44.
    Shot Put: 1. Srishthi Vig (Delhi) 15.46m; 2. Kachnar Chaudhary (Rajasthan) 14.15; 3. Tulnai Narzary (Assam) 13.95.
    Javelin Throw: 1. Annu Rani (Uttar Pradesh) 61.22m; 2. Sanjana Choudhary (Rajasthan) 53.27; 3. Sharmila Kumari (Haryana) 50.93