Haughey won partly thanks to her 200-metres freestyle gold at the world championships in February, the first time a Hong Kong swimmer has ever won a world title. “It’s such an honour to win, especially the star of the stars because we have so many amazing athletes in Hong Kong,” Haughey said. “I think some …
Siobhan Haughey fell just short of a second gold medal for Hong Kong at the World Aquatics Championships in Doha, taking silver in the 100 metres freestyle. She finished second in the final at the Aspire Dome in the early hours of Saturday, Hong Kong time, to collect her third medal of the championships. But …
Hangzhou: India’s Parul Chaudhary and Priti secured silver and bronze medals respectively in the women’s 3000m steeplechase but they were left chasing the shadow of Bahrain’s Yavi Winfred Mutile, who set an Asian Games record on way to defending her title here on Monday. Parul clocked 9:27.63 seconds, which was more than nine seconds behind …
Two-time world champion Nikhat Zareen stamped her authority in the women’s 50kg by registering a dominant 5-0 win over Vietnam’s Thi Tam Nguyen while Preeti Pawar (54kg) moved to the quarterfinals of the Asian Games here on Sunday. In a rematch of March’s world championship final, Zareen once again defeated two-time Asian Champion Nguyen by …
HS Prannoy had lost a gut-wrenching final at the Australian Open last month and was out for dinner with his team. But his mind was still on the court at the State Sports Centre in Sydney. “I don’t really want to force myself to get over this immediately. Sometimes the sadness or the disappointment is …
NEW DELHI: Olympic and world javelin champion Neeraj Chopra will give his all at the Diamond League final later this month and at the Asian Games that follows but finishing the season injury-free is high on his agenda, the Indian athlete said on Friday. The mop-haired 25-year-old became the first Indian to win a gold …
Zurich: Newly-crowned world champion Neeraj Chopra missed out on a top podium finish to settle for second position with a final round throw of 85.71 metres in the men’s javelin event of the Diamond League Meeting here. The 25-year-old Chopra, also the reigning Olympic champion, produced three legal throws of 80.79m, 85.22m and 85.71m while …
While Neeraj Chopra created history by becoming the first Indian to win gold at the World Athletics Championships, the javelin thrower reveals that his actual desire was to hit the 90m mark in the final. However, things didn’t materialise in the manner he hoped for and Neeraj recorded his best throw of 88.17 m in …
For someone who was cajoled into taking up sport to shed weight, Neeraj Chopra’s rise to stardom from a Haryana village has been nothing short of spectacular, and at 25, he is on course to becoming one of India’s greatest sporting icons. Two years ago, his spear soared high into the Tokyo sky as he …
Indian shuttler Prannoy HS had to settle for a bronze medal as he registered a loss to Kunlavut Vitidsarn in the semifinals of the ongoing Badminton World Federation (BWF) World Championships on Saturday. Prannoy went down to world number three and three-time Junior champion Vitidsarn by 21-18, 13-21, 14-21. Prannoy and Vitidsarn were neck-to-neck in …