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World Athletics Championships: Neeraj Chopra 'elated' with historic silver, takes lessons from challenging final
With his best throw of 88.13m, Neeraj won silver and ended India's 19-year-long wait for a medal at the World Athletics Championships. This was India's second medal at the World Championships and the first podium finish since Anju Bobby George won a bronze medal in long jump at Paris in 2003. "I'm feeling really great today to have won a silver medal for the country.
Bhubaneswar's Kalinga Stadium is India's new launchpad for mega events
Apart from hosting several mega sporting events like the men's Hockey World Cup in 2018 and the Asian Athletics Championships in 2017, the iconic Kalinga Stadium is playing a pivotal role in preparing athletes for mega sporting events. The Kalinga Stadium located in the heart of Bhubaneswar is nowadays known as one of the best sports hubs in India for its world-class infrastructures and facilities.
Beyond Neeraj: Others in the fray for track and field medals
The Haryana lad is being projected as a sure shot gold medal prospect for India in the Commonwealth Game in Birmingham as well, and why not? Chopra (24) is in red-hot form. The star athlete set a national record of 89.94m enroute a silver medal at the Stockholm Diamond League earlier this year, and now he has won silver at the World Athletics Championships in Oregon, USA.
World Athletics Championships: Neeraj Chopra clinches India's first-ever silver medal with historic throw of 88.13m (Ld)
This was India's second medal at the World Championships and the first podium finish since Anju Bobby George won a bronze medal in long jump at Paris in 2003. Chopra's best effort of 88.13m in the final at the Hayward Field was short of Anderson Peters' gold medal-winning mark of 90.54m while Tokyo 2020 silver medallist Jakub Vadlejch won the bronze with 88.09m.
Bernarda Pera beats Anett Kontaveit to win European Open title
After sprinting through qualifying all the way to her first title last week in Budapest without the loss of a set, Pera's white-hot form continued in Hamburg as she stretched her winning streak to 12 matches, and 24 sets, to take the title.
England County Championship: Glamorgan's Sam Northeast cracks unbeaten 410, Lara's world record remains safe
During his historic knock, Northeast flirted with the world record score of West Indies great Brian Lara, who had scored an unbeaten 501 for Warwickshire in 1994. However, his chance of surpassing Lara's record was cut short when Glamorgan captain David Lloyd declared his side's innings at 795/5 at lunch on day four of the Division Two contest against Leicestershire.
Swiss Open: Ruud overcomes Ramos-Vinolas to set up final clash with Berrettini (Ld)
In a battle between the past two champions at the clay-court ATP 250 event in Switzerland, Ruud was dominant throughout. The Norwegian broke 2019 champion Ramos-Vinolas' serve five times and did not face a single breakpoint on his own delivery as he charged to a 62-minute victory.
Women's T20, Basketball 3x3 make their debut at CWG 2022
A total of 72 nations are participating in the upcoming CWG. This will be the third time England will be hosting the prestigious event following the London 1934 and Manchester 2002 Games. In every edition of CWG, organizers and the committee decide about removing and adding a few sports. This year the Birmingham 2022 organisers decided to drop archery and shooting and have instead included a few new games.
Swiss Open: Matteo Berrettini storms into final with win over Dominic Thiem
The Italian dominated the pair's sixth ATP head-to-head meeting at the clay-court ATP 250 event in Switzerland, where he struck the ball with power and accuracy throughout to charge to a 6-1, 6-4 victory. Berrettini raced to a 5-0 lead early in the first set and gave Thiem few opportunities to establish a foothold in the match thereafter, going on to seal victory in 78 minutes.
Feels like a win for us: Pooran proud of West Indies despite three-run defeat
After the match, captain Nicholas Pooran said the match result felt "like a win" for his side despite ending up on the losing side. West Indies had entered the series against India in Trinidad after their 3-0 defeat to Bangladesh in Guyana earlier this month. He added that using full batting quota of 50 overs and coming close to 308 were the biggest positives for the hosts.
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