Eliud Kipchoge breaks his own world record at Berlin marathon

Prateek Mishra / Leave a Comment / News, Running / September 25, 2022

The two-time Olympic champion Eliud Kipchoge has bettered his own world record by 30 seconds at the Berlin Marathon. The Kenyan star clocked a time of two hours, one minute and nine seconds to beat his previous men’s world record time of 2:01:39 set on the same course in 2018.

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Kipchoge has now won 15 of his 17 career marathons, including two Olympic titles and 10 major championships. Eliud Kipchoge breaks men’s marathon world record by 30 seconds in Berlin Eliud Kipchoge of Kenya reinforced his reputation as arguably the best marathoner when he broke his own world record by 30 seconds at the Berlin Marathon. The 37-year-old Kenyan’s 2:01:09 was a significant improvement on his 2:01:39 in Berlin four years ago. In the first 2 kilometers, Kipchoge was helped by Noah Kipkemboi and Moses Koech, who ran at their pace.

A happy Eliud said: “No limits, after 38k I knew I could break the world record. The conditions were excellent, as was the organization of the event. I am very happy with today and I am impressed with the fans and their support”.

Before Sunday’s marathon, it was expected that Kipchoge would officially enter the record books as the first marathon under two hours. Kipchoge’s course and class seemed possible, but this time it was not.
The Berlin Marathon course is considered the fastest in the world because of its flat, smooth course. Kipchoge’s record on Sunday was the 12th time the marathon world record has been set in Berlin. Three of them were women.

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Almost decided to quit wrestling after Tokyo Olympics: Vinesh Phogat

Prateek Mishra / Leave a Comment / News / August 15, 2022

When the Indian contingent met at Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s residence, Vinesh Phogat told PTI news agency that she nearly quit wrestling after her disappointment at the Olympics. She also praised PM Modi for motivating her to do it all over again.

A knee injury in the quarterfinals dashed her hopes in 2016 Rio Olympics. Despite of World No. 1 ranking in her weight category, Vinesh again crashed out in quarterfinals stage of Tokyo Olympics. Vinesh said her last two disappointments brought her to the brink of quitting wrestling, long before she reinvented herself with a gold medal at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games.

Vinesh told PTI that “Definitely, you can say that (Vinesh 2.0 reloaded). I have managed to cross a big mental barrier. I almost gave up wrestling because in 2 Olympics I couldn’t win a medal. Olympics is the biggest stage for any athlete. But my family always backed me, they always trust in my abilities.”

“When I was low, I met Modi ji (PM Narendra Modi) and he gave me motivation. He said ‘we trust you and you can do it’. That reignited the spark in me.”

Vinesh also added that the support she got from her family, friends and fans also kept her motivated to keep going.

“Since childhood I like sports. I always play from my heart, I don’t have any pressure from anyone. I feel happy when I win. I always have the passion to win. My family is always supportive of what I am doing,” -Star wrestler said.

“After you win everybody is behind you, but when you get the support after losing it matters a lot, and I have got that from my family, fans and well-wishers after Tokyo.” She said for any athlete nothing is bigger than getting rewards for hard work.

“The most important thing for an athlete is to replicate the thing on the mat which you did in training. I couldn’t do that in Tokyo and I am still very sad about it. But the hard work I have put in the last one year, the way I have managed myself, I wanted to prove myself. The support which I got from all quarters was also at the back of the mind, I can’t disappoint myself.”

“Some people whom I have never met, never knew them, they supported me, backed me, I just thought I have to rise again for them. They are the ones who has been backing my wresting career and I owe them everything.” – Vinesh said.

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Commonwealth Games 2022: Debutants who won medals for India

Prateek Mishra / Leave a Comment / News / August 14, 2022

India finished 4th on the medal tally with a total of 61 medals including 22 gold, 16 silver and 23 bronze at the Commonwealth Games 2022 in Birmingham. The Indian contingent had a total of 215 athletes who participated in Commonwealth Games 2022. Out of 215 athletes, 48 were debutants who made their mark across different disciplines.

Indian debutants did not disappoint and gave a superb performance. Ravi Dahiya, Nikhat Zareen, Nitu Ghanghas, Naveen Malik, Lakshya Sen, Eldhose Paul, and many more won gold medal on their debut appearance. Avinash Sable and Priyanka Goswami also grabbed historic silver medals in Athletics.
Silver winning Indian Men’s hockey team and Bronze winning women’s hockey both had seven debutants each side. 6 out of 10 medals from weightlifting were won by debutants.

Here is a list of Indian debutants who shone on their Commonwealth Games debut:

Eldhose Paul- Athletics (Triple Jump)- Gold
Lakshya Sen- Badminton (Men’s Single and Mixed Team)- Gold and Silver
Nitu Ghanghas- Boxing (Women’s Minimumweight)- Gold
Nikhat Zareen- Boxing (Women’s Light Flyweight)- Gold
Sudhir- Para Powerlifting- Gold
Sreeja Akula- Table Tennis (Mixed Doubles)- Gold
Jeremy Lalrinnunga- Weightlifting (Men’s 67 kg)- Gold
Achinta Sheuli- Weightlifting (Men’s 73 kg)- Gold
Ravi Dahiya- Wrestling (Men’s 65 kg)- Gold
Naveen Malik- Wrestling (Men’s 74 kg)- Gold
Deepak Punia- Wrestling (Men’s 86 kg)- Gold
Priyanka Goswami- Athletics (10000m Racewalk)- Silver
Murali Sreeshankar- Athletics (Long Jump)- Silver
Avinash Sable- Athletics (3000m Steeplechase)- Silver
Abdulla Aboobacker- Athletics (Triple Jump)- Silver
Sumeeth Reddy- Badminton (Mixed Team)- Silver
Aakarshi Kashyap- Badminton (Mixed Team)- Silver
Treesa Jolly- Badminton (Mixed Team and Women’s Doubles)- Silver and Bronze
Gayatri Gopichand- Badminton (Mixed Team & Women’s Doubles)- Silver and Bronze
Rohit Tokas- Boxing (Men’s Welterweight)- Bronze
Jaismine- Boxing (Women’s Lightweight)- Bronze
Sagar Ahlawat- Boxing (Men’s Super Heavyweight)- Silver
Jugraj Singh- Hockey- Silver Shamsher Singh- Hockey- Silver
Abhishek- Hockey- Silver Krishan Pathak- Hockey- Silver
Hardik Singh- Hockey- Silver Surender Kumar- Hockey- Silver
Jarmanpreet Singh- Hockey- Silver Salima Tete- Hockey- Bronze
Jyoti- Hockey- Bronze Udita- Hockey- Bronze
Nisha- Hockey- Bronze
Sangita Kumari- Hockey- Bronze
Sharmila Devi- Hockey- Bronze
Sonika- Hockey- Bronze
Tulika Maan- Judo- Silver
Vijay Yadav- Judo- Bronze
Navneet Singh- Lawn Bowls (Men’s fours)- Silver
Bindyarani Devi- Weightlifting (Women’s 55 kg)- Silver
Sanket Sargar- Weightlifting (Men’s 55 kg) – Silver
Harjinder Kaur- Weightlifting (Women’s 71 kg)- Bronze
Lovepreet Singh- Weightlifting (Men’s 109 kg) – Bronze
Deepak Nehra- Wrestling (Men’s 97 kg)- Bronze
Mohit Grewal- Wrestling (Men’s 125 kg)- Bronze
Anshu Malik- Wrestling (Women’s 57 kg)- Silver
Pooja Sihag- Wrestling (Women’s 76 kg)- Bronze
Pooja Gehlot- Wrestling (Women’s 50 kg)- Bronze
Indian Women’s Cricket Team- Silver

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CWG 2022: Complete list of India’s medalists at Birmingham Commonwealth Games

Prateek Mishra / 1 Comment / News / August 9, 2022

HIGHLIGHTS

India won 61 medals, including 22 Gold, 16 Silver and 23 Bronze at Birmingham 2022 Games
Table Tennis legend, Sharath Kamal was India’s most successful athlete with 4 medals
Wrestling was India’s most successful sport with 12 medals

India had a very successful campaign at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, with a number of big names continuing their dominant runs and new heroes emerging. The old guard also proved their worth, with a number of steely performances that helped India to a very successful final medal tally.

India finished 4th on the medal table with 61 medals, including 22 Gold while Australia topped the table with 178 medals, including 67 Gold.

India yet again proved its mettle by deliverying big in Wrestling and Weightlifting, especially in the absence of shooters in Birmingham. However, India also found several new track and field hero led by Eldhose Paul, who won India a historic Gold medal in men’s triple jump. Avinash Sable won India’s first medal in men’s 3000m steeplechase while two race walkers, Priyanka and Sandeep, finished on the podium.

CWG 2022 Medal Tally

Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Australia	67	57	54	178
England	57	66	53	176
Canada	26	32	34	92
India	22	16	23	61
New Zealand	20	12	17	49
Scotland	13	11	27	51
Nigeria	12	9	14	35
Wales	8	6	14	28
South Africa	7	9	11	27
Malaysia	7	8	8	23
Northern Ireland	7	7	4	18
Jamaica	6	6	3	15
Kenya	6	5	10	21
Singapore	4	4	4	12
Trinidad and Tobago	3	2	1	6
Uganda	3	0	2	5
Cyprus	2	3	6	11
Pakistan	2	3	3	8
Samoa	1	4	0	5
Barbados	1	1	1	3
Cameroon	1	1	1	3
Zambia	1	1	1	3
Grenada	1	1	0	2
The Bahamas	1	1	0	2
Bermuda	1	0	1	2
British Virgin Islands	1	0	0	1
Mauritius	0	3	2	5
Ghana	0	2	3	5
Fiji	0	2	2	4
Mozambique	0	2	1	3
Sri Lanka	0	1	3	4
Tanzania	0	1	2	3
Botswana	0	1	1	2
Guernsey	0	1	1	2
Dominica	0	1	0	1
Papua New Guinea	0	1	0	1
Saint Lucia	0	1	0	1
The Gambia	0	1	0	1
Namibia	0	0	4	4
Malta	0	0	1	1
Nauru	0	0	1	1
Niue	0	0	1	1
Vanuatu	0	0	1	1

Sportwise breakdown of India's medals

Sports	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Athletics	1	4	3	8
Badminton	3	1	2	6
Boxing	3	1	3	7
Cricket	–	1	–	1
Hockey	–	1	1	2
Judo	–	2	1	3
Lawn Bowls	1	1	–	2
Powerlifting	1	–	–	1
Squash	–	–	2	2
Table Tennis	4	1	2	7
Weightlifting	3	3	4	10
Wrestling	6	1	5	12

Complete list of the medal winners from India

Athletics
Athletes	Event	Medal
Eldhose Paul	Men’s Triple Jump	GOLD
Abdulla Aboobacker	Men’s Triple Jump	SILVER
Avinash Sable	Men’s 3000m Steeplechase	SILVER
Priyanka Goswami	Women’s 10km Race Walk	SILVER
M Sreeshankar	Men’s Long Jump	SILVER
Tejaswin Shankar	Men’s High Jump	BRONZE
Annu Rani	Women’s Javelin Throw	BRONZE
Sandeep Kumar	Men’s 10km Race Walk	BRONZE

Badminton
Athletes	Event	Medal
PV Sindhu	Women’s singles	GOLD
Lakshya Sen	Men’s Singles	GOLD
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty	Men’s Doubles	GOLD
Kidambi Srikanth, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy, B Sumeeth Reddy, Lakshya Sen, Chirag Shetty, Treesa Jolly, Aakarshi Kashyap, Ashwini Ponnappa, Gayatri Gopichand, PV Sindhu	Mixed Team	SILVER
Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand	Women’s Doubles	BRONZE
Kidambi Srikanth	Men’s Singles	BRONZE

Boxing
Athletes	Event	Medal
Nikhat Zareen	Women’s 50kg	GOLD
Nitu Ghanghas	Women’s 48kg	GOLD
Amit Panghal	Men’s 51kg	GOLD
Sagar Ahlawat	Men’s +92kg	SILVER
Rohit Tokas	Men’s 67kg	BRONZE
Jaismine	Women’s 60kg	BRONZE
Mohammed Hussamuddin	Men’s 57kg	BRONZE

Cricket
Athletes	Event	Medal
Harmanpreet Kaur, Smriti Mandhana, Taniya Bhatia, Yastika Bhatia, Harleen Deol, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Sabbineni Meghana, Sneh Rana, Jemimah Rodrigues, Deepti Sharma, Meghna Singh, Renuka Singh Thakur, Pooja Vastrakar, Shafali Verma, Radha Yadav	Cricket T20	SILVER

Hockey
Athletes	Event	Medal
Manpreet Singh, Harmanpreet Singh, Jarmanpreet Singh, Abhishake Nain, Surender Kumar, Hardik Singh, Gurjant Singh, Mandeep Singh, Krishan Bahadur Pathak, Lalit Kumar Upadhyay, PR Sreejesh, Nilakanta Sharma, Shamsher Singh, Varun Kumar, Akashdeep Singh, Amit Rohidas, Jigraj Singh, Vivek Sagar Prasad	Men’s Hockey	SILVER
Savita Punia, Gurjit Kaur, Deep Grace Ekka, Monika, Sonika, Sharmila Devi, Nikki Pradhan, Rajani Etimarpu, Sangita Kumari, Nisha, Vandana Katariya, Udita, Lalremsiami, Jyoti, Navneet Kaur, Sushila Chanu Pukhrambam, Salima Tete, Neha Goyal	Women’s Hockey	BRONZE

Judo
Athletes	Event	Medal
Sushila Devi Likmabam	Women’s 48kg	SILVER
Tulika Maan	Women’s +78kg	SILVER
Vijay Kumar Yadav	Men’s 60kg	BRONZE

Lawn Bowls
Athletes	Event	Medal
Lovely Choubey, Rupa Rani Tirkey, Naynmoni Saikia, Pinki	Women’s Fours	GOLD
Chandan Kumar Singh, Dinesh Kumar, Navneet Singh, Sunil Bahadur	Men’s Fours	SILVER

Powerlifting
Athletes	Event	Medal
Sudhir	Men’s Heavyweight	GOLD

Squash
Athletes	Event	Medal
Saurav Ghosal	Men’s Singles	BRONZE
Dipika Pallikal Karthik and Saurav Ghosal	Mixed Doubles	BRONZE

Table Tennis
Athletes	Event	Medal
Achanta Sharath Kamal and Sreeja Akula	Mixed Doubles	GOLD
Achanta Sharath Kamal, Sathiyan Gnanasekaran, Harmeet Desai, Sanil Shetty	Men’s Team	GOLD
Bhavina Patel	Women’s Singles Classes 3-5	GOLD
Achanta Sharath Kamal	Men’s Singles	GOLD
Achanta Sharath Kamal and Sathiyan Gnanasekaran	Men’s Doubles	SILVER
Sathiyan Gnanasekaran	Men’s Singles	BRONZE
Sonal Patel	Women’s Singles Classes 3-5	BRONZE

Weightlifting
Athletes	Event	Medal
Saikom Mirabai Chanu	Women’s 49kg	GOLD
Jeremy Lalrinnunga	Men’s 67kg	GOLD
Achinta Sheuli	Men’s 73kg	GOLD
Sanket Sargar	Men’s 55kg	SILVER
Bindyarani Devi	Women’s 55kg	SILVER
Vikas Thakur	Men’s 96kg	SILVER
Gururaja Poojary	Men’s 61kg	BRONZE
Harjinder Kaur	Women’s 71kg	BRONZE
Lovepreet Singh	Men’s 109kg	BRONZE
Gurdeep Singh	Men’s 109+kg	BRONZE

Wrestling
Athletes	Event	Medal
Bajrang Punia	Men’s 65kg	GOLD
Sakshi Malik	Women’s 62kg	GOLD
Deepak Punia	Men’s 86kg	GOLD
Ravi Kumar Dahiya	Men’s 57kg	GOLD
Vinesh Phogat	Women’s 53kg	GOLD
Naveen	Men’s 74kg	GOLD
Anshu Malik	Women’s 57kg	SILVER
Divya Kakran	Women’s 68kg	BRONZE
Mohit Grewal	Men’s 125kg	BRONZE
Pooja Gehlot	Women’s 50kg	BRONZE
Pooja Sihag	Women’s 76kg	BRONZE
Deepak Nehra	Men’s 97kg	BRONZE

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Was Birmingham Games India’s best CWG performance without shooting?

Was Birmingham 2022 India’s best Commonwealth Games performance without shooting?

Prateek Mishra / 1 Comment / News / August 8, 2022

India ended its journey of Commonwealth Games 2022 campaign in Birmingham with total 61 medals, which included 22 Gold, 16 Silver and 23 Bronze Medals.

On the final day (8th August 2022), India won 4 golds, 1 silver and 1 bronze medal, with P. V. Sindhu (Badminton), Lakshya Sen (Badminton), the pair of Satwik Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty (Badminton), and the evergreen Sharath Kamal (Table Tennis), all winning their respective finals.

However, one event in which India has dominated over the years i.e., shooting was absent at the Commonwealth Games 2022. It’s a same sport where India secured 16 medalists (7 gold, 4 silver and 5 bronze) in the 2018 edition of the Games.

This was only the 2nd Commonwealth Games without shooting since the inception of event in 1966, the first being in 1970. India has won total 135 medals in shooting in the Commonwealth Games, including 63 Gold Medals and sits in 2nd place in the overall gold medals for shooting, behind Australia.

Here is the India’s performance in the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham to that over the years, without shooting since 1966.

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Athlete Loses Race in Colombia After His Penis Came Out in The Middle of The Run

Embarrassing Scenes After Italian Runner’s P*nis Comes Out in Middle of a Race

Prateek Mishra / Leave a Comment / News / August 7, 2022

An athlete lost a 400-meter race at the 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships due to a wardrobe malfunction. 18-year old Alberto Nonino, who hails from Italy, was competing in the 400-meter of decathlon in Cali, Colombia when the incident took place.

Alberto Nonino started off extremely well by gaining pace against his competitors, leaving the bystanders under the impression that he might win the race with quite ease. However, after Nonino passed the middle lane, he looked uncomfortable and kept reaching down to hold his crotch a couple of times. At the time, viewers did not know what went wrong, but Nonino’s pace decreased a tad bit, allowing his competitors to overtake him. The athlete, unfortunately, finished last with a time record of 51.57 seconds.

After completing the race, Nonino went to social media to explain that he wasn’t in the laughing mood after the race.

“Nonino said on Instagram. “I’m conscious it was obviously an accident and I’d like to tell you I’m aware of the reaction and you don’t need to send me the links to the blogs out there. I’m trying to laugh about it now but immediately afterwards I felt terrible and I’m thankful to my friends and family for helping me get over what happened a few hours later.”

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