Nihal Koshie
Senior Editor at The Indian Express
Journalist - The Indian Express @indianexpress
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3 weeks ago |
indianexpress.com | Nihal Koshie
Breaking records is becoming habitual for Animesh Kujur. On Saturday at the Asian Athletics Championships, the 21-year-old lowered the national record in the 200 metres for the second time in just over a month. At the Federation Cup in Kochi, in April, he clocked 20.40 seconds to break Amlan Borgohain’s mark of 20.52. In Gumi, South Korea, the stakes were high when Animesh lined up in a field that included Japan’s Towa Uzawa, the defending champion.
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4 weeks ago |
indianexpress.com | Nihal Koshie
Even a torn spike, patched up using Kinesiology tape, didn’t deter teenage high jumper Pooja from taking aim at the women’s national record of 1.92 metres at the 26th Asian Athletics Championships in Gumi. The mason’s daughter from Bosti village in Haryana’s Fatehabad district made a statement by attempting to rewrite Sahana Kumari’s mark, dating back to 2012.
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4 weeks ago |
flipboard.com | Nihal Koshie
Despite torn spikes, teenager Pooja leaps to high jump gold at Asian Athletics – and is leading a revolution in her village"We used rice husks and hay to fill sacks. Those sacks formed the landing mat," coach Balwan said of the time when Pooja transitioned from yogasana …
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4 weeks ago |
indianexpress.com | Nihal Koshie
A two-hour delay to the start of the women’s 100 metre hurdles final, a storm that forced athletes to warm up in a storage room next to the track, a headwind, and a cold night. Before the race finally took place at around 10:20 pm local time in Gumi, South Korea, India’s Jyothi Yarraji was visualising a strong start and how she would cross each of the hurdles. “I started visualising in case physically it does not work for me in the race, then mentally I can (push).
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1 month ago |
indianexpress.com | Nihal Koshie
With two events left in the decathlon, Tejaswin Shankar was just three points behind leader Xiang Fei of China. What remained were the javelin and 1,500m, Tejaswin’s strong suits as he had registered personal bests in these events at the Federation Cup in Kochi last month. However, any number of setbacks can occur during the course of the 10-event two-day decathlon. Tejaswin’s was in the javelin. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW VIDEO“My first throw was really good. I was on par for a big personal best.
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