Ankita Dhyani

ankita dhyani, an Olympian, achieved a significant victory at the Grand Slam Jerusalem athletics meet in Israel, securing gold in the women’s 2000m steeplechase. Her record-breaking time of 6 minutes 13.92 seconds surpassed the previous national mark.

ankita dhyani is eyeing a spot at the World Championships. The long-distance runner has quickly made her mark in the 3000m steeplechase. She currently ranks 38th in the 'Road to Tokyo' standings. Ankita recently broke the 2000m steeplechase national record in Israel. She also won a silver medal at the World University Games in Germany.

Parul Chaudhary missed her national record time by one-third of a second but that was enough for an overall 24th position as she and ankita dhyani failed to qualify for the final round of the women's 5000m race on Friday.

Uttarakhand's ankita dhyani provided a glimpse of her immense potential as a long distance runner by breaking Sunita Rani's National U-20 record in the women's 5000m on the opening day of the 36th National Junior Athletics Championships on Saturday.

Moumita Mondal, daughter of a tea seller, won a silver and gold medal at the National Games, excelling in the 100m hurdles and long jump. ankita dhyani from Uttarakhand clinched gold in the 3,000m steeplechase and 5,000m race, while Uttar Pradesh swept all medals in the hammer throw.

Haridwar-based sprinter Anu Kumar won a silver medal in the men's 800-metre race at the 60th National Inter-State Senior Athletics Championships being held in Patiala. He finished second after Haryana’s Krishan Kumar.

The 29-year-old Parul, who underwent high-altitude training in the USA for a few months in the lead-up to the Games, ran the distance at 9 minutes 23.39 seconds, which was her season's best but well below her national mark of 9:15.31, clocked in the 2023 Budapest World Championships.

The National Inter-State Senior Athletics Championships serves as the last chance for Indian athletes to qualify for the Tokyo World Championships. With Neeraj Chopra already securing a wildcard entry, Sachin Yadav, Yashvir Singh, and Rohit Yadav aim to join him in javelin.

Jeswin Aldrin and ankita dhyani secured Paris Olympics spots via World Athletics. M Sreeshankar withdrew. Aldrin, 31st; Ankita, 42nd. Indian team now 30. Athletics Federation of India confirmed their inclusion. Radhakrishnan Nair mentioned late qualifiers' inclusion. Ankita won bronze at the 2023 Asian Championships. Neeraj Chopra leads the team to Spala, Poland.

India on Tuesday named a 28-member team for the World Athletics U-20 Championships to be held in Nairobi, Kenya from August 17 to 22.

Middle-distance runner ankita dhyani on Friday won a bronze medal in the women's 5,000m race at the 60th National Inter-State Senior Athletics Championships being held in Patiala, which is the final qualifier for this year's Tokyo Olympics. Dhyani achieved the win despite not getting permission to train at the state government’s synthetic athletic track - ostensibly because SOP for sports activities had not been released yet.

The 30-member Indian athletics team will finalize their Olympic preparations at three overseas locations before gathering in Paris on July 28. Training will take place at the Olympic Sports Center in Spala, Poland; Antalya, Turkey; and St. Moritz, Switzerland. Olympic javelin champion Neeraj Chopra is already in Antalya. New team members Jeswin Aldrin and ankita dhyani were included based on World Athletics rankings. Athletes like race walkers and jumpers are currently training in Bengaluru. The 4x400m relay teams and other athletes will head to Poland shortly.

A day after Madhya Pradesh’s Sunil Dawar smashed 24-year-old national record to win the 5000m gold, ankita dhyani of SAI Bhopal has set a new national record on Tuesday. Dhyani broke the national record of Sunita Rani in the 5000m race at the 36th National Junior Athletics Championship at Guwahati on Tuesday.

The Sports Ministry's Mission Olympic Cell (MOC) on Thursday approved multiple proposals for assistance towards equipment by athletes and para athletes in the build up to the Paris Olympics and Paralympic Games.

Rohit Yadav's personal best of 83.65m in the javelin at the Inter-State meet wasn't enough for direct World Athletics Championships qualification, but keeps his hopes alive. Sreeshankar Murali won the long jump (8.06m) but his chances for Tokyo look slim. ankita dhyani finished first in the 3000m steeplechase, but her ranking remains borderline for qualification.

Despite being selected for a national level athletics championship, a 15-year-old athlete is likely to miss participating in the event because of the apathy of the state sports department which kept on passing the buck on who will arrange for her travel to Coimbatore where the event is being held. ankita dhyani, who belongs to a poor family living in the remote village of Mathali in Pauri district, has been selected for the 800m, 1500m and 3000m events. But state sports officials have been dodging the responsibility of arranging for her travel due to which the athlete is likely to miss out on a chance to represent the state even after qualifying for the highly competitive championship beginning from November 10.

Sarvesh Kushare made history at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, finishing sixth in the men's high jump final with a personal best of 2.28m. Murali Sreeshankar exited in the long jump qualification, while Parul Chaudhary and ankita dhyani faced setbacks in the 3000m steeplechase. Tejas Shirse also failed to advance in the 110m hurdles.

Rakesh Gond set a youth national record in the pole vault competition to grab the spotlight on the opening day of the 15th National Youth Athletics Championships on Saturday.

Exactly a week from now, national record holder ankita dhyani, 20, will compete in a race that will be the final qualifier for the Tokyo Olympics. She broke a national record in the 5,000-m event at the Junior National Championship in Guwahati in February. She has won the gold in the 1,500-m and 5,000-m events at the Junior Federation Cup in Bhopal. She holds, what many consider, great potential. But the state’s only synthetic athletic track is out of bounds and she has been forced to improvise — practising on barren land, ploughed fields and roads, evading potholes, dodging cattle.

The Indian Olympic Association finalized a 29-member athletics contingent for the Paris 2024 Olympics, including two reserve athletes. Despite initially qualifying, Shot Put athlete Abha Khatua was excluded from the final team. The selection was based on performances in national and international competitions. The IOA and AFI are optimistic about the athletes' potential and are focused on their preparation.

The training details of the Paris-bound Indian contingent – available with TOI — show that the country’s athletes have been crisscrossing the globe to prepare for the Games. The government had on Wednesday cleared the country’s final contingent comprising 117 athletes and 140 support staff personnel and officials. The contingent includes 70 male and 47 women athletes across 16 sports disciplines.

Last Chance For Athletes To Clinch Worlds Berth

The Indian men's 4x400m relay team enhanced its chances of qualifying for the Tokyo Olympics with a 3:01.89 effort in the heats on the opening day of the National Inter-State Athletics Championships on Friday.

Manu Bhaker secured a spot in the Women's 25m Pistol final at the Paris Olympics, finishing second in the qualification rounds with 590 points. Other highlights include Lakshya Sen competing in the singles quarterfinals.

Asian record holder Tajinderpal Singh Toor hogged the limelight by winning the shot put title with an impressive effort while VK Elakkiyadasan (Railways) and Odisha's Srabani Nanda emerged the fastest man and woman respectively at the National Open Athletics Championships on Sunday.