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World Athletics Championships: Jyothi Yarraji fails to qualify for 100m hurdles semi-finals
•Yarraji clocked 13.05 seconds -- well below her national record of 12.78s -- to finish seventh in heat number four and 29th overall.
World Athletics Championships: Avinash Sable, Shaili Singh, triple jumpers fail to qualify for finals
Fpsports •India endured a disappointing opening day at the World Athletics Championships with the likes of Avinash Sable, Eldhose Paul and Shaili Singh failing to make the finals.
Indian mixed 4x400m relay team may miss upcoming World Athletics Championships
•The Indian 4x400m relay team is currently placed 17th in the world rankings with the qualifying period window ending on Sunday. Sixteen teams will compete in the World championships.
Praveen Chithravel finishes sixth in Monaco Diamond League
Fpsports •Praveen Chithravel had recorded 17m-plus jumps in all three competitions this season - 17.07m, 17.17m and 17.37m.
Asian Athletics Championships: India produce best-ever showing with 27 medals, Sreeshankar qualifies for Paris Olympics
Fpsports •Murali Sreeshankar qualified for the Olympics after winning silver medal in Long Jump, while Jyothi Yarraji made it a tournament to remember with a gold in 100m hurdles and a silver in the 200m event.
Avinash Sable to feature in third Diamond League event this year in Poland
Fpsports •Avinash Sable will be the solitary Indian in contention at the Silesia Diamond League in Poland.
Murali Sreeshankar bags silver medal at Asian Athletics Championships, qualifies for Paris Olympics
Fpsports •Murali Sreeshankar met the qualification standard of 8.27m set for Paris Olympics to clinch silver medal at the Asian Athletics Championships.
Manju Rani wins women's 35km race walk but fails to breach Asiad qualifying mark
•Rani, 24, clocked 3 hours 21 minutes and 31 seconds under hot and humid conditions to win the event but fell well short of the Asian Games qualifying mark of 2:58.30.
Murali Sreeshankar finishes third in Paris Diamond League
Fpsports •Murali Sreeshankar finished third behind Miltiadis Tentoglou (Greece) and Simon Ehammer (Switzerland) at the Paris Diamond League
India win two gold medals on concluding day to finish third in Asian U-20 Athletics Championships
•India ended third with 6 gold, 7 silver and 6 bronze, behind Japan (14 gold, 4 silver, 5 bronze) and China (11 gold, 5 silver, 3 bronze).