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Rio Olympics: Indian Women's 4x400m Relay Team Wins Gold, Still in Hunt For Berth
The Indian women's 4x400m relay quartet of Jauna Murmu, Ashwini Akkunji, Anilda Thomas and MR Poovamma will be trying to earn a Rio Olympics berth in Slovakia.
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Rio Olympics: Indian Women's 4x400m Relay Team Eye Berth in Slovakia
MR Poovamma, Ashwini Akkunji, Anilda Thomas, Jauna Murmu and Debashree Majumdar will seek to earn India a berth in the women's 4x400 metres relay race at the Rio Olympics
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Ashwini Akkunji Vows to get India Another Medal at Commonwealth Games
In the 54th National Inter-State Athletics Championships, Ashwini was in excellent form as she excelled in 400m hurdles with a new meet record of 57.43 seconds in sweltering Lucknow heat (45 degrees celsius). Her new timing erased Jauna Murmu's four-year-old mark by three-hundredth of a second.
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Ashwini Akkunji named in Indian team for World Athletics Championships
K T Irfan, Gurmeet Singh and Chandan Singh were named for the men's 20km walk as all of them have qualified for Moscow with 'A' standard. Amritsar girl Kushbir Kaur has been named for the women's 20km walk. In the men's 50km walk, Basant Bahadur Rana and Sandeep Kumar will represent the country.
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Ashwini Akkunji set for World Athletics Championships after joint 2nd in trials
Akkunji had won a gold each in women's 400m hurdles and 4x400m relay in the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou before she was caught for doping the following year. Her two-year ban period ended on July 3.
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Ashwini Akkunji hoping to run first competitive race in World Championships
India qualified for the women's 4X400m relay in the August 10-18 World Championships after winning gold in the Asian Athletics Championships in Pune early this month. The quartet of M R Poovamma, Anu Mariam Jose, Tintu Luka and Nirmala had clocked 3:32.26s to bag the gold in Pune.
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Ashwini Akkunji mulling over taking part in 4x400m relay trials
Akkunji, who had won 400m hurdles and 4x400m relay gold in the 2010 Asian Games, told PTI from her training base at NIS Patiala that she will decide whether to take part in the trials or not in the next couple of days.
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Athletics Federation of India's plan for swift return of dope-tainted Ashwini nullified
Plans were afoot to draft Akkunji, whose two-year ban for a doping offence committed in 2011 ended on Wednesday, into the women's 4x400m relay team to raise hopes of a gold medal in the event.
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Tainted athletes training at SAI Centre is serious: Maken
Taking note of banned athletes like Ashwini Akkunji and Sini Jose training at the Sports Authority of India (SAI) Centre at Sonepat, Sports Minister Ajay Maken on Monday, admitted that this was a serious issue and they were probing the matter.
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India's dope-tainted athletes eligible for London Olympics
India's dope tainted quartermiler runners -- Ashwini Akkunji, Sini Jose, Tiana Mary Thomas and Priyanka Panwar -- can hope to take part in the Olympics as the Anti Doping Appeal Panel (ADAP) has upheld the one-year sanction imposed on them, making the athletes eligible for the 2012 London Olympic trials.
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Demand for doubling ban on dope-tainted Indian athletes
Not satisfied with the one-year ban handed out to top four Indian quartermilers, including Asian Games double gold medallist Ashwini Akkunji, in the doping scandal, the World Anti-Doping has appealed against the decision and pleaded for a two-year sanction on the atheletes.
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Seven Indian athletes banned for a year for doping
Seven top Indian athletes, including Asian Games double gold-medallist Ashwini Akkunji, were on Friday handed bans for flunking dope tests earlier this year, virtually ending their chances of participating in the London Olympics next year.
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'B' samples of Akkunji, Pawar test positive
The 'B' sample of athletes Ashwini Akkunji and Priyanka Pawar have also tested positive for banned anabolic steroids.
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Indian Railways to take action against dope tainted athletes
Indian Railways is all set to take stern action against the dope tainted athletes, Ashwini Akkunji and Sini Jose, who are its employees.
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Small-town talent give Indian athletics a high in 2010
New stars emerged on the horizon as Indian track and field athletes brought unprecedented success to the country with impressive performances in the Commonwealth Games and Asian Games in a record-breaking 2010.
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Rio Olympics: Indian Women's 4x400m Relay Team Wins Gold, Still in Hunt For Berth
The Indian women's 4x400m relay quartet of Jauna Murmu, Ashwini Akkunji, Anilda Thomas and MR Poovamma will be trying to earn a Rio Olympics berth in Slovakia.
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Rio Olympics: Indian Women's 4x400m Relay Team Eye Berth in Slovakia
MR Poovamma, Ashwini Akkunji, Anilda Thomas, Jauna Murmu and Debashree Majumdar will seek to earn India a berth in the women's 4x400 metres relay race at the Rio Olympics
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Ashwini Akkunji Vows to get India Another Medal at Commonwealth Games
In the 54th National Inter-State Athletics Championships, Ashwini was in excellent form as she excelled in 400m hurdles with a new meet record of 57.43 seconds in sweltering Lucknow heat (45 degrees celsius). Her new timing erased Jauna Murmu's four-year-old mark by three-hundredth of a second.
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Ashwini Akkunji named in Indian team for World Athletics Championships
K T Irfan, Gurmeet Singh and Chandan Singh were named for the men's 20km walk as all of them have qualified for Moscow with 'A' standard. Amritsar girl Kushbir Kaur has been named for the women's 20km walk. In the men's 50km walk, Basant Bahadur Rana and Sandeep Kumar will represent the country.
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Ashwini Akkunji set for World Athletics Championships after joint 2nd in trials
Akkunji had won a gold each in women's 400m hurdles and 4x400m relay in the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou before she was caught for doping the following year. Her two-year ban period ended on July 3.
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Ashwini Akkunji hoping to run first competitive race in World Championships
India qualified for the women's 4X400m relay in the August 10-18 World Championships after winning gold in the Asian Athletics Championships in Pune early this month. The quartet of M R Poovamma, Anu Mariam Jose, Tintu Luka and Nirmala had clocked 3:32.26s to bag the gold in Pune.
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Ashwini Akkunji mulling over taking part in 4x400m relay trials
Akkunji, who had won 400m hurdles and 4x400m relay gold in the 2010 Asian Games, told PTI from her training base at NIS Patiala that she will decide whether to take part in the trials or not in the next couple of days.
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Athletics Federation of India's plan for swift return of dope-tainted Ashwini nullified
Plans were afoot to draft Akkunji, whose two-year ban for a doping offence committed in 2011 ended on Wednesday, into the women's 4x400m relay team to raise hopes of a gold medal in the event.
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Tainted athletes training at SAI Centre is serious: Maken
Taking note of banned athletes like Ashwini Akkunji and Sini Jose training at the Sports Authority of India (SAI) Centre at Sonepat, Sports Minister Ajay Maken on Monday, admitted that this was a serious issue and they were probing the matter.
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India's dope-tainted athletes eligible for London Olympics
India's dope tainted quartermiler runners -- Ashwini Akkunji, Sini Jose, Tiana Mary Thomas and Priyanka Panwar -- can hope to take part in the Olympics as the Anti Doping Appeal Panel (ADAP) has upheld the one-year sanction imposed on them, making the athletes eligible for the 2012 London Olympic trials.
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Demand for doubling ban on dope-tainted Indian athletes
Not satisfied with the one-year ban handed out to top four Indian quartermilers, including Asian Games double gold medallist Ashwini Akkunji, in the doping scandal, the World Anti-Doping has appealed against the decision and pleaded for a two-year sanction on the atheletes.
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Seven Indian athletes banned for a year for doping
Seven top Indian athletes, including Asian Games double gold-medallist Ashwini Akkunji, were on Friday handed bans for flunking dope tests earlier this year, virtually ending their chances of participating in the London Olympics next year.
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'B' samples of Akkunji, Pawar test positive
The 'B' sample of athletes Ashwini Akkunji and Priyanka Pawar have also tested positive for banned anabolic steroids.
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Indian Railways to take action against dope tainted athletes
Indian Railways is all set to take stern action against the dope tainted athletes, Ashwini Akkunji and Sini Jose, who are its employees.
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Small-town talent give Indian athletics a high in 2010
New stars emerged on the horizon as Indian track and field athletes brought unprecedented success to the country with impressive performances in the Commonwealth Games and Asian Games in a record-breaking 2010.
