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CWG 2022: Seema Punia Finishes 5th, Navjeet Dhillon Eighth In Women's Discus Throw Final
Indian discus throwers Seema Punia and Navjeet Kaur Dhillon disappointed as they finished fifth and eight respectively in the final with below-par performances at the Commonwealth Games
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CWG 2022: Track And Field Action Begins Tuesday, India Expected To Win Medal In Women's Discus Throw
In Neeraj Chopra's absence, the likes of long jumper Murali Sreeshankar, steeplechaser Avinash Sable, veteran discus thrower Seema Punia and javelin thrower Annu Rani are expected to step up.
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Rio Olympics: Discus Thrower Krishna Poonia Fails to Qualify
Krishna Poonia, 34, the lone Indian woman track and field athlete to have won an individual gold in the Commonwealth Games, finished first in her last competition in the United States on Sunday with a throw of 57.10 metres at Florida but that was far below the Rio qualification mark
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Krishna Poonia to Get her 2012 Olympics Sixth-Place Finish Certificate
Krishna Poonia, the 2010 Commonwealth Games gold medallist, had finished seventh in women's discus throw event in London but her position was upgraded to sixth after Russian Darya Pishchalnikova was stripped off her silver medal as she later tested positive for a banned anabolic steroid.
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Vikas Gowda Wins Discus Event in USA
Vikas Gowda, the reigning Commonwealth Games champion and silver winner in 2014 Asian Games, added half a metrE more to his performance at Chula Vista a few days back where he had come up with a throw of 65.25m to qualify for World Championships in Beijing in August.
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Vikas Gowda, Tintu Luka in India's Athletics Team for Asian Games
Vikas Gowda won gold in discus throw in the recently concluded Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. Triple Jumper Arpinder Singh is also named in the 56-member Indian team.
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Commonwealth Games 2014: Seema Punia, Krishna Poonia Qualify for Women's Discus Throw Final
On a day when Vikas Gowda bagged India's first gold in athletics, Discus Throwers Seema Punia and Krishna Poonia advanced to the final.
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Vikas Gowda Wins India's First Athletics Gold at Commonwealth Games 2014
Vikas Gowda bagged gold in discus throw at the Commonwealth Games 2014 with a best throw of 63.64 metres.
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2014 Commonwealth Games Day 8 Highlights: Yogeshwar, Babita Wrestle to Gold, Vikas Gowda Discus Throw Adds More Glitter
Indian wrestlers put up a stunning show to bag a couple of gold medals, a silver and a bronze. Discus thrower Vikas Gowda won India's first gold medal from athletics in 2014 Commonwealth Games. Catch all the live updates here.
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2014 Commonwealth Games: Discus-Thrower Vikas Gowda, High-Jumper Sahana Reach Finals
Discus thrower Vikas Gowda just made a single attempt, clearing the distance of 64.32m to top the qualification round at the Hampden Park. He did not take any further throw as he was way ahead of second-placed Apostolos Parellis (61.91m) from Cyprus and Jamaica's Chad Wright (61.08m).
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Commonwealth Games 2014: Vikas Gowda Qualifies for Men's Discus Throw Final
Vikas Gowda threw 64.32 metres to finish top of the qualification in both rounds.
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Vikas Gowda Wins Silver Medal at the IAAF Diamond League in Doha
The Mysore-born Vikas Gowda won the 2010 Asian Games bronze and silver in the Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games in the discus event. His personal best throw is 66.90 meters which is also the national record in discus throw, achieved in 2013.
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Rajasthan polls: Discus thrower, 19 ministers in first Congress list
Commonwealth Games gold medallist in discus throw Krishna Poonia, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and his 18 ministerial colleagues and 29 sitting MLAs feature in the first list of 63 Congress candidates for the December 1 Assembly elections in Rajasthan.
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Striving hard for a podium finish in London: Krishna Poonia
India's Commonwealth Games gold medalist Krishna Poonia has set herself a target of 65 metres in the discus throw to make a podium finish at the 2012 London Olympics. For that she has to outdo her life's best (63.69 metre) to be in the league with top contenders from Germany, Cuba and China.
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Poonia wins gold, qualifies for London Olympics
Commonwealth Games gold-medallist Krishna Poonia qualified for next year's London Olympics after clinching a gold medal in the women's discus thrower event of the Fling Throw Meet in Portland, USA.
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CWG 2022: Seema Punia Finishes 5th, Navjeet Dhillon Eighth In Women's Discus Throw Final
Indian discus throwers Seema Punia and Navjeet Kaur Dhillon disappointed as they finished fifth and eight respectively in the final with below-par performances at the Commonwealth Games
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CWG 2022: Track And Field Action Begins Tuesday, India Expected To Win Medal In Women's Discus Throw
In Neeraj Chopra's absence, the likes of long jumper Murali Sreeshankar, steeplechaser Avinash Sable, veteran discus thrower Seema Punia and javelin thrower Annu Rani are expected to step up.
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Rio Olympics: Discus Thrower Krishna Poonia Fails to Qualify
Krishna Poonia, 34, the lone Indian woman track and field athlete to have won an individual gold in the Commonwealth Games, finished first in her last competition in the United States on Sunday with a throw of 57.10 metres at Florida but that was far below the Rio qualification mark
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Krishna Poonia to Get her 2012 Olympics Sixth-Place Finish Certificate
Krishna Poonia, the 2010 Commonwealth Games gold medallist, had finished seventh in women's discus throw event in London but her position was upgraded to sixth after Russian Darya Pishchalnikova was stripped off her silver medal as she later tested positive for a banned anabolic steroid.
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Vikas Gowda Wins Discus Event in USA
Vikas Gowda, the reigning Commonwealth Games champion and silver winner in 2014 Asian Games, added half a metrE more to his performance at Chula Vista a few days back where he had come up with a throw of 65.25m to qualify for World Championships in Beijing in August.
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Vikas Gowda, Tintu Luka in India's Athletics Team for Asian Games
Vikas Gowda won gold in discus throw in the recently concluded Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. Triple Jumper Arpinder Singh is also named in the 56-member Indian team.
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Commonwealth Games 2014: Seema Punia, Krishna Poonia Qualify for Women's Discus Throw Final
On a day when Vikas Gowda bagged India's first gold in athletics, Discus Throwers Seema Punia and Krishna Poonia advanced to the final.
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Vikas Gowda Wins India's First Athletics Gold at Commonwealth Games 2014
Vikas Gowda bagged gold in discus throw at the Commonwealth Games 2014 with a best throw of 63.64 metres.
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2014 Commonwealth Games Day 8 Highlights: Yogeshwar, Babita Wrestle to Gold, Vikas Gowda Discus Throw Adds More Glitter
Indian wrestlers put up a stunning show to bag a couple of gold medals, a silver and a bronze. Discus thrower Vikas Gowda won India's first gold medal from athletics in 2014 Commonwealth Games. Catch all the live updates here.
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2014 Commonwealth Games: Discus-Thrower Vikas Gowda, High-Jumper Sahana Reach Finals
Discus thrower Vikas Gowda just made a single attempt, clearing the distance of 64.32m to top the qualification round at the Hampden Park. He did not take any further throw as he was way ahead of second-placed Apostolos Parellis (61.91m) from Cyprus and Jamaica's Chad Wright (61.08m).
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Commonwealth Games 2014: Vikas Gowda Qualifies for Men's Discus Throw Final
Vikas Gowda threw 64.32 metres to finish top of the qualification in both rounds.
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Vikas Gowda Wins Silver Medal at the IAAF Diamond League in Doha
The Mysore-born Vikas Gowda won the 2010 Asian Games bronze and silver in the Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games in the discus event. His personal best throw is 66.90 meters which is also the national record in discus throw, achieved in 2013.
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Rajasthan polls: Discus thrower, 19 ministers in first Congress list
Commonwealth Games gold medallist in discus throw Krishna Poonia, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and his 18 ministerial colleagues and 29 sitting MLAs feature in the first list of 63 Congress candidates for the December 1 Assembly elections in Rajasthan.
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Striving hard for a podium finish in London: Krishna Poonia
India's Commonwealth Games gold medalist Krishna Poonia has set herself a target of 65 metres in the discus throw to make a podium finish at the 2012 London Olympics. For that she has to outdo her life's best (63.69 metre) to be in the league with top contenders from Germany, Cuba and China.
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Poonia wins gold, qualifies for London Olympics
Commonwealth Games gold-medallist Krishna Poonia qualified for next year's London Olympics after clinching a gold medal in the women's discus thrower event of the Fling Throw Meet in Portland, USA.
