Athletics News

World record-holding, multi-time Olympic and world champion pole vault superstar Armand Duplantis broke the championship record to capture the European Championship for the fourth successive time at Birmingham.

When Neeraj Chopra hurled the javelin beyond the 87-metre line at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, he not only won the gold medal; he also sparked a revolution in Indian athletics, with a plethora of javelin talent breaking out onto the global stage.

A World Athletics U20 Championships medal in his kitty, young long jumper Shahnavaz Khan is aiming for a podium finish in the upcoming Asian Games in Japan, where he is hoping to improve upon his personal best.

Before moving to Hisar last year to pursue his javelin career, Ashish Yadav helped his father sell milk in their village in Mirzapur, Uttar Pradesh. Fifteen months later, the 19-year-old is a World Under-20 silver medallist and is still looking for a job to support his family.

Pakistan's Olympic gold-medallist javelin thrower Arshad Nadeem will skip the Diamond League meet in Lausanne this month to focus on preparing for another international event and the Asian Games in Japan this year.

Basant Kumar Meghwal won silver in the men's high jump at the World Athletics U20 Championships, clearing a personal best of 2.21m to become the first Indian medalist in the event.

Ashish Yadav won a silver in the men's javelin throw event to open India's medal account on the third day of the World Athletics U20 Championships in Eugene.

Two-time Indian Olympic medallist javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra on Friday became the co-owner of the UBS Athletics Kids Cup having already served as the programme's Ambassador for the past two seasons.

Mohammed Ashfaq broke the U20 national record to qualify for the men's 400m semifinals on the second day of the World Athletics U20 Championships.

Pakistan's Olympic gold medallist javelin thrower Arshad Nadeem has said it hurt him to read heartless comments on social media after his disappointing performance at the recently-concluded Commonwealth Games in Glasgow

Neeraj Chopra, who added a Commonwealth Games silver to his crowded cabinet last week, was primarily hampered by an adductor muscle injury and a few other niggles along with it.

After missing out on the Commonwealth Games 2026 gold medal, Neeraj Chopra is set to participate in the Lausanne Diamond League.

Yashvir Singh credited a simple piece of last-second advice from Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra for producing the throw of his life, as the Indian javelin thrower surged from seventh place to clinch a bronze medal at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games.

The 27-year-old Rohit Yadav finished seventh in the men's javelin final on July 31 with a throw of 81.56m. Pathirage won the gold with 89.75m, while India's Neeraj Chopra (85.83m) and Yashvir Singh (85.41m) taking the silver and bronze respectively.

Neeraj Chopra missed out on a gold medal yet again, as Sri Lanka's Rumesh Pathirage beat him to the top podium spot in men's javelin throw at the Commonwealth Games 2026.

Rohit Yadav reflected on the challenges he faced in the men's javelin throw final at the Commonwealth Games 2026, citing cold, windy conditions and runway issues as factors that affected his performance.

Seema Kaliramna described her bronze medal in the women's discus throw final at the Commonwealth Games 2026 as a rewarding comeback after the disappointment of returning empty-handed from the 2025 Asian Championships.

Arshad Nadeem spent all his time training in the hot weather in Lahore without working with any foreign coaches or trainers in person.