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Gowda finishes seventh in World Athletics Championships

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Moscow: India's Vikas Gowda settled for a seventh-place finish with a moderate throw in the 14th IAAF World Athletics Championships here today.Gowda, the Asian champion and national record holder, hu

Gowda qualifies for final round in Athletics World

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Moscow: India's Vikas Gowda on Monday advanced to the men's discus throw final in the 14th IAAF World Athletics Championships after finishing seventh overall in the qualification round here.
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Indian team to leave for World Athletics C'ship tomorrow

New Delhi: A 15-member Indian athletics team will leave here tomorrow for Moscow to participate in the World Championships from August 10-18 with hopes of a better performance than the last edition o

Discus gold for Vikas

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Pune: China stamped their authority in the 100m event wining a grand double in both the men’s and women’s category but there was plenty to cheer for India on Day Two of the 20th Asian Athletics Champ

Gowda, Sudha lead India's challenge at Asian meet

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Pune: India’s sporting tradition might run deep but sustaining a legacy and emulating feats of yore have never been a strong point.
As hosts of the 20th Asian Athletics Championship that begins at th

Gowda disappoints, finishes eighth

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India's top discus thrower Vikas Gowda came up with a below-par performance to finish a disappointing eighth in the final round of the men's discus throw event with an effort of 64.79m at the Olympic

Vikas Gowda makes the cut for the discus throw final

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India's Vikas Gowda became only the seventh Indian to qualify for the finals of the track and field event at the Olympic Games when he hurled the disc to 65.20 metres for an automatic selection.

Gowda determined to do well despite money crunch

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Ace discuss thrower Vikas Gowada says he is neither 'distracted' by the scarcity of funds nor intimidated by the higher rankings of his rivals as the recent good results at the international stage hav

Scandal-hit athletes hope to seek solace in London

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Hit hard by one of the biggest doping scandals in the run-up to the Olympic Games, India's athletics team, including a couple of medal hopefuls, would hope to seek solace and redeem their reputation w

Number clincher, this!

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In the number game, he is quite the star. Be it the distance of his discus throw or the surprising revelation that the “big guy” is a Mathematics teacher too.

Vikas Gowda, is 6 feet 9 inches and a w

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