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Time of India
18-05-2025
- Sport
- Time of India
90m is just the beginning: Neeraj Chopra
NEW DELHI: Neeraj Chopra possesses distinctive qualities that separate him from other athletes. His demeanour reflects modesty, exceptional sportsmanship and a pleasant disposition. Neeraj stands as India's most accomplished Olympic sport athlete today. His achievements in javelin throw encompass victories across all major international competitions, including the Olympics, World championships , Asian Games, CWG and Diamond League meets. Following his historic gold at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, which established him as a global sporting icon, the 90m-mark remained his sole unconquered milestone. This changed on Friday evening at the Diamond League in Doha, where he registered an impressive 90.23m throw in his third attempt. Declaring '90m is just the beginning', he said he is focusing on achieving greater distances in forthcoming competitions, particularly targeting the World Championships in Tokyo from Sep 13-21. 'I am ready to throw farther…it's just the beginning for me. There's a long season ahead. With the 90m target achieved, the aim would be to go as farther as possible. I'll look to throw more than 90m in the coming events till the Worlds,' Neeraj said following his brilliant season-opening performance in Doha. The reigning World and Asian Games champion said he felt sharper, fitter and energetic coming into the meet, after having been troubled by a nagging groin injury for many years, including the Paris Games. 'I feel sharper and quicker in my follow through. I have always been troubled by my groin injury in the last few years. I wasn't able to give my best because of that. This year, I am feeling good about myself and my throws. I am quite confident of bettering my Friday night's effort in the future competitions,' he said. Talking about Czech javelin legend Jan Zelezny, who has been working with the Indian since Nov last year, the 27-year-old said the coach had told him beforehand — 'today is the day to achieve 90m'. 'When I was having warm-up throws my coach said, 'Today is the day when you can throw 90m'. Even after my 90m throw, he told me 'You can throw 2-3m farther'. We are still working on some aspects of my throw. I am happy to have him by my side,' he added. Get IPL 2025 match schedules , squads , points table , and live scores for CSK , MI , RCB , KKR , SRH , LSG , DC , GT , PBKS , and RR . Check the latest IPL Orange Cap and Purple Cap standings.
CBS News
20-04-2025
- Entertainment
- CBS News
U of M dance team draws 4,500+ to Williams Arena for World Competition send-off
WCCO brought you exclusive coverage of the University of Minnesota dance team winning their 23rd national championship in January. Now, they've been selected to represent Team USA at the ICU World championships. It's a rare opportunity for the Gopher dance team to dance as the U.S. National Team. This the third time the program has had the opportunity to dance at this level, the last time being 2014. "Going to that next level and representing the United States is truly an honor," said Emily Jeffcoat, U of M dancer. "Getting to experience that and seeing dance from all over the world come to one place is something I'm so excited for," said Maddy Vercelli, U of M dancer. The U of M dance team put together and entirely new jazz routine for this world competition, one with more grit and intensity, that they performed in front of a crowd on Saturday at Williams Arena. They closed out the showcase send-off with their pom routine, which they will also be competing at Worlds. It is the same routine that won a national championship earlier this year, but they took it up a notch from what got them gold. "I would say it taught us a lot about how we can elevate more as athletes," said Jeffcoat. U of M Spirit Squad head coach and program director, Amanda Gaines, said she expected around 1,000 people to show up to watch them perform before leaving to compete, but to her surprise more than 4,500 tickets were sold. "It just shows that the Minnesota dance community continues to show up and support," said Gaines. These ticket sales benefit this team in a big way as a fundraiser for the program. "There are travel costs, costume costs, apparel costs, that come with that, so these ticket sales are really going to offset all the costs that come with representing the U.S. National team, so it takes that burden off of the athletes," said Gaines. It's a special moment for the dancers to get the recognition, and to see how much the support has grown over the years. After the performances, kids rushed the court for autographs and pictures with the U.S. National team members. "It's just gratitude fully. We're just grateful for all the support," said Vercelli. Part of performing for the dance community is also including them. The U of M dance team invited 20 local dance studios to show their routines as well. "They brought such a big audience, for not just them, but every single dancer, and it makes us feel more important and more seen," said Sophie Helgeson, dancer at Dance Arts Centre in Chanhassen. The U of M dance team leaves for Orlando, Florida in a few days to compete at the International Cheer Union (ICU) World Competition April 23-25.
Yahoo
29-03-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Alysa Liu wins World Figure Skating Championships, first U.S. woman to do so since 2006
Alysa Liu wins World Figure Skating Championships, first U.S. woman to do so since 2006 Alysa Liu became the first American woman to win the World Figure Skating Championships in 19 years on Friday night in Boston with a free skate in which she landed seven clean triple jumps. The free skate and her short program gave Liu a cumulative 222.97 points, which put her 4.99 points ahead of Japan's Kaori Sakamoto, who had won the past three World championships. Mone Chiba, also of Japan, finished third for bronze. Advertisement "I'm not going to lie, this an insane story," Liu said to NBC Sports. "I don't know how I came back to be world champion." Liu returned to competition after retiring in 2022. She became the youngest U.S. champion ever in 2019 as a 13-year-old. But after competing in the Beijing Winter Olympics and World championships, she walked away at 16 years old, saying figure skating felt like a job. Now 19 and a sophomore at UCLA, she will lead a United States contingent with Isabeau Levito and Amber Glenn that could compete for gold at the 2026 Milano Cortina Games. With the victory, Liu is the first U.S. women's singles skater since Kimmie Meissner in 2006 to win a World championship. She joins a group of U.S. female figure skaters that includes Tenley Albright, Carol Heiss, Peggy Fleming, Dorothy Hamill, Linda Fratianne, Elaine Zayak, Rosalynn Sumners, Jill Trenary, Kristi Yamaguchi, Michelle Kwan and Tara Lipinski. "Even [Wednesday], I didn't expect this,' she told reporters afterwards, via CNN. "I didn't have expectations coming in. I never have expectations coming into competitions anymore. It's more so what I can put out performance-wise and I really met my expectations on that part today." Advertisement The 2025 World Figure Skating Championships will conclude on Saturday with the ice dance and men's finals and the United States in position to win gold in both competitions. Americans Madison Chock and Evan Bates currently hold the lead are in position to win their third World title after a 90.18 score in the rhythm dance and lead Canada's Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier by 3.74 points going into Saturday's free dance competition. Ilia Malinin earned a 110.41 in the men's short program and holds a 3.32-point lead over Japan's Yuma Kagiyama before the free skate.
