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Pakora wrote:
Seriously, for such a massively populated country, why does India only really care about cricket?
I can't think of any Indian sports stars and they've absolutely no impact in track and field.
I know it's a poor country but this hadn't stopped many other poor countries from excelling in sport.
They play cricket, actually it is an official religion. Hockey is also a popular sport too. Tennis is growing in popularity.
Actually we have India to blame for Semenya, Niyonsaba and Wambui, for they protested about some supposedly high testosterone "woman" sprinter. If they had even less influence on t&f it would have been better for everyone.
crosscounts wrote:
Bad Wigins wrote:Long history of civilization means gene pool adapted for sedentary and intellectual life.
Where's all the great athletes from Egypt? Iraq? Greece?
Top athletes hail from the homes of strong and hardy barbarians.
This sort of makes sense though I'm not sure I believe it.
Counterpoint: China
Vast rural areas, long history of barbarian incursions providing fresh blood, e.g. Mongols. Also focus attention on olympic sports, not great at major sports like soccer.
India must be an awful place to train for distance running, between the crowded cities, hazardous roads, the heat and humidity, and smog. There are hobbyjoggers, but the only good way to get a workout in is doing loops around a small park at 6 AM.
Seriously, for such a massively populated country, why does India only really care about cricket?
I can't think of any Indian sports stars and they've absolutely no impact in track and field.
I know it's a poor country but this hadn't stopped many other poor countries from excelling in sport.
By the 2024 Oympics, India will be a athletics powerhouse. They've got a massive program going to train their Afro-Indian population.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ped-uIlw_24There's a very large population playing cricket when you factor in that India has 1.3 billion people and Pakistan around 200 million. 1.5 billion is already five times the population of the United States, the only major nation that plays (American) football. But the answer is that India is the worst country overall in sport and it is not merely because of poverty (there is a middle class larger than the United States) but mainly because there is no sports culture outside of cricket and field hockey.
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List of Indian records in athletics
The following are the national records in athletics in India maintained by Athletics Federation of India (AFI).
Outdoor Edit
Key to tables: Awaiting ratification Record not kept by AFI Disqualified
+ = en route to a longer distance
ht = hand timing
A = affected by altitude
# = not ratified by federation
X = unratified due to no doping control
Men Edit
Event Record Athlete Date Meet Place Ref
100 m 10.26 (+1.2 m/s) Amiya Kumar Mallick 28 April 2016 National Federation Cup India New Delhi, India [1]
10.21 X Anil Kumar Prakash 5 July 2000 India Bangalore, India
200 m 20.45 (+1.0 m/s) Dharambir Singh 11 July 2016 3rd Indian Grand Prix India Bangalore, India [2]
400 m 45.32 Mohammad Anas 15 May 2017 Indian Grand Prix India Delhi, India [3]
800 m 1:45.77 Sriram Singh 27 July 1976 Olympic Games Canada Montreal, Canada
1500 m 3:38.00 Bahadur Prasad 23 December 1995 India Chennai, India
3000 m 7:50.31 Surendra Singh 4 June 2008 United Kingdom Twickenham, United Kingdom [4]
5000 m 13:29.70 Bahadur Prasad 25 June 1992 United Kingdom Birmingham, United Kingdom
10000 m 28:02.89 Surendra Singh 12 July 2008 Spanish Olympic Trials Spain Vigo, Spain [5]
10 km (road) 29:43 Aswale Kashinath 30 November 2008 India Hyderabad, India
Half marathon 1:04:00 Deep Chand 1 November 2009 India New Delhi, India
Marathon 2:12:00 Shivnath Singh 28 May 1978 India Jalandhar, India
110 m hurdles 13.48 (-0.9 m/s) Siddhanth Thingalaya 10 June 2017 Altis Invitational United States Mesa, United States [6]
400 m hurdles 49.51 Joseph Abraham 26 August 2007 World Championships Japan Osaka, Japan [7]
3000 m steeplechase 8:30.88 Gopal Saini 5 June 1981 Asian Championships Japan Tokyo, Japan
High jump 2.26 m Tejaswin Shankar 10 November 2016 Junior National Championships India Coimbatore, India [8]
Pole vault 5.13 m K. P. Bimin 23 August 2012 78th Railways Championships India Jabalpur, India [9]
Long jump 8.19 m (+0.1 m/s) Ankit Sharma 26 June 2016 26th G. Kosanov Memorial Kazakhstan Almaty, Kazakhstan [10]
Triple jump 17.30 m (+1.8 m/s) Renjith Maheswary 11 July 2016 3rd Indian Grand Prix India Bangalore, India [2]
Shot put 20.69 m Om Prakash Karhana 12 May 2012 SU-DI-KA Cub Hungary Szombathely, Hungary [11]
Discus throw 66.28 m Vikas Gowda 12 April 2012 Old Style Discus Challenge United States Norman, United States [12]
Hammer throw 70.73 m Neeraj Kumar 29 June 2016 56th National Interstate Championships India Hyderabad, India [13]
72.86 m # Kamalpreet Singh 22 May 2015 Tucson Elite Classic United States Tucson, United States [14]
Javelin throw 86.48 m Neeraj Chopra 23 July 2016 World Junior Championships Poland Bydgoszcz, Poland [15]
Decathlon 7658 pts Bharatinder Singh 11–12 June 2011 Indian Inter-State Championships India Bangalore, India [16]
10.83 (100 m), 7.45 m (long jump), 14.67 m (shot put), 1.95 m (high jump), 49.83 (400 m) /
15.27 (110 m hurdles), 48.71 m (discus), 4.00 m (pole vault), 62.85 m (javelin), 5:24.18 (1500 m)
10 km (road) 40:18+ Gurmeet Singh 20 March 2016 Asian Race Walking Championships Japan Nomi, Japan [17]
15 km (road) 1:00:22+ Manish Singh Rawat 20 March 2016 Asian Race Walking Championships Japan Nomi, Japan [18]
20000 m walk (track) 1:20.22.52 Gurmeet Singh 3 February 2012 77th All-India Railway Championships India Bhubaneswar, India [19]
20 km walk (road) 1:20.21 Irfan Kolothum Thodi 4 August 2012 Olympic Games United Kingdom London, Great Britain [20]
Devender Singh 20 March 2016 Asian Race Walking Championships Japan Nomi, Japan [21]
30 km walk (road) 2:19:09+ Surendra Singh 3 May 2014 IAAF World Race Walking Cup China Taicang, China [22]
50 km walk (road) 3:55:59.5 Sandeep Kumar 18 February 2017 Indian Racewalking Championships India New Delhi, India [23]
4 × 100 m relay 38.89 India
Rahamatulla Molla
Suresh Sathya
Shameer Mon
A. Qureshi 12 October 2010 Commonwealth Games India New Delhi, India [24][25]
4 × 400 m relay 3:00.91 India
Kunhu Muhammed
Mohammad Anas
Ayyasamy Dharun
Arokia Rajiv 10 July 2016 3rd Indian Grand Prix India Bangalore, India [26]
Women Edit
Event Record Athlete Date Meet Place Ref
100 m 11.24 (+1.2 m/s) Dutee Chand 25 June 2016 26th G. Kosanov Memorial Kazakhstan Almaty, Kazakhstan [27]
200 m 22.82 (+0.8 m/s) Saraswati Saha 28 August 2002 National Athletics Circuit Meet India Ludhiana, India [28]
400 m 51.05 Manjit Kaur 16 June 2004 India Chennai, India
800 m 1:59.17 Tintu Luka 4 September 2010 Continental Cup Croatia Split, Croatia [29]
1500 m 4:06.03 Sunita Rani 10 October 2002 Asian Games South Korea Busan, South Korea
3000 m 9:04.5 (ht) Suriya Loganathan 24 April 2016 India New Delhi, India [30]
5000 m 15:15.89 Preeja Sreedharan 26 November 2010 Asian Games China Guangzhou, China [31]
10000 m 31:50.47 Preeja Sreedharan 21 November 2010 Asian Games China Guangzhou, China [32][33]
10 km (road) 34:32 Kavita Raut 31 May 2009 India Bangalore, India
Half marathon 1:10:52 Lalita Babar 29 November 2015 Delhi Half Marathon India New Delhi, India [34]
25 km (road) 1:27:41 Lalita Babar 20 December 2015 India Kolkata, India
30 km (road) 1:50:07+ O. P. Jaisha 30 August 2015 World Championships China Beijing, China [35]
Marathon 2:34:43 O. P. Jaisha 30 August 2015 World Championships China Beijing, China [36][37]
100 m hurdles 13.38 (-0.7 m/s) Anuradha Biswal 26 August 2002 India New Delhi, India
13.38 (+0.4 m/s) 8 September 2002
400 m hurdles 55.42 P. T. Usha 8 August 1984 Olympic Games United States Los Angeles, United States
3000 m steeplechase 9:19.76 Lalita Babar 13 August 2016 Olympic Games Brazil Rio de Janeiro, Brazil [38]
High jump 1.92 m Sahana Kumari 23 June 2012 National Inter-State Championships India Hyderabad, India [39]
Pole vault 4.15 m V. S. Surekha 4 November 2014 National Open Championships India New Delhi, India [40]
Long jump 6.83 m (+1.2 m/s) Anju Bobby George 27 August 2004 Olympic Games Greece Athens, Greece [41]
Triple jump 14.11 m (+0.9 m/s) Mayookha Johny 9 July 2011 Asian Championships Japan Kobe, Japan [42]
Shot put 18.86 m Manpreet Kaur 24 April 2017 Asian Grand Prix China Jinhua, China [43]
Discus throw 64.84 m # Seema Antil 8 August 2004 Ukraine Kiev, Ukraine
64.76 m Krishna Poonia 8 May 2012 Altius Track Crew Throwdown Maui, United States [44]
Hammer throw 65.25 m Sarita Singh 1 June 2017 21st Federation Cup National Championships Patiala, India [45]
Javelin throw 60.01 m Annu Rani 29 September 2016 National Championship Lucknow, India [46]
Heptathlon 6211 pts Javur Jagadeeshappa Shobha 16–17 March 2004 New Delhi, India
13.71 (100 m hurdles), 1.69 m (high jump), 12.52 m (shot put), 23.53 (200 m) / 6.50 m (long jump), 44.16 m (javelin), 2:16.40 (800 m)
10000 m walk (track) 45:42.4 (ht) Gaurav Kumari 13 March 2012 Police Championships New Delhi, India
10 km walk (road) 44:42+ Khushbir Kaur 3 May 2014 IAAF World Race Walking Cup Taicang, China [47]
15 km walk (road) 1:07:56+ Khushbir Kaur 3 May 2014 IAAF World Race Walking Cup Taicang, China [47]
20000 m walk (track) 1:40:35.70 Sapna Punia 11 February 2015 National Games Thiruvananthapuram, India [48]
20 km walk (road) 1:31:40 Khushbir Kaur 3 May 2014 IAAF World Race Walking Cup Taicang, China [49]
4 × 100 m relay 43.42 India
Merlyn Joseph
H M Jyoti
Srabani Nanda
Dutee Chand 4 July 2016 Kazakhstani Championships Almaty, Kazakhstan [50]
4 × 400 m relay 3:26.89 India
Chitra K. Soman
Rajwinder Kaur
K. M. Beenamol
Manjit Kaur 27 August 2004 Olympic Games Athens, Greece [51]
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Everything I've seen about India suggests that its just not set up in any way to be successful for athletics. No HS programs to select talent, no coaching infrastructure, no decent training facilities, crowded and polluted, dangerous roads and probably most importantly, no interest in athletics.
I had an Indian friend who couldnt understand why I ran. His mentality (and apparently those of his countrymen) was, that his entire aim in going to school, college and then landing a decent job was NOT to sweat.
Supposedly their origins are from their but I doubt they are from the rural hills.
MyKey wrote:
Seriously, for such a massively populated country, why does India only really care about cricket?I can't think of any Indian sports stars and they've absolutely no impact in track and field.
I know it's a poor country but this hadn't stopped many other poor countries from excelling in sport.
By the 2024 Oympics, India will be a athletics powerhouse. They've got a massive program going to train their Afro-Indian population.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ped-uIlw_24
El Keniano wrote:
And cricket is played seriously in only about ten countries. That's still better than American sports like NFL football and baseball. If I recall, American Football is only played in the United States, and nowhere else.
Wrong. People in England seem to like American Football.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_American_football_teams_in_the_United_Kingdomhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NFL_International_SeriesFlounder wrote:
Wrong. People in England seem to like American Football.
England is way down in the international list. The best countries outside the USA are Japan, Germany and Mexico.
Japan is the only country ever to have beaten the USA in the IFAF world championship. USA plays with a handicap, typically offseason post-collegians not headed for the pros, but beating them was still impressive.
Thank you. I just did a 2 second search.
LOL. And I suppose you think the World Series is a real global championship too.
You mentioned American football and once proved wrong you are changing to baseball. Maybe you should watch the little league World Series.
You have proved yourself to be a very ignorant person. So please continue to post and prove it for our enjoyment.
Try Zimbabwe and other countries like that. They have no chance at all because of sicknesses and poverty. The shame is that no one cares.
Flounder wrote:
You mentioned American football and once proved wrong you are changing to baseball. Maybe you should watch the little league World Series.
Sorry Flounder but the little league World Series is the most annoying thing in the this life bar Ana Navarro. Seriously, I'll be watching a tennis final somewhere (probably Toronto) between Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic, at an epic skill level then suddenly it finishes and on comes the little league World Series. It's like Master Chef Junior. 😲
Add Sim Bhullar and The Great Khali...
i think pakistan is worse
we only have cricket too. but out athletics records are worse than indias. like our 10k record is 30mins for men.(atleast on the wiki page). this year the winner in national games had a time like 34ish mins
but yeah its mostly due to the culture. people are pretty lazy and not motivated to play sports. i mean 90 percent of the schools in my country dont even have grounds. just a dusty pitch with some swings. and these are expensive private schools.
What a joke. There is so much bigotry and casteism in India that there is not a hope in hell this is ever going to happen.
MyKey wrote:
By the 2024 Oympics, India will be a athletics powerhouse. They've got a massive program going to train their Afro-Indian population.
India with the massive population is pathetic. Thay are maybe the worst per capita team on earth
Tommy2Nuttz wrote:
What a joke. There is so much bigotry and casteism in India that there is not a hope in hell this is ever going to happen.
MyKey wrote:By the 2024 Oympics, India will be a athletics powerhouse. They've got a massive program going to train their Afro-Indian population.