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The Indian legend said she competed 'in the wrong era', praising Prime Minister Narendra Modi's eagerness for promoting and transforming sports in the country.
The Mission Olympic Cell also approved the proposal of judoka Linthoi Chanambam towards foreign training-cum-competitions in Georgia and Poland.
Eldhose Paul finished sixth in Group A qualification round and 12th overall to make the cut.
The Ethiopian set a new championship record with his gold-medal performance.
Kerley timed his dip perfectly to clock 9.86 seconds as Marvin Bracy took silver and Trayvon Bromell bronze, both with 9.88 seconds, but Bracy edged it by two-thousandths of a second.
A medal in the final would have made Sreeshankar the first Indian man to bag one at World Athletics Championships.
The award was a recongnition for her efforts in advancing the sport in India as well as inspiring more women to follow in her footsteps.
The 17-year-old long jumper from Jhansi in Uttar Pradesh is a trainee of one of India's finest athletes, Anju and her husband Robert Bobby George.
Amit Khatri secured a silver medal in 10m race walk event to join the 4X400m mixed relay team (bronze) on the podium.
Miffed, fans ridiculed the tweet and said Das was in Finland to showcase her talent in athletics and not her expertise in English.
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