Olympian, Athletics Moscow 1980 Arjuna Awardee Vice President -World Athletics Advisor -Athletics Federation of India Treasurer - Olympians Association of India
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Dr. Adille. J. Sumariwalla. OLY retweeted
🚨 MEET RECORD! JISHNU PRASAD P K WINS THE MEN’S 200m AT THE 65th NATIONAL OPEN ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS! ⚡🔥
🥇 Jishnu Prasad P K (All India Police): 20.62 MR
🥈 Abhin Devadiga (Railway Sports): 20.91
🥉 Adesh Garsa (Rajasthan): 20.96
Tamil Arasu S (Railway Sports): 20.97
Abhay Singh (SSCB): 21.26
Aryan Kadam (Maharashtra): 21.44
Ajay Khade (Maharashtra): 21.45
Himanshu (SSCB): 21.46
Wind: +0.5 m/s
Jishnu breaks B. Nithin’s 20.66 from 2024 and wins by 0.29s 💪
🔴 LIVE ➡️ youtube.com/live/HS44TcbFXHs
🏅 Results ➡️ indianathletics.in/65th-nati…
📊 Medal standings ➡️ indianathletics.in/65th-nati…
#NationalOpen2026 #IndianAthletics #Athletics
Dr. Adille. J. Sumariwalla. OLY retweeted
The Hockey club is today run by some of us former players & we try our best to give young kids, especially girls, the opportunity to play 🏑. Most kids come from very poor families and it is gives so much belief to the kids when a hero like Suraj Karkera returns to his roots.
So happy to see Mumbai lad Suraj Karkera, Indian 🏑GK &🥇from #AsianGames2026, go to his home turf ground in Mumbai & inspire kids from our Republicans Sports Club that has produced multiple 🏑Olympians like Gavin Ferreira, Jude Menezes, Adrian Dsouza, Devinder Valmiki & myself
Dr. Adille. J. Sumariwalla. OLY retweeted
What an outstanding performance by Indian Athletics at the Asian Games!
1 Gold | 9 Silver | 14 Bronze - 24 medals
• 5 National Records
• 11 Personal Bests
• 3 Season Bests
• 28% of India’s total medals came from Athletics
And beyond the podium - 9 fourth-place, 8 fifth-place and 6 sixth-place finishes.
Since January 2026, our athletes have broken 33 National Records.
There is always room to improve and miles to go, but Indian Athletics continues to rise, becoming stronger, deeper and more competitive - and contributing significantly towards India’s emergence as a global sporting nation.
Proud of our athletes, coaches and the entire athletics fraternity. Well Done once again.
@afiindia @IndiaSports @Media_SAI @WeAreTeamIndia
Dr. Adille. J. Sumariwalla. OLY retweeted
Top non medal #IndianAthletics performances at #AsianGames2026 as per me (in no particular order)
Women -
Ankita's big PB of 9:19.24 in 3000m SC
Seema's PB of 59.88m in Discuss Throw
Anu Raghavan's PB of 55.84 in 400m hurdles
Asha Ilango's 13.83m jump in Triple Jump
Well done
Dr. Adille. J. Sumariwalla. OLY retweeted
The Stars are back home! 🏅🇮🇳
A warm welcome to the champions who made India proud on the biggest stage. 🙌
#IndianAthletics #AsianGames2026 #TeamIndia #AFI
Dr. Adille. J. Sumariwalla. OLY retweeted
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These are the four superwomen who’ve just won the women’s 4*400m relay GOLD at the Asian Games. 🥇🇮🇳
And what does one say about the new superstar of Indian women’s athletics, Vithya Ramraj!
At the Asian level, that anchor leg was simply beyond compare. What a run.
Kudos to the girls. What a fabulous victory.
Jai Hind! 🇮🇳
Dr. Adille. J. Sumariwalla. OLY retweeted
Congratulations Prachi .You have made the entire nation proud 🙌
Dr. Adille. J. Sumariwalla. OLY retweeted
Then what does he mean by official ? Muck raking reportage . Who told him that no one expected a medal. Missing the flag was the error. Rest of it is creative writing by @jon_selvaraj . When people of adille and anju bobby George's calibre have clarified a correction is warranted
Dr. Adille. J. Sumariwalla. OLY retweeted
Rest of the story though is a good read . Needless baiting with the tweet and headline.
Dr. Adille. J. Sumariwalla. OLY retweeted
Are coaches and support staff not official enough? There were other events on at the same time and every athlete had the needed support. To say that officials did not expect a podium finish In Marathon does not reflect the truth.
Dr. Adille. J. Sumariwalla. OLY retweeted
🚨 Exclusive and breaking – Adille Sumariwalla, in an interview with RevSportz, speaks about Sawan Barwal’s historic silver, the ‘utter nonsense’ about lack of support, and India’s athletics medal hopes in Nagoya.
@BoriaMajumdar @Adille1 @AsianGames_2026
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Dr. Adille. J. Sumariwalla. OLY retweeted
You're usually on point Jonathan, but we should ask ourselves - do other countries have such practices? I don't see officials of other countries doing it. I think we need to leave the atheletes to present themselves. They're professional and capable.
I respect our media friends but expect them to be the fair to the team. We back our athletes all the way. Coaches Scott Simmons, Ronald Gerd Weigel, Younis and Ajit, recovery expert Asanha de Silva, physios Mayur Thakkar and Ishaan Marwaha and masseur Rengith Gopi were all there.
Sawan Barwal didn't have a flag to hold after winning 🥈 in the men's marathon- first medal for 🇮🇳 in nearly half a century- at the Asia's Games in Nagoya. No official showed up on race morning since no one believed he had a chance to make history. sportstar.thehindu.com/asian…
Dr. Adille. J. Sumariwalla. OLY retweeted
I feel that Weightlifting Chief Coach Vijay Sharma is the one of the best technical coaches in 🇮🇳 across all Indian Sports
He understands small technical changes that need to be made in training, periodisation, tapering, peaking & importantly, the mindset of an elite athlete
Dr. Adille. J. Sumariwalla. OLY retweeted
Three medals for India from the men's Air Rifle competition in the Asian Games. In the brave quest for gold towards the end of the final, Rudranksh Patil let go of his grip on silver. His 9.7 on the 21st shot is perhaps a result of an adrenaline rush rather than pressure.
Dr. Adille. J. Sumariwalla. OLY retweeted
It would be such a path breaking moment to have an Indian at the helm of one of the most important World Sports Bodies. @Adille1 is most deserving and needs all our support.
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Dr. Adille. J. Sumariwalla. OLY retweeted
My colleague @kannandelhi & I thought we will do our bit by penning a book, Maverick Jaspal. IOA President PT Usha went one better by announcing the Jaspal Rana Trophy for best female athlete & the Raja Randhir Singh Trophy for the best male athlete in the Asian Games. #Gratitude
