Inter-State Athletics C'ships 2026 Day-2 Live: Animesh Kujur, Jyothi Yarraji in action - Blog, Updates
Catch all the live updates from the second day of action at the Inter-State Athletics C'ships 2026 on Thursday.
Animesh Kujur, Jyothi Yarraji to be in action on second day of Inter State C'ships 2026.
Inter-State Athletics C'ships Day-2 Live: Elite Indian athletes will continue their pursuit of the Asian Games quota spots on the second day of Inter-State Athletics C'ships in Odisha on Thursday.
Indian national record holders Animesh Kujur and Mohammad Afsal P will be in action in the men's 200m and 800m finals, while Jyothi Yarraji will compete in women's 200m.
Krishna Jayashankar and Manpreet Kaur, in Women's Shot Put and Baranica Elongovan in women's pole vault, will also fight for their Asiad qualification.
Catch all the live updates here:
He clocked 20.87s in heat 1 of the men's 200m despite slowing down in the last 20 metres and qualified for the final.
She wins the third heat and has now booked a spot for the final, which is expected to be a close affair as there were multiple sub-24s runners in the heats.
She won heat 2 with a time of 20.65s to breach the mark of 23.70s and qualify for the final.
She finished second in heat-1 behind Prakruthi Roopa (23.78s) but has booked her spot for the final.
National Record holder Baranica Elangovan will be the one to watch out for in this 11-player women's pole vault finals field.
Here is the startlist:
Here is the schedule:
4:45 PM - Women's Pole Vault (Asian Games QM - 4.10m)
6:20 PM - Men's Discus Throw (Asian Games QM - 60.13m)
6:30 PM - Women's Shot Put (Asian Games QM - 16.25m)
6:40 PM - Women's 800m (Asian Games QM - 2:05.21s)
6:50 PM - Men's 800m (Asian Games QM - 1:48.80s)
7:05 PM - Men's Decathlon (Asian Games QM - 7250 Points)
7:20 PM - Women's 200m (Asian Games QM - 23.70s)
7:30 PM - Men's 200m (Asian Games QM - 20.88s)
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