SAAF Junior Athletics C'ships: Sharuk Khan and Jay Kumar win gold medals in men's 3000m and 400m races respectively - Highlights
Catch all the highlights of second-day action at the SAAF Junior Athletics Championships.
Jay Kumar (on left) is in action at the South Asian Junior Athletics Championships 2024.
Young Indian athletes continued their good showing at the 4th South Asian Athletics Championships in Chennai on Thursday.
The second day of the championships offered gold medals across ten different events which include the long jump, 400m, and 3000m races.
The Indian eyes were on Sharuk Khan and Jay Kumar, who had an excellent outing at the World U20 championships earlier this month in Lima, Peru.
As it happened:
Gold - Prathiksha Yamuna (IND) - 5.79m
Silver - Lakshanya S N (IND) - 5.75m
Bronze - H.R. Dhananjana (SRI) - 5.73m
Gold - Ritik (IND) - 55.64m
Silver - Raman - (IND) - 51.22m
Bronze - Cristiyan Dilruk Warnakulasuriya (SRI) - 39.24m
Gold - Neeru Pathak (IND) - 54.50s
Silver - Sandra Mol Sabu (IND) - 54.82s - PB
Bronze - Takshima Nuhansa K (SRI) - 55.27s - PB
Gold - Jay Kumar (IND) - 46.86s - Personal Best
Silver - Omel Shashintha Silva J (SRI) - 47.17s
Bronze - Abiram P (IND) - 47.49s
Gold - Prachi Ankush (IND) - 9:57.26
Silver -Shilpa Dihora (IND) - 10.04.23
Bronze - Dulanjana Pradeepani (SRI) - 10.39.39
Gold - Sharuk Khan (IND) - 8:26.06
Silver - Mohit Choudhary (IND) - 8.27.61
Bronze - Ajaya B K (NPL) - 9:08.91
Gold - Unnathi Aiyappa (IND) - 13.93s
Silver - Sabita Toppo (IND) - 13.96s - PB
Bronze - Miyuni Sidasna Gunathilaka (SRI) - 15.32s - PB
Gold - Anisha (IND) - 49.91m - PB
Silver - Amanat Kamboj (IND) - 48.38m
Bronze - Gauranganie Savindhaya (Sri) - 37.95m
Gold - Jithin Arjunan R C (IND) - 7.61m - PB
Silver - Mohd Atta Sazid (IND) - 7.43m
Bronze - Thevindu Sandil Duwage (Sri) - 7.22m
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