Athletics
National Inter-State Athletics: Sarvesh Kushare, Tajinderpal win gold - Highlights
Get all the highlights of the third day of ongoing Senior National Inter-State Athletics Championships.
Jeswin Aldrin in action (Getty)
National Inter-State Athletics: Day 3 of the National Inter-State Athletics has concluded in Panchkula. The day witnessed an outstanding performance from Sarvesh Kushare, who jumped a new meet record and season-best of 2.25m, consolidating his position on the road to Paris. Tejaswin Shankar won the silver medal but missed the Olympic cutoff.
Tajinderpal Singh Toor clinched the gold medal by throwing 19.93m, keeping him well-positioned in the Olympic quota. Avinash Sable and Parul Chaudhary clinched the gold medals in the steeplechase.
In the men's long jump, Arya S of Karnataka won the gold medal with a 7.78m effort, while national record holder Jeswin Aldrin could only manage 7.75m.Aravinth E claimed the bronze with 7.73m, pushing former national champion Muhammed Anees Yahiya (7.64m) out of the podium spots.
The National Inter-State Senior Athletics Championships conclude on Sunday.
As it happened:
Live Updates
- 29 Jun 2024 1:25 PM GMT
Men's 200m semi-finals
Animesh Kujur of Odisha wins the 2nd semi-finals with a time of 21.10s.
- 29 Jun 2024 1:17 PM GMT
Men's 200m semi-finals
N Srinivas of Andhra Pradesh wins the first semi-finals with a time of 20.96 seconds
- 29 Jun 2024 1:12 PM GMT
Live Now: Men's 200m semi-finals
The Olympic Qualification for this event is set at 20.16s. This will be the last chance for the athletes to qualify for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
- 29 Jun 2024 1:10 PM GMT
Live Now: Women's 200m Semi-Finals
The Olympic Qualification mark is set at 22.57 seconds.
Neeru Pathak from Delhi won the third semi-final with a time of 24.19 seconds
- 29 Jun 2024 12:57 PM GMT
Live now: Men's High Jump Finals
The Olympic Qualification mark is set at 2.33m
Tejaswin Shankar from Delhi currently holds the national record in this event with a height of 2.29 meters and is aiming to surpass this mark in Panchkula.
- 29 Jun 2024 12:38 PM GMT
Live now: Men's Hammer Throw Finals
The Olympic qualification mark is set at 78.2m
Neeraj Kumar holds the national record in his event with a throw of 70.73 meters in 2016.
- 29 Jun 2024 12:18 PM GMT
Live Now: Men's Pole Vault
The Olympic Qualification mark for this event is set at 5.82m
The current National record in Men's Pole Vault is held by S Siva with 5.31m
- 29 Jun 2024 11:56 AM GMT
Catch the highlights of Day 2
Here is everything you need to know about what happened on Day 2 of the Inter-State Championships.
