National Junior Athletics C’ships 2024: Rohan Yadav wins javelin gold on final day

The final day of the 39th National Junior Athletics Championships 2024 put forth as many of 17 finals at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar, Odisha on Friday.

All eyes were on Dipanshu Sharma and Rohan Yadav, who had won gold and silver in the Javelin Throw at U20 Asian Athletics Championships.

Tonight, however, Rohan Yadav finished first with a throw of 69.73m, even as Dipanshu Sharma managed just 68.89m.

In the men’s and women’s U20 4x400m relay races, Tamil Nadu took top honours.

Tamil Nadu picked up gold by clocking 3:13.53s in the men’s U20 4x400m relay, followed by Kerala and Bihar.

Meanwhile, in the women’s U20 4x400m relay, the quartet from Tamil Nadu clocked 3:41.01s to pick up gold, while Delhi and Kerala completed the podium.

In other results, Sumit Rathee clocked a new meet record to bag gold in men’s U20 3,000m steeplechase with a timing of 8:45.75s.

Full results:

Women’s u20 yrs Javelin throw: Deepika (52.45m), Jyothi, Arpitha Sahoo

Women’s u20 yrs Triple jump: Rishika Awasthi (12.37m), Divyasri, Monika

Men’s u20 yrs 400m hurdles: Arjun Pradeep (51.75s), Murad Simran, Bhushan Patil

Men’s u18 yrs shot put: Ommkar Nanda (19.96m), Nishchay, Akhand Singh

Men’s u20 yrs triple jump: Mohammed Muhassin (15.78m), Vivek Ggupta, Kothuri

Women’s u20 yrs 400m hurdles: Shreevarthani S K (1:00.61), Himanshi, Asha

Men’s u20 yrs Javelin throw: Rohan Yadav (69.73m), Dipanshu Sharma, Himanshu Mishra

Women’s u20 yrs 800m run: Laxmipriya Kisan (2:14.44s), Vaishnavi Rawal, Vineeta Gurjar.