Athletics
National Junior Athletics C'ships: Medley relays spice up day 4
Karnataka won the boys U16 and Men’s U18 Medley relay races on Tuesday.
In the Women’s U18 1,000m race, the top-three finishers broke the existing national record. (Photo Credit: AFI YouTube)
The 34th National Junior Athletics Championships continued at the Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar in Odisha on Tuesday.
In the Women’s U18 1,000m race, the top-three finishers broke the existing national record with Haryana’s Sanjana Singh winning gold and setting a new national mark by clocking 2:46.45s.
Similarly, the 600m national record in the girls U16 category was also broken by four athletes with Tamil Nadu’s Edwina Jason eventually setting a new national mark of 1:33.26s. Haryana’s Tannu and Uttar Pradesh’s Nandani Rajbhar settled for silver and bronze respectively.
New national records were also created in the boys U14 kids javelin throw category by Bhiky Barman (60.65m) and in the girls U14 kids javelin throw category by Minakshi of Haryana (46.81m).
Karnataka picked up gold in the men’s U18 1,000m sprint medley race clocking 1:54.55s. In the women’s U18 1,000m sprint medley race, Tamil Nadu clocked 2:12.80s to pick up gold ahead of Haryana and Maharashtra.
Karnataka picked up yet another gold in the boys U16 1,000m sprint medley race with a timing of 2:00.35s.
The final day of the championship will play out on Wednesday.
The results from Day 4
Men’s U18 1,000m sprint medley: 1. Karnataka (1:54.55s) 2. Rajasthan 3. Haryana
Women’s U18 1,000m sprint medley: 1. Tamil Nadu (2:12.80s) 2. Haryana 3. Maharashtra
Boys U16 1,000m sprint medley: 1. Karnataka (2:00.35s) 2. Delhi 3. Maharashtra
Girls U16 1,000m sprint medley: 1. Haryana (2:15.47s) 2. Maharashtra 3. Tamil Nadu
Boys U18 Heptathlon: 1. Royshan P 2. Abhay Singh 3. Abhinav Sreeram
Women’s U18 1,000m: 1. Sanjana Singh (NNR) 2. Janhavi Hirudkar 3. Muskan
Women’s U20 Shot Put: 1. Jaskanwal Kaur 2. Antima Mishra 3. Bharati Saini
Boys U16 600m: 1. Suraj Singh 2. Ayush Pranjal 3. Ani Salbam
Girls U16 600m: 1. Edwina Jason (NNR) 2. Tannu 3. Nandini Rajbhar
Women’s U18 Javelin Throw: 1. Bhavya P 2. Poonam 3. Navpreet Kaur
Men’s U18 1,000m: 1. Mogali V 2. Prince 3. MD Sarwar
Boys U14 Kids Javelin Throw: 1. Bhiky Barman (NNR) 2. Vijaraj 3. Rikangku Sangma
Girls U14 Kids Javelin Throw: 1. Minakshi (NNR) 2. Rahi Chavan 3. Anushri Biswas
Men’s U20 5,000m: 1. Vinod Singh (NMR) 2. Gaurav B 3. Vivek Chand
