Athletics
National Junior Athletics C'ships: Amanat Kamboj wins gold medal in U18 discus throw-Highlights
Catch all the Highlights of the first day of the National Junior Athletics Championships in Bhuvneshwar.
Abhinaya Rajarajan and Mruty Dondapti in action at the 2024 National Junior Athletics Championships. (File Photo)
The young sprinters Abhinaya Rajarajan and Mruty Dondapati were in action on the first day of the National Junior Championships in Bhubaneswar, Odisha on Saturday.
The first day of the event had 12 finals across all the age categories (U14, U16, U18, U20), starting from 4:30 PM IST.
As it happened:
Live Updates
- 7 Dec 2024 3:00 PM GMT
Maharashtra wins the U20 4*400 Mixed relay race, clocking 3:31.11
Gold - Maharashtra - 3:31.11
Silver - Haryana - 3:33.02
Bronze - Tamil Nadu - 3:33.90
- 7 Dec 2024 2:25 PM GMT
Sakir wins the gold medal in men's U20 1500m event, clocking 3:52.76
Gold - Sakir - Haryana - 3:52.76
Silver - Ritik Deol - Uttar Pradesh - 3:54.44
Bronze - Neeraj Sharma - Haryana - 3:54.47
- 7 Dec 2024 2:15 PM GMT
Vineeta Gurjar wins the gold medal in U20 women's 1500m event
Vineeta clocked a personal best timing of 4:29.26 to clinch the gold medal for Uttar Pradesh.
Gold - Vineeta Gurjar - Uttar Pradesh - 4:29.26
Silver - Chanchal Jakhad - Haryana - 4:29.36
Bronze - Manju Choudhari - Rajasthan - 4:29.37
- 7 Dec 2024 1:15 PM GMT
Amanat Kamboj wins the gold medal in women's discus throw of u18 category
Amanat breaks the 12-year-old meet record to clinch the gold medal for Punjab
Gold - Amanat Kamboj - Punjab - 52.89m
Silver - Riddhi - Haryana - 48.80m
Bronze - Supriya Attri - Uttar Pradesh - 46.57
- 7 Dec 2024 1:05 PM GMT
Kedharnadh KS of Kerala topped the qualification round of Boys U16 High Jump
Kedharnadh jumped to the height of 1.71m to book his spot in the final. Zubin Gohaian of Asaam also cleared the 1.71m mark but on the third attempt after missing the first two attempts on 1.68m.
- 7 Dec 2024 10:50 AM GMT
Up Next: - Women U18 Discus Throw final at 4:30 PM IST
There are 18 entries in the final of women's U18 Discus Throw final which includes experienced players like Amanat Kamboj.
- 7 Dec 2024 10:35 AM GMT
Dev Raj of Bihar broke the National U16 record of the men's shot put event
Dev's best throw of 15.43m breaks the national U16 shot put record to finish the qualification round on the top of the standings.
- 7 Dec 2024 10:30 AM GMT
Prachi Devkar wins the gold medal in women's 5,000m in the U20 category
Prachi clocked a timing of 17:22.79 to clinch the first gold medal for Maharashtra at this competition.
Gold- Prachi Devkar - Maharashtra - 17:22.79
Silver- Sonam Parmar - Madhya Pradesh - 17:25.70
Bronze- Neeta Rani - Uttar Pradesh - 17:27.47
