Athletics
World U20 C'ships: Basant wins high jump silver; Shahnavaz bags long jump bronze
This was India's first-ever medal in both the men's high jump and long jump events at this competition.
Indian jumpers added two more medals on the fourth day of the World U20 Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon, USA, on Saturday.
Basant clinched India's first-ever high jump medal with a silver, while Shahnavaz Khan bagged a bronze to become the first male long jumper to win a medal at this competition.
Basant matched his personal best of 2.21m on his second attempt to take the second position in the final, behind Younes Ayachi of Algeria (2.21m) on the countback.
Meanwhile, Shahnavaz couldn't find his best form, but he jumped 7.84 m on his third attempt to confirm a top 3 finish in Eugene, behind Daniele Inzoli (ITA) and Mason McGroder (AUS).
These two medals, followed by Ashish Yadav's silver in the javelin throw on Friday, took India's medal tally to three - 2 Silver and a Bronze in Eugene.
Earlier in the day, the Indian women's 4x400m relay team advanced to the final after a third-place finish in heat 1 of the qualifying round.
The quartet of Bhoomika Nehate, Tahura Khatun, Tanu Chaudhary and Thiya Arumugam clocked 3:39.53s to pip Slovakia for a 3rd place finish in heat 1.
Tanu was the standout performer for India, recording India's only sub-54s split on the third leg to push the team from fifth into contention for the top 3.
Meanwhile, the former Asian U20 record holder clocked 19:32.30s in the final to finish 6th and miss out on a podium finish at the World U20 C'ships 2026.
He was in the top three after 3,000m but was unable to maintain his position over the final 2,000m, and later on, a 30-second penalty was added to his time for multiple technical fouls.