Bhubaneswar:
Maharashtra’s Asian silver medalist, Abha Khatua, hogged the limelight on the second day of the 27th Nationwide Federation Senior Athletics Competitors right here on Monday at Bhubaneswar’s Kalinga Stadium. The 28 years outdated improved girls’s shot put report to 18.41m.
The skilled thrower began her Olympic 12 months with a throw of 17.56m in March in Patiala. On Monday she bettered the nationwide report of 18.06m in her fifth try (18.41m).
“I’ve three extra home competitions in coming weeks. I ought to have the ability to additional enhance my efficiency,” she mentioned after successful gold with a nationwide report in shot put.
Away from the throwing circle, focus was on Odisha’s promising sprinter Animesh Kujur as he narrowly missed the nationwide report within the males’s 200m. His gold successful time of 20.62 seconds fell wanting the nationwide and meet report of 20.52 seconds that are within the identify of Amlan Borgohain set in 2022. “I’m comfortable that I got here so near enhancing the nationwide report,” the promising Odisha’s sprinter mentioned. He was assured of additional enhancing his efficiency throughout upcoming worldwide publicity in Europe. “Might be competing in two-three high quality races in Europe, which will likely be a superb likelihood to interrupt the nationwide report.”
Odisha’s Srabani Nanda wasn’t in a position so as to add girls’s 200m gold to the crew kitty as she was edged previous by Karnataka’s promising sprinter Unnati Aiyappa Bolland within the final 5 meters of an thrilling race.
Outcomes:
Girls:
200m: Unnathi Aiyappa Bolland (Karnataka) 23.85 seconds, Srabani Nanda (Odisha) 23.89 seconds, Devyaniba Mahendrasin (Gujarat) 24.14 seconds.
800m: KM Chanda (Delhi) 2:02.62 seconds, Twinkle (Punjab) 2:03.94 seconds, Amandeep Kaur (Punjab) 2:07.66 seconds.
100m hurdles Nithya Ramraj (Tamil Nadu) 13.14 seconds, Pragyan Prasanti Sahu (Odisha) 13.40 seconds, Moumita Mondal (West Bengal) 13.64 seconds.
Lengthy soar: Nayana James (Kerala) 6.53m, Shaili Singh (Uttar Pradesh) 6.34m, Moumita Mondal (West Bengal) 6.18m.
Shot put: Abha Khatua (Maharashtra) 18.41m, Kiran Baliyan (Uttar Pradesh) 16.54m, Shrishti Vig (Delhi) 15.86m.
Males:
200m: Animesh Kujur (Odisha) 20.62 seconds, Nalubothu Shanumaga (Andhra Pradesh) 20.97 secs, Jay Shah (Maharashtra) 21.31 seconds.
800m: Anikesh Chaudhary (Himachal Pradesh) 1:50.16 seconds, Somnath Chauhan (Haryana) 1:50.16 seconds, Mohammed Afsal P (Kerala) 1:50.44 seconds.
5,000m: Sawan Barwal (Himachal Pradesh) 13:51.01 secs, Harmanjot Singh (Madhya Pradesh) 13:51.61 secs, Kiran Matre (Maharashtra) 13:52.62 secs.
110m hurdles: Manav R (Tamil Nadu) 14.03 seconds, Nishanthraja G (Tamil Nadu) 14.22 seconds, Sachin Binu (Kerala) 14.25 seconds.
Discus throw: Nirbhay Singh (Haryana) 55.27m, Gagandeep Singh (Punjab) 54.38m, Oinam Alson Singh (Manipur) 52.03m.
Excessive soar: Chetan B (Karnataka) 2.09m, Swadhin Kumar Majhi (Odisha) 2.09m, Shaik Mohiddin (Andhra Pradesh) 2.05m.
Decathlon: Gokul KR (Kerala) 6762 factors, Kamal Singh (Uttar Pradesh) 6685 factors, Stalin Joes S (Tamil Nadu) 6630 factors.