The victorious Haryana contingent with its massive prize.
| Picture Credit score: R. RAGU
Haryana received the general staff (males & ladies) titles (49 gold, 32 silver and 25 bronze) on the ultimate day of the twenty third Nationwide para athletics championships on the Nehru Stadium right here on Thursday. Tamil Nadu completed second (17, 18, 12) whereas Uttar Pradesh (14, 17, 11) got here third.
The discus throw occasions noticed stiff competitors, with Pradeep Kumar of Providers clinching gold within the F62/F64 class with a throw of 44.00m, whereas Rakesh (Providers) dominated the F42/F43/F44 class with a profitable distance of 49.52m.
Preeti Pal, the double (ladies’s 100m & 200m) Paralympic bronze medallist in Paris, and Yogesh Kathuniya, males’s Paralympic silver medallist in discus, didn’t flip up for his or her respective 200m T35 and discus F56 occasions.
Whereas Preeti’s title was within the begin record, Yogesh’s wasn’t there, however half-hour earlier than the occasion, sources near the athlete had mentioned Yogesh will “99%” participate.
Lt. Gen. Karanbir Singh Brar was the chief visitor.
Different winners: Males: 5000m: T13: Rajesh Yadav (Raj) 16:26.75s; 5000m: T12: M.S. Sharath (Kar) 15.50.49s; discus: F11: Monu Ghangas (Har) 34.69s; F52: Karan Singh (Raj) 13.45m; shot put: F56: Kuldeep Singh (Del) 10.96m.
Ladies: Javelin: F12: Gangavva Neelappa Hari (Kar) 23.55m; F53: Kanchan Lakhani (Har) 8.39m; lengthy leap: T20: Bhuvi Agarwal (Har) 4.17m; T45/46/47: C.S. Nimisha (T46, Guj) 5.12m.
Printed – February 20, 2025 08:37 pm IST
