Opening day on the 21st Asian U20 Athletics Championships being held in Dubai April 24 to 27, turned out to achieve success for the Indian contingent.
Deepanshu Sharma gained gold in males’s javelin with a throw of 70.29m, whereas Rohan Yadav clinched silver with a distance of 70.03m.
Priyanshu added third silver to the staff’s tally. He completed second within the males’s 1500m. He clocked 3:50.85
Earlier, within the morning session, Ritik claimed silver in males’s discus throw.
Prachi Ankush Devkar missed bronze in ladies’s 3,000m, she completed fourth.
Indian center distance and sprinters had been additionally profitable in heats on the opening day. Laxita Vinod Sandliea and Tanvi Malik sailed into the medal spherical of the ladies’s 800m, to keep within the race for a medal within the two-lap occasion. Within the 800m heats on Wednesday, Laxita was second in her warmth with a time of two:09.39 whereas Tanvi Malik clocked 2:12.82 to cross the end line at fourth place in her warmth.
Anushka Dattatray Kumbhar and SAI Sangeetha Dodla entered the medal spherical within the ladies’s 400m. Anuska Dattatray Kumbhar was first in her 400m warmth. She clocked 55.75 seconds. Sangeetha Dodla clocked 56.21 secs to complete second in her warmth, to remain within the race for the rostrum.
Within the males’s 400m heats, Aman Choudhary gave a very good account of himself to enter the medal spherical. He clocked 48 seconds to prime his warmth.
The Indian feminine athletes— Jeyavindhiya Jegadish and Shreeya Rajesh–additionally advance to the medal spherical in 400m hurdles.
Earlier, within the morning session discus thrower from Patiala’s Nationwide Centre of Excellence in Punjab, Ritik, started his quest for title with a gap throw of 49.97m. He had no mark in his second try, however cemented his place among the many medalist in his third try of 52.23m. His fourth try was once more no mark, whereas fifth was 50.35m and his final and sixth try was 53.01m.
Gold went to Qatar’s Djibrine Adoum Ahmat whose greatest throw on the day was 54.80m. Hassan Mubarak Alahsaee of Saudi Arabia took residence bronze with a throw of fifty.41m.