Chennai
The Indian contingent collected as many as 19 medals, 9 of them gold on the second day of the fourth version of South Asian Junior Athletics Championship at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium right here on Thursday. With right now’s gold medal rush the India’s gold medal tally has swelled to 12. India gained three gold medals on the opening day.
The Indian staff gained their first gold medal of the day in girls’s discus throw via Anisha. She hurdled the disc to a distance of 49.91m to higher the earlier meet file of 48.60m set by A Bajwa in 2018.
India’s Amanat Kamboj gained silver with 48.38m. Sri Lanka’s JH Gauranganie took dwelling bronze with a 37.95m throw.
The Indian staff continued their domination because the occasion progressed. Neeru Pahtak gained the ninth gold for the Indian staff within the girls’s 400m. She clocked 54.50 seconds, whereas compatriot Sandra Mol Sabu gained silver with a time of 54.82 seconds. Sri Lanka’s Okay Takshima Nuhansa sprinted dwelling to win bronze with a time of 55.27 seconds.
Indian staff nevertheless, had a setback within the males’s 110m hurdles as Sri Lanka’s WP Sandun Koshala surges forward of India’s Nayan Pradip Sarde to win gold with a time of 14.06 seconds. Sarde gained silver with a time of 14.14 seconds. Sri Lanka’s E Vishwa Tharuka gained bronze with 14.27 seconds.
Outcomes
Males
400m: Jay Kumar (India) 46.86 seconds, J Omel Shashintha (Sri Lanka) 47.17 seconds, Abiram P (India) 47.49 seconds.
3,000m: Sharuk Khan (India) 8:26.06 seconds, Mohit Choudhary (India) 8:27.61 seconds, Ajaya BK (Nepal) 9:08.91 seconds.
110m hurdles: WP Sandun Koshala (Sri Lanka) 14.06 seconds, Nayan Pradip Sarde (India) 14.14 seconds, E Vishwa Tharuka (Sri Lanka) 14.27 seconds.
Lengthy leap: RC Jithin Arjunan (India) 7.61m, Mohd Atta Sazid (India) 7.43m, Duwage Thevindu (Sri Lanka) 7.22m
Discus throw: Ritik (India) 55.64m (meet file, earlier 54.44m), Raman (India) 51.22m, WC Diluk Dabarera (Sri Lanka) 39.24m.
Girls (5 gold, 5 silver)
400m: Neeru Pahtak (India) 54.50 seconds, Sandra Mol Sabu (India) 54.82 seconds, Okay Takshima Nuhansa (Sri Lanka) 55.27 seconds.
3,000m: Prachi Ankush (India) 9:57.26 seconds, Shilpa Dihora (India) 10:04.23 seconds, T Okay G H Dulanji (Sri Lanka) 10:39.39 seconds.
100m hurdles: Unnathi Aiyappa (India) 13.93 seconds (meet file, earlier 14.19 seconds), Sabita Toppo (India) 13.96 seconds, PG Miyuni Sidasna (Sri Lanka) 15.32 seconds.
Discus throw: Anisha (India) 49.91m (meet file, earlier 48.60m), Amanat Kamboj (India) 48.38m, JH Gauranganie (Sri Lanka) 37.95m.
Lengthy leap: Prathiksha Yamuna (India) 5.79m, Lakshanya SN (India) 5.75m, H R Dhananjana (Sri Lanka) 5.73m.
