Opening day at the 21st Asian U20 Athletics Championships remaining held in Dubai April 24 to 27, turned out to be successful for the Indian contingent.
Deepanshu Sharma received gold in men’s javelin with a toss of 70.29m, though Rohan Yadav clinched silver with a length of 70.03m.
Priyanshu additional 3rd silver to the team’s tally. He finished 2nd in the men’s 1500m. He clocked 3:50.85
Previously, in the morning session, Ritik claimed silver in men’s discus toss.
Prachi Ankush Devkar missed bronze in women’s 3,000m, she completed fourth.
Indian center length and sprinters were also productive in heats on the opening working day. Laxita Vinod Sandliea and Tanvi Malik sailed into the medal spherical of the women’s 800m, to stay in the race for a medal in the two-lap celebration. In the 800m heats on Wednesday, Laxita was 2nd in her heat with a time of 2:09.39 although Tanvi Malik clocked 2:12.82 to cross the end line at fourth area in her warmth.
Anushka Dattatray Kumbhar and SAI Sangeetha Dodla entered the medal round in the women’s 400m. Anuska Dattatray Kumbhar was to start with in her 400m heat. She clocked 55.75 seconds. Sangeetha Dodla clocked 56.21 secs to end second in her warmth, to keep in the race for the podium.
In the men’s 400m heats, Aman Choudhary gave a excellent account of himself to enter the medal round. He clocked 48 seconds to major his warmth.
The Indian feminine athletes— Jeyavindhiya Jegadish and Shreeya Rajesh–also progress to the medal spherical in 400m hurdles.
Previously, in the early morning session discus thrower from Patiala’s National Centre of Excellence in Punjab, Ritik, commenced his quest for title with an opening toss of 49.97m. He had no mark in his second try, but cemented his place among the the medalist in his third endeavor of 52.23m. His fourth attempt was again no mark, while fifth was 50.35m and his previous and sixth try was 53.01m.
Gold went to Qatar’s Djibrine Adoum Ahmat whose very best throw on the working day was 54.80m. Hassan Mubarak Alahsaee of Saudi Arabia took residence bronze with a toss of 50.41m.
