New Delhi
Promising center distance runner Laxita Vinod Sandilea and small hurdler Shreeya Rajesh gained silver and bronze medals, respectively, on the penultimate day of the 21st Asian U20 Athletics Championships getting held in Dubai. In accordance to facts achieving below, India’s in general medal tally swelled to 18 medals, which includes six gold, seven silver and 5 bronze medals.
Right after a not so encouraging early morning session, Indian athletes raised the bar in the evening session to swell the medal tally to 18, such as 6 gold.
Harshit Kumar claimed gold (66.70m) in men’s hammer throw, and Prateek won bronze (65.97m). The mixed 4x400m relay workforce won silver with a time of 3:24.86 seconds.
Indian team also excelled in monitor races. Shreeya Rajesh ran a well-judged speed to sail about the obstacles, but sooner or later settled for a bronze in the women’s 400m hurdles with a time of 59.20 seconds. Jeyavindhiya Jegadish concluded sixth in the 400m hurdles. Her time was 1:02.06 seconds.
Gifted center length runner Laxita Vinod Sandilea lived up to her name but experienced to contend with a silver in the women’s 800m. Her silver-medal winning time was 2:07.10 seconds. Tanvi Malik nevertheless, finished sixth in 800m. She clocked 2:13.42.
The morning session didn’t go on predicted strains for the Indian workforce as Sachin completed fourth in the men’s 10,000m race stroll. His time was 45:50.56. Himanshu, the second Indian race walker was disqualified.
Indian duo of Nadini and Anushka finished fifth (56.99m) and sixth (55.81m) respectively, in the women’s hammer throw.
Nevertheless, in the women’s 100m hurdles heats the two Sabita Toppo (14.10 seconds) and Unnathi Aiyappa Bolland (13.72 seconds) superior to the medal round.
The men’s 4x100m relay crew also sophisticated to the medal spherical. The Indian team completed 2nd in their warmth with a time of 40.43 seconds.
The night session was far more successful.
