Bhubaneswar:
Maharashtra’s Asian silver medalist, Abha Khatua, hogged the limelight on the second day of the 27th National Federation Senior Athletics Level of competition right here on Monday at Bhubaneswar’s Kalinga Stadium. The 28 a long time aged improved women’s shot put file to 18.41m.
The seasoned thrower begun her Olympic year with a throw of 17.56m in March in Patiala. On Monday she bettered the countrywide report of 18.06m in her fifth endeavor (18.41m).
“I have three more domestic competitions in coming months. I should be equipped to further more boost my functionality,” she mentioned soon after profitable gold with a national file in shot place.
Away from the throwing circle, focus was on Odisha’s promising sprinter Animesh Kujur as he narrowly missed the countrywide report in the men’s 200m. His gold winning time of 20.62 seconds fell shorter of the countrywide and meet up with record of 20.52 seconds which are in the title of Amlan Borgohain established in 2022. “I’m joyful that I arrived so near to increasing the countrywide report,” the promising Odisha’s sprinter claimed. He was confident of further more bettering his overall performance in the course of future worldwide exposure in Europe. “Will be competing in two-3 top quality races in Europe, which will be a good probability to crack the nationwide record.”
Odisha’s Srabani Nanda wasn’t equipped to insert women’s 200m gold to the group kitty as she was edged past by Karnataka’s promising sprinter Unnati Aiyappa Bolland in the last five meters of an enjoyable race.
Benefits:
Ladies:
200m: Unnathi Aiyappa Bolland (Karnataka) 23.85 seconds, Srabani Nanda (Odisha) 23.89 seconds, Devyaniba Mahendrasin (Gujarat) 24.14 seconds.
800m: KM Chanda (Delhi) 2:02.62 seconds, Twinkle (Punjab) 2:03.94 seconds, Amandeep Kaur (Punjab) 2:07.66 seconds.
100m hurdles Nithya Ramraj (Tamil Nadu) 13.14 seconds, Pragyan Prasanti Sahu (Odisha) 13.40 seconds, Moumita Mondal (West Bengal) 13.64 seconds.
Extended bounce: Nayana James (Kerala) 6.53m, Shaili Singh (Uttar Pradesh) 6.34m, Moumita Mondal (West Bengal) 6.18m.
Shot set: Abha Khatua (Maharashtra) 18.41m, Kiran Baliyan (Uttar Pradesh) 16.54m, Shrishti Vig (Delhi) 15.86m.
Adult men:
200m: Animesh Kujur (Odisha) 20.62 seconds, Nalubothu Shanumaga (Andhra Pradesh) 20.97 secs, Jay Shah (Maharashtra) 21.31 seconds.
800m: Anikesh Chaudhary (Himachal Pradesh) 1:50.16 seconds, Somnath Chauhan (Haryana) 1:50.16 seconds, Mohammed Afsal P (Kerala) 1:50.44 seconds.
5,000m: Sawan Barwal (Himachal Pradesh) 13:51.01 secs, Harmanjot Singh (Madhya Pradesh) 13:51.61 secs, Kiran Matre (Maharashtra) 13:52.62 secs.
110m hurdles: Manav R (Tamil Nadu) 14.03 seconds, Nishanthraja G (Tamil Nadu) 14.22 seconds, Sachin Binu (Kerala) 14.25 seconds.
Discus throw: Nirbhay Singh (Haryana) 55.27m, Gagandeep Singh (Punjab) 54.38m, Oinam Alson Singh (Manipur) 52.03m.
Higher bounce: Chetan B (Karnataka) 2.09m, Swadhin Kumar Majhi (Odisha) 2.09m, Shaik Mohiddin (Andhra Pradesh) 2.05m.
Decathlon: Gokul KR (Kerala) 6762 points, Kamal Singh (Uttar Pradesh) 6685 points, Stalin Joes S (Tamil Nadu) 6630 details.
