Vidhi (Uttar Pradesh) and Deepika (Haryana) went into unchartered territory with new girls’ Under-18 National Records in Shot Put and Javelin Throw respectively on the fourth day of competition in the 37th AFI National Junior Athletics Championships at the Athletics Stadium in the SAI Regional Centre here today.
Vidhi, who will turn 18 next month, became the first Indian U18 Shot Putter to breach the 16m mark with her second try over 16.18m. It improved on the U18 National Record set at 15.99m by Kachnar Chaudhary in Coimbatore in 2016. Vidhi followed that up with two more efforts over 16m, marking 16.56m on her fourth attempt as the new benchmark in the age-group.
Deepika, who won the Asian U18 Javelin Throw silver medal in Kuwait a month ago, improved her own U18 National record from 51.84m set in the National U18 Championships in Bhopal in September to 52.75m on her second try today. She pushed herself to throw further on her next two attempts, punching turf at 53.17m and 53.36m to confirm her evolution as a thrower.
Sanjay Vishnoi (Rajasthan) joined the ranks of the record breakers when winning a sensational boys’ under-16 Javelin Throw competition. On a day when as many as five throwers breached the 60m, Sanjay Vishnoi’s fifth attempt of 62.47 was not only a winning throw but also brought him the record from Bihar’s Virender Yadav who had opened with 62.16m.
The results (finals)
Under 20
Men
Long Jump: 1. Amitra Ghosh (West Bengal) 7.55m; 2. TJ Joseph (Kerala) 7.25; 3. Lakhveer Singh (Punjab) 7.23.
4x100m Relay: 1. Odisha (Bhima Sardar, Lalu Prasad Bhoi, A Dalabehera, Aryan Ekka) 41.31 seconds; 2. Kerala 41.58; 3. Tamil Nadu 41.82.
Women
4x100m Relay: 1. Tamil Nadu (S Sathiya Sri, K Ravishankar, Vysali Ganesan, R Aswini) 49.01 seconds; 2. Haryana 49.07; 3. Karnataka 49.23.
Triple Jump: 1. Poorva Hitesh Sawant (Maharashtra) 12.98m; 2. Maeymukta Soreng (Odisha) 12.37; 3. Nimisha Dayma (Madhya Pradesh) 12.34.
Pole Vault: 1. Rajni (Haryana) 3.30m; 2. Vibha Srinivasa (Karnataka) 3.20; 3. Shabnam (Haryana) 3.20.
Heptathlon: 1. Anamika (Kerala) 4387 points (100mH: 15.51; HJ: 1.55; SP: 7.87; 200: 26.30; LJ: 5.48; JT: 27.13; 800: 2:32.95); 3. Snehamol George (Kerala) 4374; 3. Doly Sonker (Uttar Pradesh) 4150.
Mixed
4x400m Relay: 1. Karnataka (Akash S Gollar, Deepashree, K Lokesh, Priya H Mohan) 3;33.10; 2. Telangana 3:35.88; 3. Delhi 3:36.25.
Under 18
Men
High Jump: 1. Deepanshu (Haryana) 1.99m; 2. R Castro Raj (Tamil Nadu) 1.96; 3. Kulbir Singh (Punjab) 1.93.
Shot Put: 1. Armandeep Singh (Punjab) 18.78m; 2. Nikhlesh (Haryana) 18.42; 3. Ankit Yadav (Uttar Pradesh) 17.88.
10000m Race Walk: 1. Aditya Negi (Uttarakhand) 42:44.93; 2. Babendra Singh (Uttarakhand) 43:15.47; 3. Vishal Sherawat (Rajasthan) 44:21.59.
Women
Shot Put: 1. Vidhi (Uttar Pradesh) 16.56, (New U18 National and Meet Records. Old: 15.99, Kachnar Chaudhary, Coimbatore, 2016); 2. Rubasri Krishnamoorthi (Tamil Nadu) 15.47; 3. VS Anupriya (Kerala) 15.36.
Javelin Throw: 1. Deepika (Haryana) 53.36m (New U18 National and Meet Records. Old NR: 51.84, Deepika, Bhopal, 2022; Old MR: 49.05, Pushpa Jakhar, Ranchi, 2015); 2. Nishi Kumari (Bihar) 46.62; 3. Seema (Haryana) 44.13.
Heptathlon: 1. Pavana Nagaraj (Karnataka) 4547 points (100mH: 15.53; HJ: 1.69; SP: 9.21; 200: 26.27; LJ: 5.64; JT: 27.77; 800: 2:46.12); Mohur Mukherjee (West Bengal) 4139; 3. Tanya Pourus Vakil (Maharashtra) 3832.
Under 16
Boys
Javelin Throw: 1. Sanjay Vishnoi (Rajasthan) 62.47m (New U16 National and Meet Records. Old: 57.20, Himanshu Mishra, Guwahati, 2021); 2. Virender Yadav (Bihar) 62.16; 3. Chetan Jat (Rajasthan) 62.04.
Girls
3000m Race Walk: 1. Khushbu Yadav (Rajasthan) 15:12.76; 2. Saptami Singha (West Bengal) 15:30.22; 3. Manisha (Rajasthan) 15:30.31.
Hexathlon: 1. Eva Manoj (Maharashtra) 3 U18 National and Meet Records.094 points (100: 13.79; LJ: 4.88; SP: 7.03; HJ: 1.51; JT: 17.26; 800: 2:27.64); 2. Angel James (Kerala) 3001; 3. Santhiya Balakrishnan (Tamil Nadu) 2941.
Under 14
Boys
Kids Javelin Throw: 1. Dhairya Alpeshbhai (Gujarat) 57.08m; 2. Anurag Singh (Uttar Pradesh) 52.58; 3. Pradeep Kumar (Bihar) 49.58.
Triathlon: 1. Anirban Adhikary (West Bengal) 1813 points (60m: 7.62; LJ: 5.92; KidsJT: 48.65); 2. Ashish Kumar (Bihar) 1742; 3. Rathnam Vamshi (Telangana) 1736.
Girls
Shot Put: 1.
Kids Javelin Throw: 1. Tejaswani Dhal (Odisha) 33.60m; 2. Apikshakumari Gamit (Gujarat) 33.23; 3. Manreet Kaur (Punjab) 33.15.
Triathlon: 1. Komal (Haryana) 1623 points (60m: 8.68; LJ: 4.98; KidsJT: 26.89); 2. Tanya Mishra (Bihar) 1599; 3. Baddi Vyshali (Telangana) 1586.
