Athletics Results: Ancy Sojan double gold, MP leading the table in Athletics at Khelo India Youth Games 2020
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On super Sunday we saw plenty of records broken in athletics. Ancy Sojan of Kerala gave her personal best in U-21 category long jump. She jumped 6.36m to break U-21 record while her closest competitor Sherin Abdul Gafoor won silver with 6.30 jump. All here jump were more than 6m – 6.11, 6.36, 6.29, 6.08 and 6.13.
She also won 100m gold in U-21 girls category with timing of 12:21 followed by Rajashree Prasad claimed silver with timing 12:27 seconds.
In U-17 boys 100m Sadanand Kumar of Jharkhand won gold with timing of 10:95 seconds. While Akash Singh of Maharastra finished second.
In Girls U-17 category Ruthika Saravana of Tamilnadu and Jeevanji Deepthi of Telangana, both clocked 12:26 seconds in 100m dash. In the close finish Deepti won gold with 3/1000 of a second. Interestingly U-17 girls timing were close to U-21 girls category in 100m.
Haryana’s Nuzrat Ali won the gold in boys U-21 category with timing of 10:77 seconds.
Madhya Pradesh topped the table in track and field replacing Haryana and Kerala with overall 10 medals (five gold). However on Sunday no athlete from MP had a podium finish. Haryana has won four gold while Kerala has won three gold in athletics.
Results
Girls U-17 Category
Long Jump: 1) Nandini Agasara (TEL) 5.65m 2) Nirma Asari (GUJ) 5.62m 3) Abhirami (KER) 5.47m
3000m : 1) Supriti (JHA) 10.00.02 NMR 2) Drashtiben (GUJ) 10:04:76 3) Rinkee (MHA) 10:05:33
High Jump: 1) Shruti (MHA) 1.64m 2) Aparna Ghosh (WB) 1.64m 3) Priya Marida (WB) 1.64m
Shot Put: 1) Jasmine Kaur (PUN) 14.85m 2) Sanya Yadav (HAR) 14.42m 3) Vidhi (UP) 14.05m
Triple Jump: Poorva Sawant (MHA)11.89m 2) S.Emayatharasi (TN) 11.80m 3) Abinaya (TN) 11.46m
100m: 1) Deepthi Jeevanji (TEL) 12:26 2) Ruthika (TN) 12:26 3) Sharon Maria (TN) 12:46
400m: 1) Payal Vohra (DEL) 57:08 2) Kunja Ranjita (AP) 57:61 3) Riya Nitin Patil (MHA) 57:84
Boys U-17 category
3000m : 1) Arjun (MP) 8:31:97 2) Gagan (HAR) 8:39:74 3) Abhishek Thakur (MP) 8:45:58
Javelin Throw: 1) Vivek (MP) 66.06m 2) Rinku (MP) 64.30m 3) Mohammad Arif (MP) 61.24m
Long Jump: 1) Sohail Akhtar (MP) 7.16m 2) Logeshwaran (TN) 6.96m 3) Sanmath Darshan (TN) 6.92m
400m: 1) Rihan Choudhary (UP) 49:17 2) Vijay Kashyap (UP) 49:72 3) Ankul (RAJ) 50:16
Pole Vault: 1) Sandeep Kumar (MP) 4.05m 2) L.Kamal (TN) 4.00m 3) Ajay Kumar (HAR) 4.00m
Shot Put: 1) Kunal Kaushik (HAR) 17.68m 2) Ranvir Singh (PUN) 17.09m 3) Siddharth (RAJ) 17.06m
100m: 1) Sadananad Kumar (JHA) 10:95 2) Akash Singh (MHA) 11:08 3) Aman Khokhar (UP) 11:09
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