Ludhiana, September 3: The final day of the 21st National Youth Athletics Championship witnessed numerous meet and national records being broken. Held at Guru Nanak Stadium in Ludhiana, Jharkhand’s Himanshu Kumar shattered the oldest junior record on Thursday.
Himanshu Kumar clinched the gold medal in high jump with a meet record of 2.09 meters, entering his name into the record books. He surpassed the previous meet record of 2.08 meters set by Rajesh Kaliramna in 2005. Assam’s Jubin Gohen also improved the former meet record but had to settle for the silver medal with a jump of 2.09 meters.
Records in both boys’ and girls’ javelin throw events were also broken. Madhya Pradesh’s Krishna Chandra won gold in boys’ javelin throw with a distance of 79.92 meters, surpassing the previous meet record of 77.41 meters set by Rohit Yadav in 2018.
In the girls’ javelin throw, West Bengal‘s Misty Karmakar secured gold with a throw of 52.84 meters, breaking the previous meet record of 51.84 meters established by Deepika in 2022. Yash Mulik and Nupura Holla were named the best male and female athletes of this three-day event, respectively.
Haryana topped the medal tally with four gold, seven silver, and three bronze medals. Maharashtra followed in second place with eight medals, including three gold, while Karnataka secured third place with three gold and two silver medals.
Results from the third day included:
Boys:
200 meters: Manas Shinde (Maharashtra) 21.51 seconds (MR, previous best 21.65 seconds), Mehebubul Ahmed (West Bengal) 21.69 seconds, Harit Chaudhary (Uttar Pradesh) 21.84 seconds.
110 meters hurdles: Yash Mulik (Maharashtra) 13.40 seconds (NR, previous best 13.47 seconds), Anshu Yadav (Uttar Pradesh) 13.54 seconds, Kripal Karthik (Tamil Nadu) 13.71 seconds.
Javelin throw: Krishna Chandra (Madhya Pradesh) 79.92 meters (MR, previous best 77.41 meters), Pushpak Nailwad (Karnataka) 76.09 meters, Manjeet Kumar (Rajasthan) 74.45 meters.
High jump: Himanshu Kumar (Jharkhand) 2.09 meters (MR, previous best 2.08 meters), Jubin Gohen (Assam) 2.09 meters, Shaktivel VN (Tamil Nadu) 2.07 meters.
Long jump: Prem Raj (Bihar) 7.58 meters (MR, previous best), Sanoyaj Mandal (West Bengal) 7.21 meters, Sukveer Singh (Uttar Pradesh) 7.10 meters.
Medley 1,000 meters: Telangana 1:54.54 seconds, Tamil Nadu 1:54.84 seconds, Kerala 1:55.15 seconds.
Girls:
200 meters: Bhumika Nehte (Maharashtra) 23.92 seconds (MR, previous best 23.94 seconds), Sahaya Jemima (Tamil Nadu) 24.54 seconds, Savari Kulkarni (Maharashtra) 24.67 seconds.
100 meters hurdles: Nupura Holla (Karnataka) 13.78 seconds (MR, previous best 14.06 seconds), Rajshree VB (Tamil Nadu) 14.23 seconds, Khushi Patel (Uttar Pradesh) 14.42 seconds.
Shot put: Anjali (Haryana) 16.02 meters, Jasmine Kaur (Punjab) 15.62 meters, Dron Chaudhary (Rajasthan) 15.40 meters.
Javelin throw: Misty Karmakar (West Bengal) 52.84 meters (MR, previous best 51.84 meters), Sanavi Gaywad (Maharashtra) 50.07 meters, Shivani Patel (Madhya Pradesh) 49.35 meters.
Heptathlon: Anamika (Kerala) 4641 points, Muskaan (Haryana) 4535 points, Urmila Bharsag (Odisha) 4156 points.
1,000 meters medley: Punjab 2:13.18 seconds, Maharashtra 2:14.30 seconds, Haryana 2:14.59 seconds.
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