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Shiv Kumar sets new National mark

Sports Reporter

MATHURA: Delhi's shot putter Shiv Kumar became the first athlete at the 17th North Zone junior athletics championship to set a new junior national record as he hurled the iron ball to a distance of 19.16 meters in the boy's under-18 event here on Tuesday.

In his sixth and final attempt, Shiv Kumar breached the 19m mark to better Kulwinder Singh's existing record of 18.04m achieved in Meerut in 2004. Kulwinder had also held the meet record of 17.55m.

Six more new meet records were set on the second day of the championship. Uttar Pradesh's Rajesh Kumar Yadav's leap of 7.32 meters in the boy's under-20 long jump and Haryana's Rinku Sangwan's throw of 11.69 meters in girls under-16 shot put were notable performances.

Haryana led the overall tally with 28 gold, 21 silver and 20 bronze medals. Uttar Pradesh (20, 18, 20) and Delhi (13, 11, 8) were placed second and third respectively.

The Age Verification Committee of the Athletics Federation of India (AFI) debarred 13 athletes for two years and six for a period of six months after finding them guilty of fudging the age certificates.

The results (winners only): Boys: Under-20: 200m: Nitin (Del) 22.22s. 1500m: Arvind Kumar Yadav (UP) 4:04.31. 110m hurdles: Ashok Kumar (UP) 15.9s. High jump: Suresh (UP) 1.85m. Long jump: Rajesh Kumar Yadav (UP) 7.32m NMR (old 7.29). Discus: Puneet Vij (Del) 55.76m NMR (old 55.37). Hammer: Joginder (Har) 63.12m. Under-18: 200m: Sanjay Mishra (UP) 22.84s. 1500m: Ravinder (Del) 4:00.97. 110m hurdles: Pradeep (Har) 15.13s. High jump: Vimlendra Maurya (UP) 1.90m. Long jump: Ajeet (Har) 6.97m. Shot put: Shiv Kumar (Del) 19.16m NR (old 18.04). Hammer: Lokesh Yadav (UP) 67.85m NMR (old 65.70). 4x400m relay: Haryana 3:28.56. 10 Km walk: Dharam Raj Kanojia (Utr) 55:15.34. Under-16: 100m hurdles: Ajeet (Har) 14.63s. High jump: Devender Singh (Pun) 1.75m. Long jump: Sudhir (Har) 6.75m. Shot put: Karamjeet Singh (Pun) 15.26m. Discus: Ashish Mathur (Del) 40.65m. Hammer: Mohammed Aftar Alam (UP) 58.03m. Javelin: Dinesh Kumar Patel (UP) 62.50m. Under-14: Triathlon: Group A: Arun Mishra (Utr) 1165 pts. Group B: Sanjay Yadav (UP) 1439 pts NMR (old 1401). Group C: Jitender (Har) 2015 pts.

Girls: Under-20: 200m: Poonam (Har) 26.01s. 1500m: Kiran Tiwari (Utr) 5:02.17. 100m hurdles: Kranti (UP) 19.22s. High jump: Navpreet Kaur (Pun) 1.53m. Triple jump: Poonam (Har) 12.06m NMR (old 11.95). Shot put: Mukesh Baniwal (Del) 12.58m. 10km walk: Manju (Har) 1:02:08.06. Under-18: 200m: Priyanka Panwar (Del) 26.17s. 1500m: Munish Thakker (Har) 4:56.48. 100m hurdles: Priyanshu Pandey (UP) 16.62s. High jump: Harpreet Kaur (Pun) 1.35m. Shot put: Priyanka Bhanot (Del) 11.88m. Under-16: 400m: Sushila (Har) 1:00.94. 100m hurdles: Bharti (UP) 17.56s. High jump: Arti (Har) 1.53m. Shot put: Rinku Sangwan (Har) 11.69m; NMR (old 11.64). Javelin: Anju (Har) 31.48m. Under-14: Triathlon: Group A: Ritu (Har) 819 pts. Group B: Chanda Pal (UP) 887 pts. Group C: Anju (Har) 1274 pts.