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Aakash hauls discus to National record

CHANDIGARH: Haryana thrower Aakash Anril hauled the discus to a new National record in the boys’ under-18 discus throw event on the second day of the 19th North Zone junior athletics championships at the Panjab University Ground here on Wednesday.

Aakash heaved the discus to 56.36 metres on his third attempt after fouling the second. His effort bettered Punjab’s Simranjit Singh’s record (55.35m), set in Chennai in 2002.

Punjab’s Amandeep Singh ran the straight hurdle race in a new meet record, erasing the 15-year-old record held by Daljit Virk of Chandigarh. Amandeep clocked 14.60 seconds to win the boys’ under-20 110m hurdles race, 0.10 seconds better than Virk’s mark.

The results: Boys: Under-20: 200m: 1. Vipin (UP) 22.51s; 2. Maninder Singh (Pun) 22.70; 3. Krishan Kumar (Har) 22.94. 1500m: 1. Sanjeev (Har) 4:06.42s; 2. Manoj Kumar (Del) 4:06.83; 3. Rakesh Rohela (Del) 4:07.78.

110m hurdles: 1. Amandeep Singh (Pun) 14.60s NMR (old 14.70); 2. Sachin Kumar (UP) 15.49; 3. Ashok Singh (UP) 15.66. Long jump: 1. Anil Kumar (UP) 6.94m; 2. Gurpreet Singh (Pun) 6.90; 3. Narpinder Singh (Chd) 6.64.

Hammer: 1. Lokesh Yadav (Del) 64.96m; 2. Rama Shankar Yadav (UP) 59.55; 3. Chandrodaya Narayan Singh (UP) 56.80. Under-18: 200m: Inderjit Singh (Pun) 22.58s; 2. Yashodan (UP) 23.18; 3. Mawa Singh (Pun) 23.26. 1500m: 1. Vinit Malik (Utr) 4:02.99s; 2. Shamsher Singh (Har) 4:04.88; 3. Radhey Shyam Chauhan (UP) 4:06.66. 110m hurdles: 1. Gurinder Singh (Pun) 14.63s; 2. Shiv Prakash Singh (UP) 15.03; 3. Parveen (Har) 15.11. Long jump: 1. Raj Kumar (Har) 6.81m; 2. Shailendra Pratap Singh (UP) 6.66; 3. Gurvinder (Har) 6.57. Discus: 1. Aakash Anril (Har) 56.36m NR (old 55.35); 2. Shivam Singh (UP) 54.68; 3. Virender Singh (Del) 48.30. Hammer: 1. Harvender Singh (UP) 65.43m; 2. Azaz Ahmed (UP) 64.38; 3. Amit Gill (Har) 57.33. 10000m walk: 1. D.R. Kannaujia (Utr) 48:49.2s; 2. Manu Ram Patel (UP) 49:16.3; 3. Ved Prakash (Utr) 50:20.1. Under-16: 100m hurdles: 1. Manvir Singh (Pun) 14.45s; Jagbir Singh (Del) 14.68; 3. Ashwini Kumar (Utr) 14.76. Long jump: 1. Bal Kishan Gurjar (UP) 6.62m; 2. Jitender (Har) 6.42; 3. Chakraveer Singh (Utr) 6.30. Discus: 1. Damanpreet Singh (Pun) 48.62m; 2. Arjun Singh (Del) 46.18; 3. Vikas (Har) 45.21. Hammer: 1. Sukhdev (Har) 57.37m; 2. Abhishek Yadav (Utr) 52.76; 3. Bharma Nand Singh (Pun) 45.32.

Under-14 (triathlon): Group A (100m, long jump, shot put): 1. Vipin Kumar (Del) 1604 pts NMR (old 1570); 2. Vijay Kumar (UP) 1446; 3. Jujhar Singh (Utr) 1156.

Group B (100m, high jump, long jump): 1. Anil Kumar (Har) 1506 pts; 2. Gaurav Kumar (Utr) 1388.

Group C (100m, 800m, long jump): 1. Jitender Pal (Utr) 1661 pts; 2. Ajit Kumar (UP) 1622; 3. Surinder Singh (Del) 1491.

Girls: Under-20: 200m: 1. Komal Tehlan (Del) 26.09s; 2. Deepti Rani (Pun) 26.46; 3. Ritu (Har) 26.69. 1500m: 1. Savita Dhankar (Har) 4:42.70s; 2. Manpreet Kaur (Pun) 4:55.21; 3. Poonam (HP) 5:00.08. 10000m walk: 1. Kavita Dalal (Har) 58:28.9s NMR (old 1:00:40.0); 2. Rani Yadav (UP) 59:32.2; 3. Harpreet Kaur (Pun) 1:03:32.9.

Under-18: 200m: 1. Neha Nissar (Del) 26.90s; 2. Tanya Joshi (Del) 27.23; 3. Sukhwinder Kaur (Pun) 27.57. 1500m: 1. Rekha Patel (UP) 4:55.52s; 2. Reema Patel (UP) 4:56.96; 3. Ruma (HP) 5:00.60. High jump: 1. Aarti Yadav (Har) 1.52m; 2. Sunita (Har) 1.46; 3. Jyoti Sharma (Chd) 1.25. Triple jump: 1. Pooja (Har) 11.43m; 2. Raksha Singh (UP) 11.30; 3. Jaspreet Kaur (Pun) 10.71. Shot put: 1. Ambey Yadav (UP) 11.78m; 2. Rinku Sangwan (Har) 11.71; 3. Ankita Julka (Del) 10.62. Under-16: High jump: 1. Sonu (Har) 1.45m; 2. Promila (Har) 1.25; 3. Suman Devi (Pun) 1.25. Shot put: 1. Jaspreet Kaur (Chd) 10.26m; 2. Harkirat Kaur (Pun) 9.36; 3. Sandeep (Har) 8.76. Under-14 (triathlon): Group A (100m, long jump, shot put): 1. Pinky (Har) 1469 pts; 2. Jagriti Singh (UP) 1452; 3. Seema Rathour (Utr) 1039. Group B (100m, high jump, long jump): 1. Jonyfer (Utr) 1335 pts; 2. Shivani Singh (UP) 1041.

Group C (100m, 800m, long jump): 1. Prithvi Deora (Del) 1827 pts; 2. Suman (Har) 1626; 3. Kanika Sharma (Del) 1309. — Principal Correspondent

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