Haryana takes total honours in National para athletics

Haryana gained the general workforce (males & girls) titles (49 gold, 32 silver and 25 bronze) on the ultimate day of the twenty third National para athletics championships on the Nehru Stadium right here on Thursday. Tamil Nadu completed second (17, 18, 12) whereas Uttar Pradesh (14, 17, 11) got here third.

The discus throw occasions noticed stiff competitors, with Pradeep Kumar of Services clinching gold within the F62/F64 class with a throw of 44.00m, whereas Rakesh (Services) dominated the F42/F43/F44 class with a successful distance of 49.52m.

Preeti Pal, the double (girls’s 100m & 200m) Paralympic bronze medallist in Paris, and Yogesh Kathuniya, males’s Paralympic silver medallist in discus, didn’t flip up for his or her respective 200m T35 and discus F56 occasions.

While Preeti’s title was within the begin checklist, Yogesh’s wasn’t there, however half-hour earlier than the occasion, sources near the athlete had mentioned Yogesh will “99%” participate.

Lt. Gen. Karanbir Singh Brar was the chief visitor.

Other winners: Men: 5000m: T13: Rajesh Yadav (Raj) 16:26.75s; 5000m: T12: M.S. Sharath (Kar) 15.50.49s; discus: F11: Monu Ghangas (Har) 34.69s; F52: Karan Singh (Raj) 13.45m; shot put: F56: Kuldeep Singh (Del) 10.96m.

Women: Javelin: F12: Gangavva Neelappa Hari (Kar) 23.55m; F53: Kanchan Lakhani (Har) 8.39m; lengthy leap: T20: Bhuvi Agarwal (Har) 4.17m; T45/46/47: C.S. Nimisha (T46, Guj) 5.12m.