Animesh units new mens 200m National file; Praveen equals his National triple leap mark

Animesh Kujur of Odisha dashing to victory within the males’s 200m gold. | Photo Credit: RK. Nithin

Animesh Kujur couldn’t comprise himself, leaving out a loud roar of pleasure and reduction on the Maharaja’s Stadium right here on Thursday.

The 21-year-old from Odisha had simply damaged the three-year-old 200m National file, clocking a powerful 20.40s, whereas beating record-holder Amlan Borgohain to the gold.

It was a improbable night on the twenty eighth National Federation athletics championships for minutes earlier Tamil Nadu triple jumper Praveen Chithravel had equalled his personal National file (17.37m) and in addition certified for this September’s Tokyo Worlds.

And Asian silver medallist lengthy jumper Shaili Singh proved that she is getting again to her finest with a 6.64m effort that noticed her break her mentor Anju Bobby George’s 23-year-old meet file whereas beating Asian Games silver medallist Ancy Sojan (6.46m).

“After the improbable 100m on Monday, I knew one thing was going to occur within the 200m in the present day,” mentioned Animesh.

Long time coming

“It’s been a very long time coming. We’ve received to thank the blokes who pushed him, Mani, Raghul and Amlan,” mentioned Martin Owens who coaches Animesh on the Odisha Reliance Centre.

Praveen had crossed 17m in Bengaluru final month and previous to the ultimate right here he had written ‘17.20m for my coach Yoandris’ behind his chest quantity and proudly confirmed it to the world after his large leap.

“I wished to assist my sore heel get better, so I ended after three rounds,” mentioned Praveen. Asian champion Abdulla Aboobacker took the silver (16.99m).

Robert Bobby George had anticipated Shaili to leap round 6.75m in the present day and although she couldn’t go that far, the 21-year-old produced her finest leap in almost two years.

Meanwhile, Samardeep Gill (19.34m) shocked Asian Games shot put champion Tajinderpal Singh Toor (18.77) whereas one other Asiad winner Annu Rani was not at her finest however gained the ladies’s javelin title comfortably.

The outcomes (winners solely): 200m: Animesh Kujur (Odi) 20.40s (NR, Old: 20.52, Amlan Borgohain, 2022); 800m: Anu Kumar (Utk) 1:47.78s; 5,000m: Abhishek Pal (Rly) 13:40.59s.

Triple leap: Praveen Chithravel (JSW) 17.37m (equalled personal National file, previous meet file 16.99m, Eldhose Paul, 2022); shot put: Samardeep Singh Gill (MP) 19.34m; decathlon: Tejaswin Shankar (Del) 7603 factors (MR, Old: 7502, Jora Singh, 2006).

Women: 200m: Nithya Gandhe (Tel) 23.68s; 800m: Twinkle Chaudhary (Reliance) 2:00.71 (MR, Old: 2:01.79, Okay.M. Chanda, 2023); 5,000m: Sanjivani Jadhav (Mah) 15:43.42s.

Javelin: Anu Rani (UP) 56.66m; excessive leap: Pooja (Har) 1.84m; lengthy leap: Shaili Singh (UP) 6.64m (MR, Old: 6.59, Anju Bobby George, 2002); hammer throw: Harshita Sehrawat (Reliance) 61.65m.

Published – April 24, 2025 09:29 pm IST