Indian Open u-23 meet – The Hindu

Animesh Kujur who gained the gold medal within the 200m race occasion within the Fourth Nationwide Open U-23 Athletics Championships 2024 at Patna on September 30, 2024.
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PATNA

Animesh Kujur bettered his personal meet document in 200m to safe his first set of dash double gold medals within the Indian Open under-23 athletics meet on the Patliputra Sports activities Complicated in Patna on Monday (September 30, 2024).

Kujur confirmed full domination to outshine his opponents as he clocked 20.65, which was higher than the 20.87 he posted final yr.

“Due to the way in which I ready, I’m not proud of the timing. However it’s good to get my first double,” stated Kujur.

Puneet Yadav adopted up his 10,000m title with the 5,000m crown. Moumita Mondal, the 100m hurdles champion, bagged her second gold as she gained the lengthy leap with an effort of 6.27m.

Ok.A. Anamika, who misplaced her costly spikes on the primary day of the heptathlon occasion, set a brand new meet document of 5,160 factors.

Altogether 4 new meet data have been set on the concluding day.

The outcomes: Finals: Males: 200m: 1. Animesh Kujur (Odi) 20.65s (NMR, Outdated, Animesh Kujur, 20.87, 2023), 2. Nalubothu (AP) 21.19, 3. Tamil Arasu (TN) 21.52; 800m: 1. Shakeel (Raj) 1:51.90, 2. Tushar Bhekane (Kar) 1:51.97, 3. Lokesh Ok. (Kar) 1:53.23; 5,000m: 1. Puneet Yadav (Har) 14:29.15, 2. Rahul Kumar Verma (Cht) 14:30.54, 3. Kunal (Har) 14:32.30; 400m hurdles: 1. Karna Bag (WB) 50.91, 2. Murad Sirman (Guj) 50.91, 3. Nikunj Zala (Guj) 51.17; Excessive leap: 1. Jomon Pleasure (Ker) 2.17m (NMR, Outdated, 2.15, Mohd. Asraf Ali, 2023), 2. Sudeep (Kar) 2.11, 3. Mohd. Asraf Ali (WB) 2.08; Hammer: 1. Mayank Yadav (UP) 60.87, 2. Mukul (MP) 60.39, 3. Mohd. Nadeem (UP) 60.29; Javelin: 1. Anand Singh (UP) 74.75, Vikash Sharma (Utk) 71.99, 3. M. Niraj (Mah) 71.33.

Girls: 200m: 1. Kusum Thakur (HP) 24.19, 2. Sudeshna Shivankar (Mah) 24.24, 3. Samriti Jamwal (HP) 24.49; 800m: 1. Laxmipriya Kisan (Odi) 2:08.70, 2. Anamdeep Kaur (Pun) 2:09.33, 3. Priscilla Daniel (Ker) 2:11.78; 5,000m: 1. Sonam (Del) 16:58.54, 2. Bushra Khan Gauri (MP) 17:11.24, 3. Latika Talwar (Raj) 17:24.66; 400m hurdles: 1. Deekshita (Kar) 1:00.40, 2. Neha Dhabale (Mah) 1:00.77, 3. Moumi Jana (WB) 1:01.14; Lengthy leap: 1. Moumita Mondal (WB) 6.27m, 2. Lakshmi Gemmela (AP) 5.91, 3. Deesha Ganapathy (Kar) 5.86; Discus: 1. Sanya Yadav (Har) 50.59 (NMR, Outdated, 48.39, M. Karuniya, 2022), 2. Grima (Har) 49.07, 3. Neetu Kumari (Raj) 48.26; Heptathlon: 1. Ok.A. Anamika (Ker) 5,160 (NMR, Outdated, S. Kumari, 5,008, 2023), 2. Pooja (Har) 5,066, 3. S. Deepika (TN) 4,975.