Bhubaneswar:

Maharashtra’s Asian silver medalist, Abha Khatua, hogged the limelight on the second working day of the 27^th National Federation Senior Athletics Levels of competition listed here on Monday at Bhubaneswar’s Kalinga Stadium. The 28 yrs previous improved women’s shot put document to 18.41m.

The professional thrower begun her Olympic year with a toss of 17.56m in March in Patiala. On Monday she bettered the countrywide history of 18.06m in her fifth try (18.41m).

“I have three additional domestic competitions in coming weeks. I should be in a position to additional strengthen my overall performance,” she explained following successful gold with a countrywide report in shot place.

Away from the throwing circle, emphasis was on Odisha’s promising sprinter Animesh Kujur as he narrowly missed the national file in the men’s 200m. His gold winning time of 20.62 seconds fell limited of the nationwide and meet report of 20.52 seconds which are in the title of Amlan Borgohain established in 2022. “I’m delighted that I came so near to bettering the nationwide report,” the promising Odisha’s sprinter reported. He was confident of even more bettering his general performance through upcoming intercontinental exposure in Europe. “Will be competing in two-a few excellent races in Europe, which will be a great chance to split the nationwide history.”

Odisha’s Srabani Nanda wasn’t able to insert women’s 200m gold to the crew kitty as she was edged earlier by Karnataka’s promising sprinter Unnati Aiyappa Bolland in the very last 5 meters of an thrilling race.

Results:

Ladies:

200m: Unnathi Aiyappa Bolland (Karnataka) 23.85 seconds, Srabani Nanda (Odisha) 23.89 seconds, Devyaniba Mahendrasin (Gujarat) 24.14 seconds.

800m: KM Chanda (Delhi) 2:02.62 seconds, Twinkle (Punjab) 2:03.94 seconds, Amandeep Kaur (Punjab) 2:07.66 seconds.

100m hurdles Nithya Ramraj (Tamil Nadu) 13.14 seconds, Pragyan Prasanti Sahu (Odisha) 13.40 seconds, Moumita Mondal (West Bengal) 13.64 seconds.

Prolonged soar: Nayana James (Kerala) 6.53m, Shaili Singh (Uttar Pradesh) 6.34m, Moumita Mondal (West Bengal) 6.18m.

Shot set: Abha Khatua (Maharashtra) 18.41m, Kiran Baliyan (Uttar Pradesh) 16.54m, Shrishti Vig (Delhi) 15.86m.

Adult males:

200m: Animesh Kujur (Odisha) 20.62 seconds, Nalubothu Shanumaga (Andhra Pradesh) 20.97 secs, Jay Shah (Maharashtra) 21.31 seconds.

800m: Anikesh Chaudhary (Himachal Pradesh) 1:50.16 seconds, Somnath Chauhan (Haryana) 1:50.16 seconds, Mohammed Afsal P (Kerala) 1:50.44 seconds.

5,000m: Sawan Barwal (Himachal Pradesh) 13:51.01 secs, Harmanjot Singh (Madhya Pradesh) 13:51.61 secs, Kiran Matre (Maharashtra) 13:52.62 secs.

110m hurdles: Manav R (Tamil Nadu) 14.03 seconds, Nishanthraja G (Tamil Nadu) 14.22 seconds, Sachin Binu (Kerala) 14.25 seconds.

Discus throw: Nirbhay Singh (Haryana) 55.27m, Gagandeep Singh (Punjab) 54.38m, Oinam Alson Singh (Manipur) 52.03m.

Substantial leap: Chetan B (Karnataka) 2.09m, Swadhin Kumar Majhi (Odisha) 2.09m, Shaik Mohiddin (Andhra Pradesh) 2.05m.

Decathlon: Gokul KR (Kerala) 6762 details, Kamal Singh (Uttar Pradesh) 6685 details, Stalin Joes S (Tamil Nadu) 6630 factors.