Kerala’s M. Sreeshankar, who gained the lengthy bounce occasion at Indian GP-3, on the Sree Kanteerava Stadium in Bengaluru on Monday, 10 April, 2023.
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On a day when high quality performances have been at a premium, Rubina Yadav (Haryana) towered over the remainder by attaining the ladies’s excessive bounce qualifying mark for the Asian Games within the Indian Grand Prix-3 on the Sree Kanteerava Stadium right here on Monday.
There was little competitors for Rubina after her two rivals Pavaa Nagaraj and S.B. Supriya stop the scene after clearing 1.64m and 1.55m respectively. But the Haryana athlete was unperturbed and did properly to clear 1.81m and crossed the Asian Games qualifying mark of 1.80m.
Assam’s Amlan Borgohain returned to top-notch competitors in type by successful a double. Amlan pipped National report holder Amiya Kumar Mallick on the end to win the gold in males’s 100m in 10.50s and later the Assam athlete blitzed the sphere to win the 200m simply.
Maharashtra’s Tejeas Ashok Shirse additionally grabbed the eye by clocking a private greatest whereas successful the boys’s 110m in 13.81s.
Hima Das continued to impress in her comeback as she effortlessly strolled to win the 200m whereas Kerala’s Muhammed Ajmal simply gained the 400m gold.
Earlier, a sturdy headwind spoiled M. Sreeshankar’s comeback because the ace lengthy jumper might solely handle a modest 7.94m. Sreeshankar, who struggled with his run-up, nailed the gold in his first try when he touched 7.83m. After clearing 7.90m in his fourth try, Sreeshankar got here up with his greatest effort in his last try.
“I was struggling quite a lot with the wind. It was very windy. I just couldn’t find any sort of rhythm. This was my competition after injury and I am picking up quite well. 1 will be able to improve in the coming competitions,’’ said Sreeshankar who is currently ranked number six in the world.
“I think Sreeshankar did well considering how bad the conditions were. But we had set a target of crossing eight metres here so we are a bit disappointed. We will be now heading to the USA for training and competitions and he will be taking part in a meet in Philadelphia on April 30,” mentioned Sreeshankar’s coach and father S. Murali.
The outcomes: Men: 100m: 1. Amlan Borgohain (Asm) 10.50s, 2. Amiya Kumar Mallick (Odi) 10.52, 3. Hassan Saaid (Mal) 10.61; 200m: 1. Amlan Borgohain (Asm) 21.20s, 2. Animesh Kujur (Chts) 21.53, 3. Hassan Saaid (Mal) 21.72; 400m: 1. Muhammed Ajmal (Ker) 46.63s, 2. W. Nihal Joel (Kar) 47.12, 3. Rahul Ramesh Kadam (Mah) 47.13; 800m: 1. Ankesh Chaudhary (HP) 1:50.53, 2. Abhishek Singh Thakur (MP) 1:52.08, 3. Tomson Paulose (Ker) 1:52.53; 110m hurdles: 1. Tejas Ashok Shirse (Mah) 13.81s, 2. Madhvendra Singh Shekhawat (Raj) 13.92, R. Manav (TN) 14.48; 400m hurdles: Jabir Madari (Ker) 51.61s, 2. Santhosh Kumar (TN) 51.86, Nirmal Yadav (Mah) 52.34; Long bounce: 1. M. Sreeshankar (Ker) 7.94m, 2. P. David (TN) 7.80, 3. Vishnu Siva Sankar (Del) 7.63; Discus: 1. Harpreet Singh (Pun) 54.76m, 2. Vijay Ramajeyam (TN) 48.96,3. Ashwani Lamba (Har) 47.99.
Women: 100m: 1. Archana Suseendran (TN) 11.71s, 2. A.T. Daneshwari (Kar) 11.79,3. Nithya Gandhe (Tel) 11.96; 200m: 1. Hima Das (Asm) 23.77s, 2. Jyothika (Kar) 24.88, 3. Ziva Moosa Shafeeu (Mal) 26.84; 400m: 1. Aishwarya Mishra (Mah) 53.63s, 2. Kiran Pahal (Har) 55.32, 3. V.Ok. Vismaya (Ker) 55.37; 800m: 1. G.Ok. Vijayakumari (Kar) 2:09.70s, 2. Ok.M. Deeksha (MP) 2:10.95; 3. Bhagyalaxmi (Tel) 2:15.40; 100m hurdles: 1. Jyothi Yarraji (AP) 13.44s, 2. Sapna Kumari (Jkd) 13.85, 3. Agasara Nandini (Tel) 13.85; Triple bounce: 1. Ok.M. Sonam (UP) 13.50m, 2. Karthika Gothandapani (AP) 13.11, 3. Mallala Anusha (AP) 12.77; High bounce: 1. Rubina Yadav (Har) 1.81m, 2. Pavaa Nagaraj (Kar) 1.64, 3. S.B. Supriya (Kar) 1.55; Discus: 1. Annu (Har) 44.67m, 2. Priyadarshini Moyappan (TN) 40.583. Anagha Lakshmi Kurra (AP) 32.88.
