Punjab’s Amanat Kamboj who achieved set a new National document within the ladies under-16 discus occasion on the opening day of the thirty eighth National junior athletics championship on the Nehru Stadium in Coimbatore on Tuesday.
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Two National information took a tumble on day one of many thirty eighth National junior athletics championship which received underway on the Nehru Stadium right here on Tuesday.
Punjab’s Amanat Kamboj hurled the discus to a distance of 45.18m for a new document within the ladies’ under-16 part. Kamboj, whose record-breaking effort got here in her third try, was overjoyed having shattered the mark of 41.74m set by Navjit Kaur in 2010.
Later, Joy Baidwan (Punjab) broke Divjot Kaur’s document of 14.29m with a mighty heave of 15.19m for the ladies’ under-14 shot put gold.
The host had one thing to cheer as properly with Paveena Rajesh and V. Karthika successful the under-18 triple bounce and pole vault gold respectively.
The outcomes (winners): Boys: U-14: Shot put: Manoj Piploda (Raj) 16.96m.
U-20: 10,000m: Shivaji P. Madappa (Kar) 30:24.08; discus: Bhartpreet Singh (Pun) 54.76m.
Girls: U-14: Shot put: Joy Baidwan (Pun) 15.19m (NR, Old: Divjot Kaur 14.29, 2022).
U-16: Discus: Amanat Kamboj (Pun) 45.18m (NR, Old: Navajit Kaur 41.74, 2010); excessive bounce: Samapti Ghosh (WB) 1.59m.
U-18: Triple bounce: Paveena Rajesh (TN) 11.92m; pole vault: V. Karthika (TN) 3.20m; discus: Riddhi (Har) 45.65m
U-20: 5000m: Antima Pal (UP) 16:44.40s; discus: Neetu Kumari (Raj) 47.27m; pole vault: Nidhi (Har) 3.65m.
