Palakkad’s P. Abiram who broke the 18-year-old meet record within the senior boys’ 400m on the sixty fifth Kerala State colleges athletics championships in Kunnamkulam on Tuesday.
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The previous few weeks have been hectic ones for quartermiler P. Abiram. The 17-year-old from Mathur Village in Palakkad had run within the State senior and junior championships, profitable a bunch of golds in each, other than the district championships earlier. And a number of days in the past, he was in motion on the National Open in Bengaluru within the 400m and the relays.
But regardless of the busy schedule, Abiram managed to higher his private greatest by practically a second from final 12 months’s 48.56s to 47.59s as he entered the boys’s semifinal on the National Open.
With all these achievements to energy him, Abiram broke the 18-year-old meet record of former worldwide V.B. Bineesh whereas profitable the under-19 boys’ 400m gold comfortably within the sixty fifth Kerala State colleges athletics championships on the Government VHSS Ground right here on Tuesday.
“I’ve been running one meet after another, almost without a break. I came from Bengaluru (National Open) only day before yesterday. I could not get enough rest, my recovery has not been proper,” stated Abiram, a member of the gold-winning Indian medley relay staff finally 12 months under-18 Asian Championships in Kuwait, after his victory.
However, he was thrilled that he could be operating within the National Games in Goa later this month.
Abiram, from Mathur’s CFD VHSS who’s coached by Ok. Surendran for the final 4 years, is entered to run the 100 and 200m additionally right here.
Meanwhile, Palakkad’s M. Jyothika, who sparkled within the junior class final 12 months, made a profitable debut as a senior by taking the ladies’s 400m in a private greatest 55.89s.
Two meet information fell on the opening day, with Ok.C. Servan breaking the opposite within the senior boys’ discus throw.
The outcomes (winners solely): Boys: Seniors (under-19): 400m: P. Abiram (Pkd) 48.06s MR, OR V.B. Bineesh, 48.23s, 2005. 3000m: J. Bejoy (Pkd) 8:55.80s. Long leap: Mohammed Muhassin (Mlp) 7.08m. Discus throw: Ok.C. Servan (Ksd) 57.51m MR, OR Ok.C. Sidharth, 53.34, 2018.
Juniors (under-17): 400m: Muhammed Swalih (Ktm) 50.53s. 3000m: Muhammed Ameen (Mlp) 9:13.32s. Shot put: Munavar Nifal (Pkd) 13.12m.
Sub-juniors (under-14): 400m: Arshad Ali (Pkd) 54.84. Discus throw: C. Shahabas (Mlp) 32.41m.
Girls:Seniors (under-19): 400m: M. Jyothika (Pkd) 55.89s. 3000m: C.R. Nithya (Ekm) 10:27.69s. Long leap: D. Sheeba (Tvm) 5.63m. Pole vault: Grace Alia Varghese (Ekm) 3.00m. Discus throw: Akhila Raju (Ksd) 41.71m. Discus throw: Akhila Raju (Ksd) 41.71m.
Juniors (under-17): 400m: Kasturba Prasad (Klm) 58.96s. 3000m: Gopika Gopi (Knr) 11:01.81s. High leap: C.P. Ashmika (Mlp) 1.56m.
Sub-juniors (under-14): 400m: P. Nithika (Pkd) 1:02.52s. Long leap: M. Sivaranjini (Pkd) 4.79m.
