Published By: Vivek Ganapathy
Last Updated: March 09, 2024, 18:50 IST
United States of America (USA)
National Games gold medallist Parvej Khan on Saturday turned the primary Indian to qualify for the ultimate of a observe occasion within the NCAA Championships of the United States, one of the aggressive collegiate competitions on this planet, as he made the grade in males’s one-mile occasion in Boston.
Khan clocked 3 minutes 57.126 seconds to end third within the one-mile preliminary run and make it to the ultimate within the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships.
The 19-year-old was representing the University of Florida as he earned a university scholarship there final yr.
The 19-year-old Khan, who belongs to a farming household in Mewat area in Haryana, had gained the 1500m gold within the 2022 National Games with a brand new private finest of three.40.89 in Gandhinagar.
The mile run although will not be well-liked amongst Indian athletes and isn’t within the Olympic and World Championships programmes.
Three Indians — Tejaswin Shankar (2018 and 2022 in excessive leap), Mohinder Singh Gill (triple leap) and Vikas Gowda (2006 in discus throw) — have all gained gold on the NCAA championships.
“Pumped to see Parvez Khan (ONLY (Indian flag) to make @NCAATrackField finals for @GatorsTF in a track event EVER) if it’s a slower race he is winning hands down! If I were coaching his competitor I’ll tell them to run the first few laps like their life depends on it. He WILL hunt you down!,” Shankar tweeted.
Pumped to see Parvez Khan (ONLY to make @NCAATrackField finals for @GatorsTF in a observe occasion EVER) if it’s a slower race he’s profitable fingers down! If I had been teaching his competitor I’ll inform them to run the primary few laps like their life will depend on it. He WILL hunt you down! https://t.co/NlOaTujM3m— Tejaswin Shankar (TJ) (@TejaswinShankar) March 8, 2024
Khan gained the 800m gold on the U-16 Nationals in Mangalagiri, Andhra Pradesh, in 2019, and took bronze over the identical distance on the Khelo India Youth Games (U-18) the subsequent yr earlier than profitable his first senior race — the 1500m on the National Open Championships in Warrangal in 2021.
He bagged a 1500m silver National Inter-State Senior Athletics Championships in Chennai in 2022 and gained a gold over the identical distance within the National Open in Bengaluru in the identical yr.
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