Spotlight on sprinters at Pune leg of Indian Athletics series
Pune, June 7
Spotlight was on sprinters at the eighth-leg of Indian Athletics Series in Pune, Maharashtra on Sunday.
Air Force sprinter Harjit Singh was cynosure of all eyes as he clocked 10.17 seconds to top the field in the men's 100m race. Rushiprasad Desai of Maharashtra was second with a time of 10.35 seconds and Laukik Anant Melge also from Maharashtra was third with a time of 10.36 seconds.
Aditya Pisal of Maharashtra dominated the U20 men's 100m. His winning time was 10.23 seconds.
Results:
Men: 100m: Harjit Singh (Air Force) 10.17 seconds, Rushiprasad Desai (Maharashtra) 10.35 secs, Laukik Anant Melge (Maharashtra) 10.36 secs.
400m: Yashas P (Reliance) 46.82 seconds, Tushar Kanti Manna (Navy) 47.19 secs, Shubham D (Maharashtra) 47.74 secs.
1500m: Yoonus Shah (JSW) 3:50.21 secs, Sunil Dawar (Madhya Pradesh) 3:51.09 secs, Nirmit (Delhi) 3:51.30 secs,
10,000m: Harmonjot Singh (JSW) 29:43.89 seconds, Gaurav Mathur (Army) 29:44.73 secs, Deepak Bhatt (Uttarakhand) 29:49.95 secs.
110m hurdles: Siddhanth (ONGC) 14.18 seconds, Harmanjeet Singh (Delhi) 14.26 secs, Daksh Deepak (Maharashtra) 14.63 secs.
400m hurdles: Karthik Y (Andhra Pradesh) 51.63 seconds, Nikhil Bhardwaj (Navy) 52.51 secs, Vikash (Haryana) 54.69 secs.
High jump: Bharathi V (Navy) 2.05m, Samadhan D (All India Police) 2.00m, Aarbaj Yasin (Maharashtra) 2.00m.
Triple jump: Mohanraj J (Tamil Nadu) 16.17m, Bhushan Shinde (Maharashtra) 15.48m, Aushal Doni (Tamil Nadu) 15.29m.
Long jump: Anurag CV (Kerala) 7.52m, Bhupender Singh (Railway Sports) 7.37m, Krishna Sharma (Madhya Pradesh) 7.26m.
Shot put: Samardeep Singh Gill (Madhya Pradesh) 18.64m. Abhishek Singh (Uttar Pradesh) 16.96m, Rahul Krishna (Maharashtra) 16.57m.
Javelin throw: Manoj Kumar J (Tamil Nadu) 75.18m, Uttam Balasaheb (Maharashtra) 74.40m, Nitesh Yadav (Army) 69.55m.
Women
100m: Prakruthi Roopa (Karnataka) 11.65 secs, Nipam (Uttar Pradesh) 11.69 secs, Charu Shoukeen (Delhi) 12.06 secs
400m: Aishwarya Mishra (Maharashtra) 54.22 secs, Manisha A (Haryana) 54.66 secs, Geeta (Rajasthan) 54.72 secs.
800m: Lili Das (Uttarakhand) 2:09.43 secs, Komal Chandrakant (Railway Sports) 2:10.34 secs, Thota Sankeertana (IOCL) 2:10.58 secs.
10,000m: Ravina Gayakwad (Maharashtra) 36:34.55 seconds, Sanjivani Baburao Jadav (Maharashtra) 36:35.33 secs, Harmilan Bains (Chandigarh) 36:35.45 secs.
Discus throw: Aditi Rajesh (Maharashtra) 48.22m, Neha Verma (Maharashtra) 44.36m, Amera Anwar Shah (Madhya Pradesh) 43.97m.
Triple jump: I Ilango (Tamil Nadu) 13.57m, Niharika Vashisht (Punjab) 13.21m, Bhairabi Roy (Railways Sports) 13.19m.
Long jump: Pavana Nagraj (Karnataka) 5.72m, Meryl Ann Mathew (Anju Bobby George Academy) 5.59m, Shrestha (Maharashtra) 5.49m
U20
Men: 100m: Aditya Pisal (Maharashtra) 10.23 secs, Kshitij Sunil (Maharashtra) 10.37 secs, Neil Samraj (Tamil Nadu) 10.56 secs.
Men: 400m: Manas Shinde (Maharashtra) 48.56 secs, Ranjeet S (Madhya Pradesh) 48.83 secs, Ali Sameer (Maharashtra) 49.52 secs.
Men: 1500m: Himanshu (Uttarakhand) 4:04.94 secs, Gopal (Madhya Pradesh) 4:05.33 secs, Sandeep (Maharashtra) 4:07.12 secs.
Men: 110m hurdles: Fasalul Haque (Reliance) 13.61 seconds (NR previous record 13.69 secs), Sandeep Vinodkumar (Reliance) 13.64 secs, Saif Farooq (Maharashtra) 13.70 secs.
Men Javelin throw: Aditya (Haryana) 72.34m, Dhairya (Gujarat) 65.32m, Korounganba (Manipur) 56.91m.
U20
Women: 100m: Nancy (Haryana) 11.78secs, Prisha Mishra (Haryana) 12.01 secs, Yashashree (Maharashtra) 12.24 secs.
Women: 100m hurdles: Adithya Aji (Reliance) 14.27 seconds, Daisy Maurya (Maharashtra) 15.71 secs, Diya Joshi (Maharashtra) 15.84 secs
— IANS
Reader Comments
Amazing to see so many athletes from Maharashtra dominating the medal tally! Aditya Pisal's 10.23 seconds in the U20 category is especially impressive. The local talent is really shining. 👏
I wish the media would give more coverage to these events. We have such talented athletes, but they rarely get the recognition they deserve. Harjit Singh's performance would be celebrated much more if it were cricket. 🙏
Impressive stats from the Pune leg. The U20 men's 110m hurdles record being broken by Fasalul Haque (13.61 secs) is remarkable. India is producing world-class junior athletes. Exciting times ahead! 🏃♂️
Good to see the Athletics Federation of India organizing these series consistently. The depth in field events like javelin (Manoj Kumar J - 75.18m) and shot put (Samardeep Singh Gill - 18.64m) is very encouraging. Keep supporting grassroots sports! 🥇
The women's 10,000m was a nail-biter with Ravina Gayakwad edging out Sanjivani Baburao by just 0.78 seconds! Such close competition is exactly what we need to push our athletes to Olympic levels. Super proud of all participants! 💪
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