Gandhinagar/Valsad, May 30 (IANS) Eighteen-year-old Rahul Jakhar from Gujarat’s Valsad district has won the gold medal in the decathlon at the 22nd Asian U20 Athletics Championships in Hong Kong, setting a new Indian Under-20 national record and becoming one of the continent’s leading young athletes in the discipline. Jakhar amassed 7,185 points across the two-day, 10-event competition to secure the title, surpassing the previous national U20 mark in the gruelling combined event.His victory mark…
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Hong Kong, May 29 (IANS) India’s talented high jumper Pooja improved the national and meet record on the second day of the 22nd Asian U20 Athletics Championships being held in Hong Kong, on Friday.On her way to winning the gold medal with a jump of 1.93m, Pooja improved the decade-old national record of 1.92m set by Sahana Kumari in 2012. Pooja’s performance on Friday was also better than the previous Asian U20 meet record of 1.90m set by Svetlana Radzivil of Uzbekistan in 2006.Race walker N…
Hong Kong, May 28 (IANS) Young Indian female sprinter Nipam made a memorable debut as she won the 100m bronze on the opening day of the U20 Asian Athletics Championships, which got underway in Hong Kong, China, on Thursday.The 18-year-old national record holder in the U20 women’s 100m was slow off the blocks but regained lost ground as she shifted gears to post a time of 11.62 seconds to win the bronze medal. The sprinter from Uttar Pradesh has a personal best (also national U20 record) of 11….