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The highlight of the final day of the National Inter State Senior Athletics Championships that concluded here on Sunday at Tau Devilal Stadium, was a national mixed 4x400m relay record by India A team.

Muhammed Anas, Muhammed Ajmal, Dandi Jyothika and Kiran Pahal clocked 3:12.87 seconds to improve the previous record of 3:14.12 seconds recorded at the Asian Relay in Bangkok in May.

Paris bound javelin thrower Kishore Kumar Jena regained his form, while two meet records were erased.

Odisha’s Animesh Kujur claimed 200m gold medal with a meet record. He clocked 20.65 seconds to better Amlan Borgohain’s meet record of 20.71 seconds set in 2023.

Maharashtra’s Tejas Shirse continued his domination in the men’s 110m hurdles. On his way to the gold medal, he clocked 13.54 seconds to erase the previous mark of 13.65 set in 2019 by Siddhanth Thingalaya.

At the jumping pit, of the six valid attempts Abdulla Aboobacker of Kerala had only one valid jump of 17m which fetched him gold medal. His other jumps were no mark. “I was lucky to have one good jump,” the Kerala’s international jumper said.

Results

Women:

200m: Srabani Nanda (Odisha) 23.89 seconds, Madhumita Deb (Madhya Pradesh) 23.93 seconds, Nancy (Haryana) 23.95 seconds.

800m: KM Chanda (Delhi) 2:01.53 seconds, Amandeep Kaur (Punjab) 2:04.73 seconds, Lavana (Tamil Nadu) 2:05.60 seconds.

10,000m: Sanjivani Jadhav (Maharashtra) 33:42.54 seconds, Seema (Himachal Pradesh) 34:05.69 seconds, Ankita (Haryana) 36:34.97 seconds.

100m hurdles: Jyothi Yarraji (Andhra Pradesh) 13.06 seconds, Pragyan Prasant Sahu (Odisha) 13.15 seconds, Nithya Ramraj (Tamil Nadu) 13.21 seconds.

400m hurdles: Olimba Steffi (Tamil Nadu) 59.43 seconds, Ramandeep Kaur (Punjab) 59.81 seconds, Deepshita R Gowda (Karnataka) 59.84 seconds.

High jump: Khyati Mathur (Uttar Pradesh) 1.86m, Pooja (Haryana) 1.79m, Manshi (Uttar Pradesh) 1.76m.

Heptathlon: Agasara Nandini (Telangana) 5806 points, Pooja (Haryana) 5176 points, Sonu Kumari (Haryana) 4889 points.

Men:

200m: Animesh Kujur (Odisha) 20.65 seconds (MR), Nalubothu Srinivas (Andhra Pradesh) 20.95 seconds, Ragul Kumar G (Maharashtra) 21.15 seconds.

10,000m:

110m hurdles: Tejas Shirse (Maharashtra) 13.54 (MR), Manav R (Tamil Nadu) 13.85 seconds, Madhvendra Shekhwat (Rajasthan) 13.85 seconds.

400m hurdles: Nikhil Bhardwaj (Punjab) 50.41 seconds, Murad Sirman (Gujarat) 50.60 seconds, Dhaval Utekar (Gujarat) 50.87 seconds.

Javelin throw: Sahil Silwal (Haryana) 81.81m, Vikrant Malik (Odisha) 81.74m, Kishore Kumar Jena (Odisha) 80.84m.

Triple jump: Abdulla Aboobacker (Kerala) 17m, Praveen Chithravel (Tamil Nadu) 16.98m, Gailey Venister (Tamil Nadu) 16.40m.

800m: Shyam Milan Bind (Madhya Pradesh) 1:47.24 seconds, Rijoy J (Kerala) 1:48.58 seconds, Ankesh Chaudhary (Himachal Pradesh) 1:50.01 seconds.

Mixed 4x400m relay: India A team: Muhammed Anas, Dandi Jyothika, Muhammed Ajmal, Kiran Pahal 3:12.87. India B team Santhosh K, Vithya Ramjraj, Amoj Jacob and Subha V (3:14.22 seconds). Sri Lanka: 3:18.18 seconds.

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Panchkula

Army’s 29 years old Asian Games champion Avinash Sable was a comfortable winner in the men’s 3,000m steeplechase here on Saturday on the penultimate day of the National Inter State Senior Athletics Championships. On his way to winning the gold medal, Sable clocked 8:31.75 to improve his own meet record of 8:33.19 seconds recorded in 2019.

The versatile distance runner had clocked 8:11.63 last year in Poland which was better than the Paris Olympic Games qualification time of 8:15 in the 3,000 steeplechase.

Saturday’s race in Panchkula, Sable said, was part of his preparation for the Olympic Games in France. “I didn’t push as there was no competition,” Sable said of the easy win, adding his main target was to peak at the Olympic Games. “I will peak at the right time,” he added. “I will compete in the Paris Diamond League in France on July 7. It will be my final race before the Olympic Games.”

Asian Games champion, Tajinderpal Singh Toor and Parul Chaudhary were among several Paris Olympic Games hopefuls who tested their skills today.

Toor was the easy winner in men’s shot put while Parul dominated the women’s 3,000m steeplechase.

The Sports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya also unveiled the Athletics Federation of India (AFI) new logo in presence of AFI president Adille Sumariwalla. The minister said youth of the country have potential to excel at the world level. “The preparation of the Indian contingent has been good. We are hopeful of good performance in France,” the sports minister added.

Results

Men:

3,000m steeplechase: Avinash Sable (Maharashtra) 8:31.75 seconds, Sumit Kumar (Madhya Pradesh) 8:46.93 seconds, Shankar Swami (Haryana) 8:47.05 seconds.

Pole vault: Yugendran R (Tamil Nadu) 5m, M Gowtham (Tamil Nadu) 4.90m, Lakshay (Haryana) 4.90m.

Shot put: Tajinderpal Singh Toor (Punjab) 19.93m, Samardeep Gill (Madhya Pradesh) 19.68m, Aryan Tyagi (Uttar Pradesh) 18.02m.

Hammer throw: Praveen Kumar (Rajasthan) 68.76m, Damneet Singh (Punjab) 66.40m, Mohammad Shahban (Uttar Pradesh) 65.02m.

Long jump: Arya S (Karnataka) 7.78m, Jeswin Aldrin (Tamil Nadu) 7.75m, Aravinth E (Tamil Nadu) 7.73m.

High jump: Sarvesh Kushare (Maharashtra) 2.25m, Tejaswin Shankar (Delhi) 2.21m, Jesse Sandesh (Karnataka) 2.18m.

Women:

Parul Chaudhary (Uttar Pradesh) 9:45.70 seconds, Komal Jagadale (Maharashtra) 10:12.64 seconds, Chhavi Yadav (Madhya Pradesh) 10:13.58 seconds.

Discus throw: Seema (Haryana) 57.19m, Nidhi (Haryana) 52.06m, Priti (Rajasthan) 49.40m.

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Haryana’s 24 years old promising 400m sprinter Kiran Pahal, continued her good run in the 63^rd National Inter State Senior Athletics Championships.

Punjab’s Gurindervir Singh and Sneha SS of Karnataka emerged fastest male and female athletes of the competition which is the last domestic competition to achieve Paris Olympic Games qualification mark.

The day after booking a ticket to Paris in the individual 400m event, Kiran stamped her authority on the track by winning gold. Running in lane 5, the Haryana sprinter was clear winner at the 200m mark of the race. Her gold winning time of 50.92 seconds was better than the meet record of 51.13 seconds set by Assam’s sprinting prodigy Hima Das in 2018 in Guwahati. Kiran had also clocked 50.92 seconds in the semis on Thursday.

The men’s 400m race was exciting. Kerala’s Muhammed Anas outdueled Muhammed Ajmal (Kerala) to win gold. Both had a similar time of 45.93 seconds but Anas was declared winner.

Away from track, Maharashtra’s thrower Abha Khatua claimed gold in women’s shot put with a throw of 17.63m. Abha has a bright chance to qualify for the Paris Olympic Games via Road to Paris ranking.

Both Karnataka and Tamil Nadu women’s 4x100m relay teams dipped below the previous meet record of 45.69 seconds set by Tamil Nadu.

Results

Men

100m: Gurindervir Singh (Punjab) 10.32 seconds, Animesh Kujur (Odisha) 10.46 seconds, Amlan Borgohain (Assam) 10.49 seconds.

400m: Muhammed Anas (Kerala) 45.93 seconds, Muhammed Ajmal (Kerala) 45.93 seconds, Mohit Kumar (Haryana) 46.15 seconds.

1500m: Parvej Khan (Haryana) 3:42.95 seconds, Yoonus Shah (Uttar Pradesh) 3:43.88 seconds, Mehedi Hassan (Assam) 3:44.40 seconds.

Discus: Nirbhay Singh (Haryana) 55.44m, Gagandeep Singh (Punjab) 53.33m, Oinam Singh (Manipur) 52.09m.

Women

100m: Sneha SS (Karnataka) 11.62 seconds, Giridharani Ravi Kumar (Tamil Nadu) 11.77 seconds, Nithya Gandhe (Telangana) 11.79 seconds

400m: Kiran Pahal (Haryana) 50.92 seconds (MR), Deepanshi (Haryana) 52.01 seconds, Dandi Jyothika Sri (Andhra Pradesh) 52.11 seconds.

1500m: Lili Das (West Bengal) 4:13.87 seconds, KM Chanda (Delhi) 4:14.85 seconds, KM Deeksha (Madhya Pradesh) 4:18.38 seconds.

Shot put: Abha Khatua (Maharashtra) 17.63m, Kachnar Chaudhary (Rajasthan) 16.76m, Srishti Vig (Delhi) 15.11m.

Pole vault: Rosy Paulraj (Tamil Nadu) 4.00m, Pavithra Venkatesh (Tamil Nadu) 4.00m, Mariya Jaison (Kerala) 3.90m.

Triple jump: Sheena V (Kerala) 13.44m, Pavithra G (Karnataka) 13.20m, Mallala Anusha (Andhra Pradesh) 13.09m

Javelin: Annu Rani (Uttar Pradesh) 57.70m, Ramyashree Jain (Karnataka) 53.14m, Rashmi K (Andhra Pradesh) 52.39m.

Relay:

Women: 4x100m relay: Karnataka (45.38 seconds), Tamil Nadu (45.40 seconds), Odisha (46.65 seconds).

4x400m: Andhra Pradesh 3:41.84 seconds, Punjab 3:44.23 seconds, Delhi 3:53.96 seconds.

Men: 4x100m relay: Odisha 40.02 seconds, Punjab 40.50 seconds, Tamil Nadu 40.88 seconds.

4x400m relay: Haryana 3:08.00 seconds, Tamil Nadu 3:08.62 seconds, Punjab 3:09.07 seconds.

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Haryana’s Kiran Pahal was cynosure of all eyes as she blazed the track at Panchkula’s Tau Devilal Stadium on Thursday to achieve Paris Olympic Games qualification in the women’s individual 400m event.

While Asian Games medalist Gulveer Singh of Uttar Pradesh clocks 13:34.67 seconds in the men’s 5,000m to improves his meet record of 13:43.23 set last year in Bhubaneswar.

Kiran ran a blistering pace to clock 50.92 seconds to better the Paris Olympic Games qualification time of 50.95 on the opening day of the 63rd National Inter State Senior Athletics Championships.

With Thursday’s performance Kiran has emerged as the second fastest Indian female 400m runner of all time. Hima Das holds the national record of 50.79 seconds clocked in 2018.

Kiran is the first Indian female quarter miler to have qualified for the Olympic Games after a gap of eight years since Nirmal Sheoran (Haryana) qualified for the 2016 Olympic Games.

Kiran was surprised to have clocked an astonishing time in the semis on Thursday. The final scheduled for Friday will be an exciting event on cards as she plans to race faster than her semifinal time of 50.92 seconds. “I will do better in the medal round,” Kiran said in a post-race interaction. She had clocked 52.33 seconds in her preliminary round.

Kiran’s flight to Paris has been all struggle and a lot of hard work. “That’s all past. I’m happy to achieve a good result today in Panchkula,” Kiran explained.

Subha V of Tamil Nadu topped the first semis with a time of 53.08 seconds while Deepanshi of Haryana won the third semis with a time of 52.12 seconds.

The men’s 400m final will also be a mouth-watering contest as all top 400m runners advanced to the medal round. Muhammed Anas of Kerala was the fastest in the semis with a time of 45.76 seconds.

Results

Men: 5000m: Gulveer Singh (Uttar Pradesh) 13:34.67 seconds (MR), Sunil Dawar (Madhya Pradesh) 14:02.75 seconds, Gagan Singh (Haryana) 14:05.66 seconds

Women

5,000m: Ankita (Uttarakhand) 16:10.37, Seema (Himachal Pradesh) 16:12.27, Sanjivani Jadhav (Maharashtra) 16.32.35

Hammer throw: Manju Bala (Rajasthan) 63.66m, Harshita Sherawat (Delhi) 62.20m, Tanya Chaudhary (Uttar Pradesh) 61.57m.

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The four­-day 63^rd National Inter State Senior Athletics Championships starting here at Panchkula’s Tau Devilal Stadium from Thursday is important as it will be the last Paris Olympic Games qualifying platform for the Indian athletes, Adille Sumariwalla, president of the Athletics Federation of India said.

“We are hopeful that the national mixed 4x400m relay squad would be able to earn a ticket to the Olympic Games,” the AFI president said on the eve of the national domestic meet. “The members of the mixed 4x400m team have the ability to clock a good time to earn a world ranking of 16 or below.”

While addressing the media here in Panchkula on Thursday, the AFI president said the mixed 4x400m relay team missed a chance to achieve Olympic Games qualification at the World Athletics Relays in Bahamas in the first week of May. “The national mixed 4x400m team narrowly missed a chance at the Asian Relay in Bangkok on May 20,” he added.

According to Sumariwalla, to book a flight to Paris the Indian relay team should rank in top 16. Kenya’s national mixed 4x400m relay team had clocked 3:11.88 seconds on June 15 in Nairobi to secure 16^th spot on the world global ranking. “The Indian mixed 4x400m relay team should be able to post a better time than 3:11.88 seconds to stay on course for the Olympics,” he said.

Both men’s 4x400m and women’s 4x400m relays had qualified for the Paris Olympic Games during World Relays in Bahamas.

The AFI president said, the Panchkula national meet will see cream of Indian athletics in action either to achieve automatic qualification criteria set by World Athletics to compete at the Paris Olympic Games or improve their global ranking points.

The competition in Panchkula has overall attracted 752 competitors, including 298 female athletes. “Athletes from Sri Lanka and Maldives will also compete in Panchkula,” Sumariwalla added.

According to the AFI president who is also one of the vice presidents at the World Athletics, it’s all about good planning to be successful in relay events at the world stage. “A right combination is important,” Sumariwalla added. “The Indian men’s 4x400m relay proved themselves at the 2023 Budapest World athletics Championships and should be able to prove again at the Paris Olympic Games.”

In a response to long jumper Jeswin Aldrin decline in performance, the AFI president said, the promising jumper has a bright future. “I’m sure he (Jeswin) will bounce back to repeat his past performance again,” Sumariwalla added. “He (Jeswin) is young and should be able to give good results in future.

Several Indian athletes, including Olympic and world champion Neeraj Chopra and Kishore Kumar Jena, have achieved automatic qualification for the 2024 Olympic in their respective events.

A good number of Indian athletes are also on track to qualify for the Olympics via the World Athletics ranking system.

The AFI is also reworking the domestic calendar from 2025. “We plan to conduct Continental Tour event on Indian soil to give more exposure to the Indian athletes,” Sumariwalla revealed. “We will also have more competitions at the state level to broaden the base in the next calendar year.”

The AFI is also working to tackle the menace of doping in track and field in coordination with all the stakeholders including National Anti Doping Agency (NADA), the AFI president added. “The AFI follows no needle policy and has zero tolerance towards use of performance substances.”

The AFI president also spoke on the advantages of decentralization of national camps post Paris Olympic Games. “Right now there are  around 150 athletes in the camp. But when the athletes practice at regional centers, including National Centre of Excellence (NCOE) we expect more than 700 athletes in the regional centres across the country,” he added.

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