National U20 Athletics: Murad Sirman & Anushka Yadav Bag Gold With Meet Records
Murad Sirman set a new meet record in the men's 400m hurdles at the U20 National Junior Federation Athletics Championships. Anushka Yadav broke the hammer throw meet record.
On the final day of the 23rd National Junior (U20) Federation Athletics Championships held at the Madan Mohan Malaviya Sports Complex, Gujarat's Murad Sirman set a new meet record while winning the gold in the men's 400m hurdles. Sirman clocked 50.75 seconds, surpassing the previous meet record of 51.26 seconds set by Durgesh Kumar Pal in 2012.
Additionally, Uttar Pradesh's talented hammer thrower Anushka Yadav broke the meet record of 57.09m established by Tanya Chaudhary in 2022. Anushka secured the gold with a throw of 60.46m. She also holds the junior national record of 62.89m, set in February at the Uttarakhand National Games.
Men:
200m: J Pandiyan (Tamil Nadu) 21.33 seconds, Rushiraj S (Gujarat) 21.42 seconds, Pratik Maharana (Odisha) 21.44 seconds.
800m: Mogali Venkatram (NCOE Bengaluru) 1:49.94 seconds, Prince (Haryana)1:50.09 seconds, Vinod Kumar (Telangana) 1:50.26 seconds.
5,000m: Rahul Kumar Verma (Chhattisgarh) 14:20.11 seconds, Indrajeet Bharat (Uttar Pradesh) 14:22.82, Vivek Chand (Gujarat) 14:24.89.
400m hurdles: Murad Sirman (Gujarat) 50.75 seconds (meet record, previous record 51.26 seconds set by Durgesh Kumar Pal in 2012), Bhushan Sunil Patil (Karnataka) 52.21 seconds, Amit Kumar (NCOE Patiala) 52.37 seconds.
Javelin throw: Dipesh Choudhary (Rajasthan) 72.98m, Rohan Yadav (Uttar Pradesh) 70.52m, Himanshu (JSW) 69.30m.
Triple jump: S Ravi (Tamil Nadu) 15.44m, Yuvaraj K (NCOE Trivandrum) 15.34m, Shekh Zeeshan (Uttar Pradesh) 15.27m.
High jump: Basant (Rajasthan) 2.11m, Shiv Bhagwan (Haryana) 2.08m, Parthiv Vinod (Kerala) 2.04m.
200m: Dhesikha V (Tamil Nadu) 24.44 seconds, Nipam (Uttar Pradesh) 24.68 seconds, Sanjana (Delhi) 24.80 seconds.
800m: Prateeksha Yadav (Uttar Pradesh) 2:07.89 seconds, Heena (Haryana) 2:08.84 seconds, Geetika Dahiya (Haryana) 2:10.24 seconds.
5,000m: Priyanka Oksa (NOCE Bengaluru) 17:07.09 seconds, Shilpa Dihora (Gujarat) 17:07.71, Sonam Parmar (Madhya Pradesh) 17:11.60.
400m hurdles: Tanu Chaudhary (NCOE Patiala) 1:01.09 seconds, Apurva Anand Naik (Karnataka) 1:01.92, Harshita Goswami (Delhi) 1:02.59.
3,000m steeplechase: Sakshi Borhade (Maharashtra) 10:50.39 seconds, Garima Yadav (Madhya Pradesh) 10:52.64, Priya Chhetri (Sikkim) 11:08.59.
Javelin throw: Bhavya Pilania (JSW) 47.65m, Poonam (JSW) 46.15m, Janvi Shekhawat (Rajasthan) 43.05m.
Hammer throw: Anushka Yadav (Uttar Pradesh) 60.46m (meet record, previous mark 57.09m set by Tanya Chaudhary in 2022), Haqikat Grewal (Punjab) 53.05m, Ankita Mohapatra (Odisha) 47.40m.
Triple jump: Sadhana Ravi (Tamil Nadu) 12.75m, Paveena Rajesh (Tamil Nadu) 12.55m, Jasleen Kaur (Punjab) 12.42m.
Heptathlon: Sriteja Tholem (Telangana) 4735 points, Harshita Goswami (Delhi) 4414 points, Jasmine Mathachan (Kerala) 3907 points.
Long jump: Pavana Nagaraj (Karnataka) 6.29m, Mubassina Mohammed (NCOE Trivandrum) 6.15m, Pariksha (Haryana) 5.87m.
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June 24, 2025, 22:00 IST
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