12-05-2025
Bihar's Alka wins shot put gold as Arjunan & 4 others rewrite MRs
of Tamil Nadu led a bunch of determined boys who broke five
on the opening day of athletics competitions of
Bihar at Pataliputra Sports Complex in Patna on Bihar's
won an emotional gold for the hosts in girls' shot put with a 14.73m throw to share the limelight on the day with the record-breaking broke the boys long jump mark three times and added a silver in the 110m hurdles to be the standout performer of the day, just ahead of Rajasthan discus thrower Hansraj Dhayal.
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Dhayal surprised teammate Vishal Kumar and Haryana's Nischay, an Asian Youth Championships bronze medalist, with a throw of 63.18m — a new KIYG Farooq Chafekar conquered the boys' 110m hurdles with a new meet record of 13.48 seconds.
That win came soon after Maharashtra's Shourya Ambura won the first gold of track events in the girls' 100m hurdles. Late in the evening, her statemate Rohit Shivaji Binnar (boys 3000m) joined the list of record-breakers , clocking 47.67 seconds in the first heats of the 400m. A bronze medalist in the National Youth Championships in March, Kabir Khan improved on the 400m mark set at 48.34 by CR Abdul Razak in 2019. Sayed Sabeer dipped in under 48 seconds in the tougher heat that followed, to raise visions of a keen final.
