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Time of India
3 days ago
- Health
- Time of India
TN discus thrower Krishna Jayasankar does a first on US soil
Krishna Jayasankar (l) with her coach Jordan Roach CHENNAI: After navigating a series of challenges over the past few years, Krishna Jayasankar has started to reap the rewards of her labour. The 22-year-old Tamil Nadu athlete became the first Indian woman thrower to qualify for the NCAA Outdoor Championships. She made the cut in discus throw, one of her pet events along with shot put . Following her move to the USA, Krishna was without a coach at the University of Nevada, where she is currently studying. Krishna first competed in the NCAA circuit in 2022 and had to take a break due to injuries before making a comeback last year. The return was not ideal, as she did not achieve the desired outcome. However, Krishna continued to push herself, and the results have began to show. She broke the indoor national record in shot put earlier this year and has recorded multiple personal bests in discus throw. What has made the year more special for Krishna is her qualification to the Outdoor Championships with a personal-best throw of 55.61m in discus throw. 'The reaction when I threw 55.61m was insane. This is my final year competing in the outdoors and I wanted to give it my all. I am happy to have achieved what I did. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Dermatologista recomenda: simples truque elimina o fungo facilmente Acabe com o Fungo Undo I wanted to redeem myself after what I went through last year. It takes a village to help an athlete achieve the goals and I am grateful to the coaching staff. I have had a calf injury for the past 12 months, but I am able to manage it and perform,' Krishna told TOI from the USA. 'I told myself that one bad season will not define who I am, rather it will help me develop and learn from the mistakes. If not for the challenges that I faced, I would have breached the 60m mark earlier. I am on the right path and will look to progress at a good pace.' Jordan Roach has been training Krishna for the past few years. Having missed out on qualifying for the NCAA Championships in his college days, Roach wants to see his student achieve what he could not. 'Krishna did a lot of good work in the off-season and it is starting to show now. I knew she could do it and it was just a matter of time. What she has improved is her balance while throwing and she has the capacity to reach 60m in a few years. In the final, we expect to match the personal best and if possible, go another metre further,' Roach said. Multiple Olympic and World Championships medallist Carmelita Jeter, who is the head coach at the University of Nevada, said: 'I have seen so much growth from Krishna over the past year, and I believe that her failures are what changed her attitude.'
New Indian Express
5 days ago
- Sport
- New Indian Express
Chennai discus thrower Krishna qualifies for NCAA Outdoor C'ships in USA
CHENNAI: IN a first, Chennai's Krishna Jayasankar becomes the first woman from India to qualify for the United States' National Collegiate Athletics Association's (NCAA) Outdoor Championships, set to happen at Eugene, Oregon on June 14. The 22-year old earned qualification with a throw of 55.61metres in the NCAA's west conference's first round of qualifying which took place at Austin, Texas on Saturday. That put her amongst the top 12, which in turn earned her a qualification berth in the collegiate meet in Eugene. She currently is a junior student at the University of Nevada in Las Vegas. Krishna, who is the daughter of Indian basketball players C Jayasankar Menon and Prasanna Jayasankar, earlier studied at the SBOA school and junior college in Chennai. She had won national-level medals in both shot put and discus throw. After meeting Jamaican track-and-field coach Michael Wessel at Tenvic Sports in Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, Krishna moved to Jamaica with him to train, during the lockdown. In 2021, she became the first Indian thrower to be offered an academic and athletic scholarship from the University of Texas at El Paso. In March this year, she set the national record for the indoor shot put, with a throw of 16.03m in the Mountain West Indoor track and field championship in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
