Chennai, Oct 25: Maharashtra’s Yash Mulik stole the spotlight as he broke his own U18 national record in the 110m hurdles to win gold at the National Junior Athletics Championships here on Sunday.
Mulik’s gold-medal-winning time of 13.29 seconds bettered his previous U18 national record of 13.40 seconds, set recently in Ludhiana, Punjab.
In the men’s U20 110m hurdles final, the top four finishers surpassed the meet record of 13.92 seconds set by Saif Chafekar last year.
Kerala’s Fasalul Haque won the gold medal with a time of 13.69 seconds. Surya P of Tamil Nadu clinched the silver medal in 13.84 seconds, while Kerala’s Kiran K claimed the bronze in 13.85 seconds.
Results: Men’s U20:
3,000m: Muhammed Jazeel (Kerala) 8:19.87, Aakash (Uttar Pradesh) 8:20.76, Nishant Karhana (Haryana) 8:22.18.
110m hurdles: Fasalul Haque (Kerala) 13.69 seconds (meet record), Surya P (Tamil Nadu) 13.84 seconds, Kiran K (Kerala) 13.85 seconds.
High jump: Ambriesh K (Tamil Nadu) 2.18m, Binoy B (Kerala) 2.11m, Sinan (Karnataka) 2.05m.
Men’s U18:
110m hurdles: Yash Mulik (Maharashtra) 13.29 seconds (national record), Kirpal K (Tamil Nadu) 13.56 seconds, Anshu Yadav (Uttar Pradesh) 13.64 seconds.
Women’s U20:
3,000m: Dipika Sharma (Madhya Pradesh) 9:52.58 seconds, Mansi Yadav (Maharashtra) 9:57.33 seconds, Risha Goswami (Uttar Pradesh) 9:59.75 seconds.
100m hurdles: Sriteja Tholem (Telangana) 14.10 seconds, Adithya (Kerala) 14.24 seconds, Durga Sri Dinesh (Tamil Nadu) 14.28 seconds.
Women’s U18:
100m hurdles: Anamika Ajesh (Kerala) 13.82 seconds, Nupura Holla (Karnataka) 13.84 seconds, Rajashree VB (Tamil Nadu) 14.07 seconds. (PTI)
