Athletics: South Africa's Tyantini, Tamil Nadu’s Abinaya Are Fastest In Continental Tour Event

Athletics: South Africas Tyantini, Tamil Nadu’s Abinaya are fastest in Continental Tour event (Image Source: IANS)

World Athletics Continental Tour Silver: South Africa’s Tshepo Jason Tyantini and India's Abinaya Rajarajan emerged as the fastest male and female athletes in the World Athletics Continental Tour Silver Level Meeting at Bhubaneswar’s Kalinga Stadium on Saturday.

South Africa’s Tshepo Jason Tyantini won the fastest male athlete title by winning the men's 100m race on Saturday. Tshepo Jason Tyantini, 21, won gold with a time of 10.11 seconds.

Home favourite Animesh Kumar finished sixth, and national record holder in the men’s 100m dash, Gurindervir Singh, representing Punjab, finished ninth.

Animesh Kujur, representing Odisha, clocked 10.32 seconds to finish outside the medal bracket. India’s star sprinter Gurindervir Singh finished ninth with a time of 10.39 seconds.

Tamil Nadu’s promising sprinter Abinaya Rajarajan took home the women’s 100m title with a time of 11.34 seconds. Harita Bhadra of Maharashtra finished second in 11.46 seconds, while S. Sathyanarayan of Karnataka claimed the bronze in 11.56 seconds.

Results:

Men:

100m: Tshepo Jason Tyantini (South Africa) 10.11 seconds, Ali Al Balushi (Oman) 10.16 seconds, Dineth Induwara W (Sri Lanka) 10.27 seconds. 6th Animesh Kujur (Odisha) 10.32 seconds, 9th Gurindervir Singh (Punjab) 10.39 seconds.

400m: Justice Oratile (Botswana) 45.35 secs, Leendert Koekemoer (South Africa) 45.40 secs, Kalinga H (Sri Lanka) 45.61 secs. 5th Manu TS (Kerala) 45.94 secs.

800m: Molifi Mohlomi (South Africa) 1:47.45 seconds, Krishan Kumar (Haryana) 1:47.69 seconds, Prakash Balu (Maharashtra) 1:48.03 seconds.

110m hurdles: Franco Le Roux (South Africa) 13.47 secs, Antonio Alkana (South Africa) 13.54 secs, Eduardo Rodrigues (Brazil) 13.64 secs.

Shot put: Chukwuebuka Enekwe (Nigeria) 20.78m, Weir Zane (Italy) 20.47m, Karanveer Singh (Punjab) 20.06m, Tajinderpal Singh Toor (Punjab) 20.03m.

High jump: Aadarsh Ram (Tamil Nadu) 2.22m, Fatak Bait Jaboob (Oman) 2.19m, Abdul Raman Omar (Iraq) 2.15m.

Javelin throw: Rohit Yadav (Uttar Pradesh) 87.68m. Yashvir Singh (Rajasthan) 82.94m, Sumedha R (Sri Lanka) 80.29m.

Long jump: M Sreeshankar (Kerala) 8.07m, Divan Manuel (South Africa) 8.03m, David P (Tamil Nadu) 7.78m.

Women:

100m: Abinaya Rajarajan (Tamil Nadu) 11.34 seconds, Harita Bhadra (Maharashtra) 11.46 seconds, S Sathyanarayan (Karnataka) 11.56 seconds.

400m: Vithya Ramraj (Tamil Nadu) 51.96 secs, Prachi (Uttar Pradesh) 52.57 secs. Poovamma MR (Karnataka) 52.78 secs.

1500m: Pooja (Haryana) 4:17.24 seconds, Lili Das (Uttarakhand) 4:18.32 seconds, Shanika Kahawalage (Sri Lanka) 4:27.22 seconds.

5,000m: Diana Wanza (Kenya) 15:16.11 secs, Bharti (Haryana) 15:46.45 secs, Santoshi S (Nepal) 17:31,75 secs.

100m hurdles: Charisma Taylor (Bahamas) 12.96 seconds, Yumi Tanaka (Japan) 13.04 seconds, Jyothi Yarraji (Andhra Pradesh) 13.24 seconds.

Long jump: Ancy Sojan (Kerala) 6.71m, Shaili Singh (Uttar Pradesh) 6.56m, Mubssina Mohammed (Lakshadweep) 6.31m.

High jump: Supriya (Karnataka) 1.75m, Manshi (Uttar Pradesh) 1.75m, Reet Rathore (Uttar Pradesh) 1.75m.

Long jump: Ancy Sojan (Kerala) 6.71m, Shaili Singh (Uttar Pradesh) 6.56m, Mubssina Mohammed (Lakshadweep) 6.31m.

Javelin throw: Jucilene Sales De Lima (Brazil) 59.13m, Dilhani Lekamge (Sri Lanka) 58.98m, Annu Rani (Uttar Pradesh) 56.96m.

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