Indian Athletics Series: Pooja Dominates Women’s High Jump In Trivandrum

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Asian U20 Athletics Championships: India’s talented high jumper Pooja continued to stamp her authority in women’s high jump event at the Trivandrum leg of the Indian Athletics Series on Sunday.

Pooja, 19, was a comfortable winner with a height of 1.81m. She had recently set a national record of 1.93m at the Asian U20 Athletics Championships held in Hong Kong.

The senior men’s long jump however, was more exciting as David P of NCOE Bengaluru surged ahead of Shahnavaz Khan from Uttar Pradesh. David’s winning jump was 8.22m while Shahnavaz's best jump on Sunday was 8.17m.

Jithin Arjunan representing JSW was third with a distance of 8.12m.

In the women’s 400m, Rashdeep Kaur of JSW clocked 53.32 seconds to win first place in the women’s 400m race.

Results:

Men:

100m: Gitson I (Tamil Nadu) 10.51 secs, Sam Vasanth S (Tamil Nadu) 10.60 secs, Shandosh P (Tamil Nadu) 10.70 secs

400m: Manu TS (NCOE Trivandrum) 46.24 secs, Theerthesh P Shetty (Karnataka) 46.59 secs, Santhosh K (Tamil Nadu) 46.73 secs.

Long jump: David P (NCOE Bengaluru) 8.22m, Shahnavaz Khan (Uttar Pradesh) 8.17m, Jithin Arjunan (JSW) 8.12m.

High jump: Basant (NCOE Bengaluru) 2.19m, Jesse Sandesh (Karnataka) 2.13m, Aromal T (Kerala) 2.10m.

Women:

100m: Giridharani R (Tamil Nadu) 11.61 secs, Prakruthi R (Karnataka) 11.65 secs, Suba Dharsini (Tamil Nadu) 11.70 secs.

200m: Harita Bhadra (Reliance) 23.58 secs, Prakruthi Roopa (Karnataka) 23.75 secs, Subha Venkatesan (Tamil Nadu) 24.29 secs.

400m: Rashdeep Kaur (JSW) 53.32 secs, Kumar Saloni Nagar (NCOE Trivandrum) 53.64 secs, Devyaniba (Gujarat) 53.89 secs.

100m hurdles: Nandhini K (Tamil Nadu) 13.42 secs, Anjali C (JSW) 13.85 secs, Shiny Gladssia (Tamil Nadu) 14.18 secs.

Long jump: Bhavani Yadav (NCOE Bengaluru) 6.61m, Mubassina Mohammed (Anju Bobby George Academy) 6.39m, Kusuma Ravada (Anju Bobby George Academy) 6.39m.

Triple jump: Aleena T Saji (Kerala) 12.87m, Pavithra G (Railway Sports) 12.84m, Janice Tressa R (Kerala) 12.71m.

High jump: Pooja (Haryana) 1.81m, Giji George (Tamil Nadu) 1.64m, Saliha KH (Railway Sports) 1.60m.

U20 Men:

100m: Neil Samraj R (Tamil Nadu) 10.59 secs, Rudra Shinde (Maharashtra) 10.61 secs, A Abubakar (Karnataka) 10.62 secs.

400m: Ranjith Kumar S (Tamil Nadu) 47.26 secs, Abhay Kumar Dubey (Uttar Pradesh) 47.41 secs, Lodence Ramu (Telangana) 47.57 secs.

110m hurdles: Sandeep Vinod Kumar (Reliance) 13.63 secs, Fasalul Haque (Reliance) 13.76 secs, Kiran K (Kerala) 13.80 secs.

Triple jump: Daksh Bishnoi (Punjab) 15.46m, Dhanush Raj M (Kerala) 15.13m, Royshan P (Tamil Nadu) 15.12m.

Long jump: Rajeev Roy (West Bengal) 7.45m, Toshik Kature (Chhattisgarh) 7.18m, Sri Ram R (Kerala) 6.87m.

U20

Long jump: Rajeev Roy (West Bengal) 7.45m, Toshik Kature (Chhattisgarh) 7.18m, Sri Ram R (Kerala) 6.87m.

Long jump: Komal (Haryana) 5.62m, Magheli B (JSW) 5.61m, Jasmine (Kerala) 5.47m.

Article Source: IANS