National Jr Athletics: Haryana’s promising thrower Nishchay breaks National U18 discus throw record (Haryana’s promising thrower Nishchay breaks National U18 discus throw record in the 41st National Junior Athletics Championships at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Chennai on Monday. Photo credit: AFI)
National Junior Athletics Championships: Haryana’s promising thrower Nishchay stamped his authority in the men’s U18 discus throw, setting a national record on his way to winning the gold medal at the 41st National Junior Athletics Championships at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Chennai on Monday.
Nishchay began his gold medal campaign with an opening throw of 64.72m. It was better than the previous national and meet record of 64.09m recorded by Arjun in 2010. He further improved the national mark to 66.75m in his second legal throw. Nishchay’s third attempt was 64.70m. His last three attempts were no marks.
Rajasthan’s Vishal Kumar took home the silver medal with a throw of 57.72m, and Dev Chauhan of Haryana won the bronze medal (55.28m).
