Abhinav sreeram

National Youth Athletics Championships: Haryana’s 16-year-old thrower- Nishchay- was a star attraction on the second day of the 20th National Youth Athletics Championships being held at Patliputra Sports Complex here on Tuesday.

Nishchay's gold medal-winning throw in the shot put was 18.93m and far ahead of his nearest rival. “He (Nishchay) has the potential to become a good thrower in the future,” N. Ramesh, chief junior athletics coach, was quoted as saying by the Athletics Federation of India (AFI).

Akhand Pratap Singh of Uttar Pradesh (17.97m) and Harpratap Singh from Punjab (17.40m) won the silver and bronze medals, respectively.