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Gujarat's Rahul Jakhar Wins Asian U20 Decathlon Gold, Sets National Record
Asian U20 Athletics Championships: Eighteen-year-old Rahul Jakhar from Gujarat's Valsad district has won the gold medal in the decathlon at the 22nd Asian U20 Athletics Championships in Hong Kong, setting a new Indian Under-20 national record and becoming one of the continent's leading young athletes in the discipline.
Jakhar amassed 7,185 points across the two-day, 10-event competition to secure the title, surpassing the previous national U20 mark in the gruelling combined event.
His victory marks a significant achievement for Indian athletics, with the young athlete emerging as the top decathlete in Asia in the under-20 category.
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