Silver medallist at Paralympics does effectively in excessive soar, winds robs latter of Nationwide file
Silver medallist at Paralympics does effectively in excessive soar, winds robs latter of Nationwide file
Praveen Kumar’s run-up, braving the incapacity of his left leg, and leaping excessive above the bar, will stay one of many enduring pictures from the twenty fifth version of the Federation Cup athletics. It was a picture of braveness and inspiration.
We had seen his braveness and expertise on the Paralympics on the Tokyo Paralympics just a few months in the past. The 18-year-old from Noida had gained the silver on the Tokyo Paralympics in excessive soar’s T64 class.
On Monday, afternoon on the Calicut College Stadium, he didn’t attain the rostrum. However that doesn’t matter. What issues is that he was competing in a standard Nationwide occasion, not for the disabled. He nonetheless got here sixth, with a soar of two.05m.
The occasion was gained by Sarvesh Kushare of Maharashtra, clearing 2.25m. The silver went to Tamil Nadu’s R. Manivannan (2.15m) and bronze to Karnataka’s Jesse Sandesh (2.15m).
Andhra’s Yarraji Jyothi was in for disappointment although, regardless of successful the 100m hurdles in type. Her timing of 13.09s was higher than Anuradha Biswal’s Nationwide file (13.38), set 20 years in the past, however it will not depend due to wind help, which at +2.1 m/s was 0.1m/s greater than the restrict permitted.
On Sunday the wind had robbed Jeswin Aldrin of the Nationwide file — and the main place on this planet — within the males’s excessive soar. He however met the qualifying mark for the World championship.
No person may try this on day three, although. However Annu Rani attained the mark for the Commonwealth and Asian Video games within the girls’s javelin along with her gold-winning throw of 61.15m.
Nayana James, who led a 1-2-3 for host Kerala within the girls’s lengthy soar, Maharashtra’s Komal Jagadale (girls’s 3000m steeple chase) and her teammate Kushare (males’s excessive soar) additionally met the qualifying marks for the Asian Video games.
The outcomes:
Males: 110m hurdles: 1. Siddhanth Thingalaya (Mah) 14.08s, 2. Tarundeep Bhatia (Pun) 14.27s, 3. M. Krishik (Kar) 14.60s. Excessive soar: 1. Sarvesh Kushare (Mah) 2.25m, 2. R. Mannivannan (TN) 2.15m, 3. Jesse Sandesh (Kar) 2.15m.
3000m steeple chase: 1. Shankar Lal Swami (Har) 8:32.01, 2. Balkishan (Har) 8:38.32, 3. Prince Raj Sharma (Skm) 8:41.42. Shot put: 1. Tajinderpal Singh Toor (Pun) 19.12m, 2. Karanveer Singh (Pun) 19.07m, 3. Naresh Antil (Har) 18.00m.
Ladies: 100m hurdles: 1. Yarraji Jyothi (AP) 13.09s, 2. Moumita Mondal (Ben) 13.78s, 3. C. Kanimozhi (TN) 13.88s. Lengthy soar: 1. Nayana James (Ker) 6.47m, 2. Ancy Sojan (Ker) 6.33m, 3. Sandra Babu (Ker) 6.32m.
3000m steeple chase: 1. Komal Jagadale (Mah) 9:47.86, 2. Richa Bhadauriya (UP) 10:14.53, 3. G. Maheshwari (Tel) 10:47.30. Javelin: 1. Annu Rani (UP) 61.15m, 2. Shilpa Rani (Har) 55.72m, 3. Sanjana Choudhary (Raj) 54.19m.
