DEHRADUN, Feb 9:
Andhra Pradesh’s Jyothi Yarraji and Tejas Shirse of Maharashtra won their third successive gold medals at the National Games after clocking record times on the second day of athletics competitions, here today.
Shirse (men’s 110m hurdles) and Yarraji (women’s 100m hurdles), both national record holders in their respective events, had won gold in 2022 and 2023 editions in Gujarat and Goa.
The 25-year-old Yarraji, the reigning Asian champion and silver medallist at the 2023 Hangzhou Asian Games clocked 13.10s to better her own National Games record of 13.22 seconds, set in the 2023.
Her national record stands at 12.78 seconds, also set in 2023.
Moumita Mondal of West Bengal claimed the silver with a time of 13.36 seconds while Nithya Ramraj (13.60 seconds) of Tamil Nadu took the bronze.
The 22-year-old Shirse clocked 13.65 seconds to better his earlier Games record of 13.71 seconds which he had set in the 2023 edition. He had clocked 13.84 seconds while winning the gold in the 2022 edition.
His national record stands at 13.41 seconds which he had set last year.
Shirse and Yarraji have been competing in 60m hurdles in the indoor circuit abroad since last month. Both hold 60m hurdles national records.
Manav Rajanarayanan of Tamil Nadu won the silver with a time of 14.03 seconds while Muhammed Lazan (14.23 seconds) of Kerala took the bronze.
Other Results:
Men’s High Jump: Gold: Aadarsh ram (Tamil Nadu) – 2.14m; Silver: Swadhin Kumar (Odisha) – 2.11m; Bronze: Sudeep (Karnataka) – 2.08m.
Men’s Decathlon: Gold: N Thowfeeq (Kerala) – 6915 points; Silver: Yaman Deep Sharma (Rajasthan) – 6831 points; Bronze: Rohit Roman (Andhra Pradesh) – 6753 points.
Women’s javelin throw: Gold: Jyoti Rakesh (Haryana) – 55.55m; Silver: Karishma Sanil (Karnataka) – 55.55m; Bronze: Ramyashree Jain (Karnataka) – 54.85m.
Women’s long jump: Gold: Moumita Mondal (West Bengal) – 6.21m; Silver: Sandra Babu (Kerala) – 6.12m; Bronze: Deepanshi Singh (Uttar Pradesh) – 6.11m.
Women’s 4x100m relay: Gold: Karnataka (45.99s); Silver: Kerala (47.04s); Bronze: Telangana (47.58s). (PTI)
Out of the 10 gold medals on offer on the day, Maharashtra and Odisha won two each, while Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Haryana, West Bengal and Karnataka pocketed one each.
Top sprinter Animesh Kujur picked up his second gold of the Games as he anchored Odisha to men’s 4x100m relay gold, adding to the yellow metal he had pocketed in the 100m dash on Saturday.
Former national record holder and 2015 edition gold medallist Siddhanth Thingalaya, representing Maharashtra, did not finish the final race.
In the men’s 400m, the 18-year-old Bapi Hansda of Odisha won the gold in the absence of the country’s top quarter-milers, clocking a personal best of 46.82 seconds. His earlier best time was 46.90s he had clocked while winning the 400m race during the U-20 Federation Cup National Championships in 2024.
Vikrant Panchal (46.92s) of Haryana and Manu TS (47.08s) of Kerala won the silver and bronze respectively.
In the women’s corresponding race, 2023 Asian Championships silver medallist Aishwarya Mishra of Maharashtra bettered her Games record to clinch the gold. She clocked 51.12 seconds, bettering the 52.50s she had clocked in 2022.
Vithya Ramraj of Tamil Nadu, who was defending the gold medal, finished second with a time of 54.43s while Devyaniba Zala (54.44s) of Gujarat took the bronze.
Paris Olympian Kiran Pahal and another top quarter-miler Rupal Chaudhary had pulled out of the heat races on Saturday, taking some sheen off the women’s 400m competition.
Another Games record fell when the Odisha men’s 4x100m relay team of Lalu Prasad Bhoi, Animesh Kujur, D Mrutyam Jayram and Amiya Kumar Mallick clocked 39.47 seconds ro win the gold. The earlier Games record was in the name of Services team which had clocked 39.94s in 2011.
Tamil Nadu (40.08s) and Kerala (40.73s) took the silver and bronze respectively.
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