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Ludhiana, Sep 2 (PTI) Sahil of Rajasthan ran a well-judged race to improve the boys’ 1,000m meet record on the penultimate day of the 21st National Youth Athletics Championships here on Wednesday.
Sahil’s winning time of 2:25.25 was better than the previous meet record of 2:26.04 set by Suraj Singh last year in Patna.
The silver medallist in the event, Haryana’s Dev, also improved the previous meet record, clocking 2:25.59.
Madhya Pradesh’s Ranglal D was a close third with a time of 2:26.83 seconds.
Results: Boys’ (U18): 400m: Lodenge Ramu (Telangana) 47.21 seconds, Manas Shinde (Maharashtra) 47.92 seconds, Ebin KJ (Kerala) 48.05 seconds.
1,000m: Sahil (Rajasthan) 2:25.25 seconds (MR. previous best 2:26.04), Dev (Haryana) 2:25.59 seconds, Ranglal
D (Madhya Pradesh) 2:26.83 seconds.
5,000m race walk: Vishnu (Uttar Pradesh) 21:02.81, Prabhjot Singh (Punjab) 21:17.88, Aditya Dangi (Delhi) 21:35.16.
Discus throw: Dheeraj Sahu (Haryana) 55.85m, Yash Jaglan (Haryana) 54.82m, Swapnil Dutta (West Bengal) 54.47m.
Heptathlon: Nagar Singh Kanesh (Madhya Pradesh) 4812 points, Adarsh Choudhary (Uttar Pradesh) 4723 points, Somu Madavi (Telangana) 4587 points.
Girls’ (U18): 400m: Shenoor Bawa (Punjab) 54.13 seconds, Lakshita (Haryana) 54.93 seconds, Sahaya Jemima (Tamil Nadu) 55.14 seconds.
1,000m: Nagini (Karnataka) 2:54.25 seconds, Hunny Malik (Haryana) 2:54.40 seconds, Deepika (Rajasthan) 2:54.82 seconds.
3,000m race walk: Prachi Bishnoi (Haryana) 14:01.53, Ranjana Yadav (Madhya Pradesh) 14:01.79, Khushveer Kaur (Punjab) 14:09.91. PTI AM BS BS
