Manikanta Creates New 100m Nationwide Report
Manikanta H H of Providers created new males’s 100m nationwide report on the opening day of Nationwide Open Athletics Championships in Bengaluru on Wednesday. The 21-year-old Manikanta clocked 10.23 seconds to win warmth No 3 and qualify for the ultimate. He erased the earlier nationwide report of 10.26 seconds which was within the title of Amiya Kumar Mallick of Odisha, set in 2016. “I used to be ready to erase the 100m report,” an elated Manikanta mentioned. “I’ve plans to additional enhance my efficiency within the closing.” After a not-so encouraging efficiency on the Nationwide Inter State Athletics Championships held in June in Bhubaneswar, Manikanta was knocked out throughout the semifinals, however he bounced again throughout the Providers Athletics Meet held not too long ago in Hyderabad.
His gold-winning time within the Providers’ competitors was 10.31 seconds.
“I had educated laborious for the departmental meet and gained gold,” mentioned Manikanta, who hails from district Udupi in Karnataka.
Manikanta was an all-rounder throughout his college days, however began severe dash coaching in 2018. He joined the military in 2020, which additional improved his sprinting abilities.
Within the girls’s 100m semis, Kamaljeet Kaur of Punjab (11.47 seconds), Giridharani Ravi Kumar from Tamil Nadu (11.46 seconds) and Sneha SS of Karnataka (11.47 seconds) emerged sturdy contenders for the gold medal.
Maharashtra’s Tejas Shirse, representing Railways, clocked 13.72 seconds within the 110m hurdles heats to enhance the meet report of 13.77 seconds, set by Siddhanth Thingalaya in 2011.
Within the males’s discus throw, 28 athletes reported for the preliminary spherical, which was dominated by Gagandeep Singh of SSCB. His finest throw was 52.96m whereas Manipur’s Oinam Singh was shut second with 52.82m.
Outcomes: Ladies 10,000m: Seema (Himachal Pradesh) 33:26.90, Kavita Yadav (Railways) 33:35.57, Phoolan Pal (UP) 34:55.13.
Hammer throw: Anmol Kaur (Police Sports activities Management Board) 60.19m, Tanya Chaudhary (UP) 59.04m, Sarita B Singh 58.42m.
Males 10,000m: Dinesh (Maharashtra) 29:10.11, Mohan Saini (SSCB) 29:10.82, Sandeep Singh (SSCB) 29:11.21.
Pole vault Dev Meena (Madhya Pradesh) 5.05m, Shekhar Pandey (UP) 4.95m, Tanuj Kumar (Haryana) 4.85m.
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