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  • Asian Games: India at unprecedented excessive on medal desk after archers, athletes style gold

    The day started with an arrow piercing the morning chill. It ended with a spear floating throughout the night time sky. And each yielded comparable outcomes: a gold medal.

    The archers ensured India’s best-ever total medal tally on the Asian Games when the compound blended group received the gold. The athletes made certain the gold depend, too, can be greater than ever earlier than.

    The observe and subject athletes, who received seven medals on Wednesday and have a complete haul of 29, took India’s medal depend to 81 – 11 greater than that on the 2018 Games. The 18 gold medals, too, are two greater than the earlier version in Jakarta with javelin and relay offering the ultimate push.

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    “When we finished our events and posed for photos,” javelin gold medallist Neeraj Chopra mentioned, “(silver medal winner Kishore) Jena told me, ‘aaj sab taraf apna flag dikh raha hai (our flag is everywhere)’.”

    While the duo have been navigating by means of a controversial closing, Neeraj and Jena noticed the Tricolour being hoisted 4 occasions. The 35km blended stroll group was the primary to be handed their bronze medals after a punishing race within the morning. Harmilan Bains then claimed the silver within the 800m adopted by Avinash Sable’s battling silver medal within the 5,000m and the ladies’s 4x400m relay group’s second-place end.

    Then, as Jena and Neeraj launched into a lap of honour with the flag draped round their shoulders, they noticed 4 smiling faces on the other finish of the sphere. “I looked up and saw the relay team was celebrating their win,” Jena mentioned.

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    India’s 4x400m quartet introduced the curtain down on the observe occasions in some fashion to win the gold medal. For a short second, it regarded past their attain – similar to it did with the ladies, who couldn’t retain the title they’ve held each time because the Busan Asiad.

    Mohammad Anas, who ran the opening leg, began effectively and was quickest among the many 4 Indians. But the oldest man of the group, at 28, was nonetheless fifth finest within the subject. On the ultimate stretch, he ran out of steam and from pushing for first place, he completed far behind the remainder of the pack with a timing of 43.60 seconds.

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    India’s baton alternate was clean and Amoj Jacob took off. He coated the hole inside the primary 200m, overtook Sri Lanka’s Kaushika Dewage and Qatar’s Ashraf Osman and as he got here out from the curve, Jacob prolonged the hole between him and the second-placed Sri Lankan by almost a second.

    Muhammed Ajmal, together with his lengthy strides and endless vitality, didn’t let the lead slip regardless of coming below growing stress from Qatar’s Ismail Abakar, who ran a quicker leg. But the cushion supplied by Jacob got here in helpful as India have been nonetheless in pole place going into the anchor leg.

    And Rajesh Ramesh, the youngest of the lot aged 23, didn’t let it burn up. India completed the race in 3 minutes, 1.58 seconds forward of Qatar (3:02.05) and Sri Lanka (3:02.55).

    As he crossed the end line, Ramesh kissed the baton and held his arms vast open. From the opposite aspect, Jena and Neeraj watched because the 4 males embraced one another.

    Comeback tales

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    Behind the smiling faces have been tales of candy redemption for a quartet that hasn’t been in one of the best of kind in recent times. Anas has struggled and was nearly written off. Ramesh’s prospects light after a promising begin to his profession after accidents, work commitments and the pandemic almost ended his profession in 2020. Until lately, the Tamil Nadu runner labored full-time as a ticket checker at Trichy railway station.

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    Jacob, too, contemplated quitting the game after being slowed down by accidents whereas Ajmal became a quarter-miler solely a 12 months in the past.

    The upturn in fortunes was evident on the World Championships in Budapest, the place they challenged the mighty Americans within the heats to qualify for the ultimate. The relay gold, India’s first because the 1962 Asiad, has now stoked Olympic ambitions.

    “Overall, it feels good that we won gold, so happy,” Jacob mentioned. “We tried for a new record but gold without a record is also fine. A record without gold will not feel good. Aim fulfilled for this season, now let’s focus on the Olympics.”

  • India’s successful 4: Three fought accidents, fourth is a footballer-turned-sprinter

    AFTER 2 minutes and 59.05 seconds on the observe on the World Athletics Championships in Budapest on Saturday night time, the Indian 4×400 metre relay quartet of Muhammed Anas, Amoj Jacob, Muhammed Ajmal Variyathodi and Rajesh Ramesh turned family names.

    The unheralded relay squad not solely broke the Asian report but additionally turned the primary Indian staff to achieve a World Championship last. The Americans had been in the identical warmth because the Indians. But as a substitute of getting slowed down by the strain, the Indians ran the race of their lives. On air, commentators had been thrilled with the surprising consequence and the mighty scare the US acquired.

    The lasting picture, although it was only for a fleeting second, was Ramesh overtaking American Justin Robinson within the last leg. Whether they win a medal or not within the last on Sunday night time, the viral video has joined the listing of iconic moments in Indian sport. In truth, Robinson needed to nudge again Ramesh who was snapping at his heels.

    “Since 2016, we were expected to run 2:59 but it never happened. It happened today,” Anas informed reporters within the combined zone, minutes after the staff hugged on the observe when the time flashed on the large display screen.

    Their coach, Jamaican Jason Dawson, had given them a easy however robust goal — keep simply behind the lead runner, Jacob stated. “I was focusing on the US guy. I had to be with him. Our coach had said whoever is first, you have to be behind him,” he added.

    All 4 runners had been out to show a degree. The 4×400 metre relay squad, one of many stronger groups on the Asian degree, hasn’t loved success not too long ago. There was no medal on the Commonwealth Games, they didn’t qualify for the ultimate finally 12 months’s World Championship, they usually didn’t win the gold on the current Asian Championship. But they tore aside the shape e-book in Budapest on the largest night time for Indian relay on a worldwide stage.

    While Ramesh, from Tamil Nadu, is the youngest at 23, Anas, from Kerala, is the oldest at 28. Anas, an Asian Games silver medalist within the 400 metres, had been written off after lack of kind and accidents.

    Ramesh’s profession has been a rollercoaster. He participated within the 2018 U20 World Championship however light away. Injuries, work commitments – he labored full-time as a ticket collector on the Trichy railway station – and Covid-19 practically ended his profession in 2020.

    Since the 2018 Commonwealth Games, Jacob, 25, initially from Kerala however raised in Delhi, was troubled with accidents. At one level, he contemplated quitting the game.

    Ajmal, additionally 25, from Palakkad in Kerala, is a footballer-turned-100m sprinter, who switched to the one-lapper simply two years in the past. He has desires of successful a serious medal by way of the relay route.

    Anas’s gold within the 400m particular person occasion on the Bhubaneswar Interstate Meet in June marked his comeback. “After Covid, I had an injury from the Tokyo Olympics. I have recovered now and come back to form. I feel so good,” he stated.

    Saturday night time was redemption for Jacob, his father, P A Jacob, stated. “He was really frustrated. He was working very hard but the results were not showing. He has gone through some difficult times. But now, he has found an excellent team and is doing well. I am so pleased with the way he has progressed,” he stated.

    After the heats, Jacob, who ran the quickest cut up, boldly proclaimed that they might go after a medal within the finals. “We are coming,” he stated.

    National coach Premanand Jayakumar, who works alongside Dawson, labored carefully with the boys’s staff on the nationwide camp in Thiruvananthapuram. Although he didn’t journey to Budapest, he was glued to the tv. When a psychological barrier – sub-3 minutes — was damaged, he was ecstatic.

    “Chasing down the Americans was a race plan. We did not care if our opponent was from the US or even a divine being. Coach Dawson’s plan was to fight it out. When I watched Rajesh push the American, I felt so proud. At that moment, I felt that India is surely coming up in athletics. We are very close to the global level. It was a historic moment,” Jayakumar stated.

    “Everyone in the team ran as per Coach Dawson’s plan. We were astonished but glad to see that everyone played their role to perfection,” Jayakumar stated.

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    What additionally labored for the staff was that they acquired time to acclimatise. Although a lot of the pre-Worlds coaching passed off in Thiruvananthapuram, the Athletics Federation of India determined to ship the relay staff 20 days prematurely to Budapest. “It was like a foreign exposure training for us. We could acclimatise well, and that is one of the reasons we have performed well. Also, since the boys did not have any individual events, we had fresh legs,” Jayakumar stated.

    After the race, Ramesh was so exhausted that he wanted help to get off the observe. “I was shouting ‘you die but let us reach the final’,” Jacob stated later.

    And Ramesh did give it his all to make it a memorable night time for India.

  • India’s 4x400m relay quartet finishes second behind USA to enter World Championship remaining

    The Indian 4x400m males’s group ran a blistering 2-minute 59.05 seconds run to qualify for the finals of the World Championships for the primary time in historical past and rewrote the Asian file of two:59.51s held by Japan. The Indian quartet of Muhammed Anas Yahiya, Amoj Jacob, Muhammed Ajmal Variyathodi and Rajesh Ramesh ran the historic race to complete second of their warmth behind USA (2:58.47).

    Rajesh Ramesh, who labored as a ticket collector at Trichy in 2018, ran the anchor leg and virtually overtook his American counterpart. He was nudged bodily by the USA runner who didn’t need to budge.

    Mohammed Anas, the 400m nationwide file holder, gave India a very good begin as the remainder of the runners saved the tempo up.

    Amoj Jacob, who has been plagued with accidents because the 2018 Commonwealth Games, can be a relieved man. As Amoj and the remainder took to the sector in Budapest his household have been fervently praying that the race goes nicely.

    Amoj’s mom Mary Kutty, the top nurse on the Dr. Baba Saheb Ambedkar Hospital, was naturally ecstatic to see her son on the massive stage. Mary was so blissful that she was perplexed. “What can I even say? It feels amazing to see my son do so well. He has a tough time. You should talk to his Dad, he speaks well,” Amoj’s mom mentioned earlier than passing the cellphone.

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    Amoj’s father, who now keenly follows athletes, felt the Indian relay group has lastly arrived on the massive stage. “We have a world-level team now. I am expecting them to run even better. Every runner performed well. After the CWG he has been really frustrated cause he could not bag even a single international medal. Even at the Asian Championships, he did not run that well. But today he must be happy. So are we,” mentioned Amoj’s father.

    Rajesh Ramesh, who ran the anchor leg, was the standout performer on Sunday. It’s exhausting to fathom that in 2018 he virtually stop sports activities totally and labored as a ticket collector in Trichy, Tamil Nadu. The Federation Cup at Ranchi in May this 12 months was his comeback occasion the place he confirmed his mettle beating seasoned runners for the title.

    “He has great potential and I can tell you that he is among the handful who we expect to run below 45 seconds by the end of this year. He has a smooth-running technique that almost looks effortless. He also has a great presence of mind and has learnt the art of pacing his race. He has also benefited from training with the best athletes in the camp,” coach Raj Mohana MK had mentioned after his race in May.

  • Friends off area, rivals on it: Gold for one, new India file for different

    ONE IS the grandson of the person who launched the well-known “Muscoth halwa” to Thoothukudi in Tamil Nadu. The different, from Palakkad in Kerala, is likely one of the nation’s brightest track-and-field stars. The two are “really good friends”.

    But on Sunday night, Jeswin Aldrin (21) and Murali Sreeshankar (23) have been engaged in a dramatic face-off, in an extended leap competitors of lengths by no means reached earlier than on Indian soil.

    Result: Nine 8-plus-metre jumps, two jumps higher than the earlier nationwide file, two berths for India on the World Athletics Championships within the US later this yr — and naturally, loads of drama.

    If Neeraj Chopra’s gold at Tokyo made javelin-throwing a nationwide pastime, Aldrin and Sreeshankar are right this moment on the coronary heart of a revolution in lengthy leap.

    Competing within the Federation Cup on the Calicut University stadium, Aldrin produced 5 8-plus-metre jumps in six makes an attempt, together with considered one of 8.37m, which received him the highest medal though it wasn’t counted as a nationwide file because it was wind-assisted.

    Pushed to the restrict, Sreeshankar bettered his personal nationwide file by a superb 10 centimetres in his third try with 8.36m.

    In impact, Aldrin received the gold, and Sreeshankar the brand new file.

    Unlike Sreeshankar who’s coached by his father Murali, a former triple-jumper, Aldrin comes from a household with no background in sports activities. He is the grandson of Joseph Abraham, of the “Muscoth halwa” fame and whose household runs a flourishing sweets enterprise of their hometown of Madalur.

    “I called them and they were so happy. Wherever I win, they distribute free sweets to every customer,” Aldrin stated.

    Jumpers able to eight-plus metres have been few and much between within the nation. Now, there are two who not solely cross the barrier with ease but additionally look able to going additional. Their timing couldn’t have been higher, too, because the Commonwealth Games, the Asian Games and the World Championships will likely be held this yr.

    Aldrin’s sequence of 8.01m, 8.37m, 8.14m, 8.26m, foul, 8.16m was breathtaking, Sreeshankar fouled thrice however his legitimate sequence of 8.16m, 8.36m and eight.07m was no imply feat, both.

    Tokyo Olympian Sreeshankar set the tone together with his first leap of 8.16m. This would often have been sufficient to seal the title at national-level meets, however Aldrin was simply getting began. He leapt 8.37m within the second spherical, higher than the earlier nationwide file of 8.26m by Sreeshankar however with wind help of 4.1m/s — as per World Athletics, wind help of over 2m/s make jumps ineligible for data.

    Boosted by Aldrin’s big leap, Sreeshankar produced the perfect leap of his profession within the subsequent spherical with an enormous leap of 8.36m. He then ran over to the officers to know the wind studying. After guaranteeing it was inside the permissible degree, he gave a thumbs-up to his household within the stands — a nationwide file and a ticket to the world championships have been within the bag.

    But Sreeshankar couldn’t relaxation straightforward. Aldrin had hit a superb rhythm, and his fourth try yielded 8.26m, in opposition to the world championships qualification mark of 8.22m, which ensured that he would even be on that flight to Oregon, US, later this yr.

    “If we continue like this, both of us will be on the podium in Paris (Olympics), too,” stated Sreeshankar together with his arms round his “thambi” (youthful brother) Aldrin.

    Since the final Olympics cycle, Sreeshankar has been India’s finest jumper by a distance. But now, Aldrin has emerged as a tricky rival regardless of having entered the 8-m membership simply final month — with 8.20m on the Indian Grand Prix — to hitch Sreeshankar and one other high contender Mohammed Anees.

    Aldrin says his household by no means pushed him to hitch the sweets enterprise however needed the second-year Madras Christian College pupil to give attention to research. Initially, they have been hesitant when instructed about his plans to pursue athletics. But a sequence of medals on the junior degree modified their thoughts.

    Aldrin is at present being coached by two-time world championship medallist Yoandri Betanzos, who believes the teen is destined to make it massive. “I corrected his arm position, the strides, the momentum and the fall. We have been improving a lot but there is still a lot to improve on,” Betanzos, a Cuban, instructed The Indian Express on the eve of the ultimate.

    Aldrin believes his finest is but to return. “Now the competition has also become top level. I will push myself. I am a little disappointed that my jump won’t be considered for the national mark but I will try again,” he stated.

    When Aldrin was making his closing leap, Sreeshankar yelled out, “come on, thambi”, from the sidelines. Post-competition, they hugged and posed for photographs.

    “It’s a really good sign for Indian long jump that we have two jumpers who can do better than 8.35m. We are really good friends off the field and have backed each other. I have known him since our junior days and he always wishes me after every competition,” Sreeshankar stated.

    The street forward, in fact, is lengthy and difficult. The Olympic file in lengthy leap remains to be that iconic 8.90m set by Bob Beamon in 1968, and the world file is 8.95m from 1991 within the title of Mike Powell — each from the USA.

  • Federation Cup: Battle of 8 metre-plus lengthy jumpers set for subsequent chapter

    The Federation Cup, the primary main meet of this yr’s busy athletics season, begins as we speak. With the Asiad, CWG and World Championships lined up, athletes will likely be trying to put their finest foot ahead. Here’s a fast take a look at what the five-day meet provides.

    Battle of the 8m membership (Men’s lengthy soar)

    With Jeswin Aldrin breaching the 8m-barrier not too long ago on the Indian Grand Prix, India has now three energetic jumpers who can leap past this mark. National report holder Sreeshankar Murali (PB 8.26m) is again in type after the Olympics debacle and is favorite to take dwelling the gold. But he will likely be fiercely challenged by the opposite two members of the 8m membership – Mohammed Anees (8.15m) and Jeswin (8.20m PB).

    Spotlight on Amlan (males’s 200m)

    Amlan Borgohain got here into the limelight final yr after successful the nationwide title with the fifth-best time by an Indian (20.75s). The Cristiano Ronaldo superfan received the 200m gold with a 21.39s run on the first leg of the Indian Grand Prix. The Fed Cup has 24 entries within the occasion however Amlan is the favorite to take dwelling the gold medal.

    Jacob 2.0 (Men’s 400m)

    Amoj Jacob is among the most improved quarter milers within the nation in the mean time. The 23-year-old, who ran the quickest leg of India’s 4x400m Asian record-breaking run on the Tokyo Olympics, will likely be one athlete to be careful for. Mohammed Anas, the nationwide report holder in 200 and 400m, is not going to be collaborating within the occasion as a consequence of damage. Amoj will, nevertheless, be pushed by campmates like seasoned Arokia Rajiv, and Noah Nirmal Tom.

    Jinson again in motion (males’s 1500m)

    An damage in 2019 and a bout with COVID final yr, pressured Jinson Johson to take an extended break from competitors. The roadblocks additionally derailed the hopes of the 2018 Asian Games gold medallist’s hopes of creating the lower for Tokyo. This will likely be Jinson’s first competitors for the reason that 2019 World Military Games held in October 2019.

    The new crop (males’s triple soar)

    Three triple Jumpers Eldhose Paul, Karthik Unnikrishnan and Abdulla Aboobacker had met AFI’s qualification requirements for the CWG (16.65m) and Asian Games (16.56m) on the soar nationals in March. But as a consequence of a goof-up by organisers, the wind measuring equipment by no means reached the stadium, robbing athletes of treasured factors on the earth rating system. Jumpers Eldhose and Aboobacker have been performing persistently, ending on the rostrum in virtually all of the nationwide meets in the previous couple of years. Eldhose’s 16.93m (with out wind studying) in March is the third-best try by an Indian. All the rostrum finishers on the soar nationals, together with Eldhose, had higher distances than Arpinder Singh’s 2018 Asian Games gold-winning effort of 16.77m.

    Dutee, Hima duel (girls’s 100m)

    The nation’s best-known runners Hima Das and Dutee Chand have hit a tough patch in the previous couple of years. Das since switching to sprints from 400m has not been in a position to yield any stable efficiency to this point. Both athletes didn’t even qualify for the Tokyo Olympics and could be desirous to silence their doubters.

    No stopping Priya (200m)

    Priya Mohan has been among the finest performing athletes this yr. The Karnataka teen not too long ago pipped a three-time Asian Games gold medallist (400 and 4X400m relay) for the highest spot on the Indian Grand Prix. She additionally recorded her private better of 52.37s within the course of. Interestingly, Priya received’t be collaborating within the 400m as per the entry listing however will run towards Hima Das for the 200m title.

  • Dutee Chand, Hima Das win sprints at IGP 2; Amoj Jacob clocks 400m private greatest

    Image Source : GETTY IMAGES File picture of Hima Das.
    Assam’s ace sprinter Hima Das gained the ladies’s 200m race whereas Odisha’s Dutee Chand dominated 100m within the second leg of the Indian Grand Prix meet right here on Thursday, at the same time as Delhi’s Amoj Jacob recorded private greatest time to win the boys’s 400m.
    Hima’s successful time of 23.31 seconds in her first race after an extended layoff attributable to again damage might be seen nearly as good efficiency, however it fell in need of Tokyo Olympic qualification time of twenty-two.80 seconds at Patiala’s National Institute of Sports right here.

    Hima, the 21-year-old 2018 world junior 400m champion and nationwide report holder of fifty.79 seconds, hasn’t finished nicely over the one-lap race since April 2019 attributable to decrease again ache. She has now switched to shorter sprints — 100m and 200m. She can be one of many key runners within the nationwide ladies’s 4x100m relay workforce.
    Despite being an Olympic qualifier competitors, there have been solely two runners within the 200m competitors right here on Thursday, with Delhi’s Simrandeep Kaur taking second spot at 24.91 seconds within the one-day competitors.
    The ladies’s 100m race went on anticipated traces with Odisha’s worldwide sprinter Dutee successful comfortably. She clocked 11.44 seconds. She had clocked 11.51 seconds within the first leg on February 18. Karnataka’s Daneshwari A was second at 11.89 seconds, whereas Maharashtra’s Diandra Dudley Valladares clocked 11.92 seconds for third place.
    Amoj Jacob got here up with a private greatest time of 46.00 seconds to win the boys’s 400m. In enhancing on the 46.26 sec he clocked in June 2017, he confirmed a sensible restoration from the damage that compelled him to hobble out of the race in Grand Prix I final week.
    Two of his relay squad teammates — Arokia Rajiv (Tamil Nadu) and Muhammed Anas Yahiya (Kerala) — had been locked in a captivating contest over the 200m dash — a part of their general preparations. Arokia Rajiv defeated Anas, who holds the nationwide report, by 0.20 seconds, with a time of 21.24 seconds.
    Jakarta Asian Games champion Tajinderpal Singh Toor of Punjab gained the boys’s shot put occasion with a throw of 19.49m. Sahib Singh of Delhi was second at 17.69m and Amandeep Singh of Punjab was third with a throw of 16.96m.
    In the boys’s lengthy soar predominant focus was on nationwide report holder Murali Sreeshankar of Kerala, however his greatest was 8.05m. His private greatest is 8.20m whereas Olympic qualification is 8.22m.
    Uttar Pradesh’s Shekhar Singh was at 7.85m whereas Muhammed Anees of Kerala was third with a distance of seven.76m.
    Uttar Pradesh’s Annu Rani’s gold successful efficiency of 61.22m too fell in need of Tokyo Olympic qualification mark of 64m. Of the six throws, her first three had been above 60m whereas the final three beneath 60m.
    Sanjana Choudhary of Rajasthan was second at 53.27m and Sharmila Kumari of Haryana was third with a throw of fifty.93m.
    Seasoned Karnataka’s runner MR Poovamma dominated the 400m race. Her successful time was 53. 60 seconds.
    Kiran Pahal of Haryana was seconds in 54.88 secs and Subha Venkatesan of Tamil Nadu third at 55.29 seconds.
    Results (all):

    Men:
    100m: 1. Krishnakumar Satish Rane (Maharashtra) 10.71 seconds; 2. Amiya Kumar Mallick (Odisha) 10,74; 3. Amit Tiwari (Delhi) 10.81.
    200m: 1. S Arokia Rajiv (Tamil Nadu) 21.24 seconds; 2. Muhammed Anas Yahiya (Kerala) 21.44; 3. Ashok Kumar (Punjab) 21.80.
    400m: 1. Amoj Jacob (Delhi) 46.00 seconds; 2. Sarthak Bhambri (Delhi) 47.12; 3. Angrej Singh (Haryana) 47.32.
    1500m: 1. Ajay Kumar Saroj (Uttar Pradesh) 3 minutes 44.31 seconds; 2. Rahul (Delhi) 3:45.98; 3. Ajeet Kumar (Gujarat) 3:51.30.
    Long Jump: 1. M Sreeshankar (Kerala) 8.05m; 2. Yugan Shekhar Singh (Uttar Pradesh) 7.85; 3. Muhammed Anees Yahiya (Kerala) 7.76.
    Shot Put: 1. Tajinderpal Singh Toor (Punjab) 19.49m; 2. Sahib Singh (Delhi) 17.69; 3. Amandeep Singh Dhaliwal (Punjab) 16.96.
    Javelin Throw: 1. Sahil Silwal (Haryana) 77.40m; 2. Rohit Yadav (Uttar Pradesh) 77.33; 3. Manu DP (Karnataka) 75.28.
    Women:
    100m: 1. Dutee Chand (Odisha) 11.44 seconds; 2. AT Daneshwari (Karnataka) 11.89; 3. Diandra Dudley Valladares (Maharashtra) 11.92.
    200m: 1, Hima Das (Assam) 23.31 seconds; 2. Simrandeep Kaur (Delhi) 24.91.
    400m: 1. MR Poovamma (Karnataka) 53.60 seconds; 2. Kiran Pahal (Haryana) 54.88; 3. Subha Venkatesan (Tamil Nadu) 55.29.
    1500m: 1. Chanda (Delhi) 4 minutes 15.54 seconds; 2, PU Chitra (Kerala) 4:20.98; 3. Lili Das (West Bengal) 4:21.32.
    400m Hurdles: 1. R Vithya Ramraj (Tamil Nadu) 59.49 seconds; 2. Nanhi (Haryana) 1:00.13; 2. Salini V Krishna (Kerala) 1:00.44.
    Shot Put: 1. Srishthi Vig (Delhi) 15.46m; 2. Kachnar Chaudhary (Rajasthan) 14.15; 3. Tulnai Narzary (Assam) 13.95.
    Javelin Throw: 1. Annu Rani (Uttar Pradesh) 61.22m; 2. Sanjana Choudhary (Rajasthan) 53.27; 3. Sharmila Kumari (Haryana) 50.93