Kamboj and Baidwan set new National marks
The Hindu
Two National records broken on Day 1 of 38th National Junior Athletics Championship in Coimbatore: Punjab's Amanat Kamboj (U-16 discus) and Joy Baidwan (U-14 shot put) set new marks. Host TN also won golds in triple jump and pole vault.
Two National records took a tumble on day one of the 38th National junior athletics championship which got underway at the Nehru Stadium here on Tuesday.
Punjab’s Amanat Kamboj hurled the discus to a distance of 45.18m for a new record in the girls’ under-16 section. Kamboj, whose record-breaking effort came in her third attempt, was overjoyed having shattered the mark of 41.74m set by Navjit Kaur in 2010.
Later, Joy Baidwan (Punjab) broke Divjot Kaur’s record of 14.29m with a mighty heave of 15.19m for the girls’ under-14 shot put gold.
The host had something to cheer as well with Paveena Rajesh and V. Karthika winning the under-18 triple jump and pole vault gold respectively.
The results (winners): Boys: U-14: Shot put: Manoj Piploda (Raj) 16.96m.
U-20: 10,000m: Shivaji P. Madappa (Kar) 30:24.08; discus: Bhartpreet Singh (Pun) 54.76m.
Girls: U-14: Shot put: Joy Baidwan (Pun) 15.19m (NR, Old: Divjot Kaur 14.29, 2022).