Khelo India Games | Durga and Sarnaliya shatter the 1500m girls’ and boys’ records

Khelo India Youth Games: New meet records set in the 1500m athletics event at the 6th Khelo India Youth Games in Chennai.

Two new meet records were created in the 1500m athletics event in both the boys’ and girls’ categories at the 6th Khelo India Youth Games here on Wednesday.

Durga Singh of Bihar (4:29.22) and Muskan (Rajasthan) (4:33.95), who finished first and second in girls’ 1500m, broke the previous record held by Sneha (4:35.45) set in 2020. Only Durga’s record will be considered.

In the boys’ 1500m, Rahul Sarnaliya of Uttarakhand erased the previous mark of Arjun Waskale (3:51.57, 2022) by running in a time of 3:51.12.

Earlier, the twin sisters from Kanyakumari, M. Ansilin and M. Akslin caught everybody’s attention, finishing first and second in the girls’ 800m.

Tamil Nadu, meanwhile, won both the boys and girls’ squash team titles, beating Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra respectively.

The results: Athletics: Boys: 100m: 1. Mohammad Reyan Basha (Odi) 10.81s; 2. J. Gokul Pandiyan (TN) 10.89; 3. Pratik Maharana (Odi) 10.95; 800m: 1. Vinod Kumar Banoth (TS) 1:51.61; 2. J. Bejoy (Ker) 1:52.09; 3. T. Baljeet (Har) 1:54.23; 1500m: 1. Rahul Sarnaliya (Utk) 3:51.12 (NMR) (OR: Arjun Waskale, Panchkula, 3:51.57); 2. Priyanshu (Utk) 3:54.013; 3. Mayank Yadav (Raj) 3:57.68; hammer throw: Ommkar Prasad Nanda (Odi) 65.08m; 2. Yashas Kurbar (Kar) 64.12; 3. Nikhil Yadav (Har) 61.96; shot put: 1. Ommkar 18.48m; 2. Nikhash (Har) 17.99; 3. K.C. Servan (Ker) 17.41; high jump: 1. C. Tharun Vikash (TN) 2.01m; 2. Basant (Raj) 2.01; 3. Juwel Thomas (Ker) 2.01.