Sriteja Tholem clocks 14.10 seconds to win U20 hurdles gold

Telangana’s Sriteja Tholem won the women’s U20 100m hurdles gold in 14.10 seconds at the National Junior Athletics Championships in Chennai on Sunday. Maharashtra’s Yash Mulik set an U18 national record, while Kerala’s Fasalul Haque won U20 hurdles gold

Hyderabad: Sriteja Tholem of Telangana clocked 14.10 seconds to clinch the gold medal in the women’s under-20 100m hurdles event at the National Junior Athletics Championships at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Chennai on Sunday.

Maharashtra’s Yash Mulik improved his own U18 national record in the 110m hurdles. His gold-medal-winning time of 13.29 seconds bettered his previous national record of 13.40 seconds, set recently in Ludhiana, Punjab. The meet record of 13.59 seconds was set by Tejas Ashok Shirse in 2019.

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The men’s U20 110m hurdles final also witnessed a record-breaking performance, with the top four athletes bettering the meet record of 13.92 seconds set by Saif Chafekar last year.

Kerala’s Fasalul Haque won the gold medal in 13.69 seconds. Surya P of Tamil Nadu took silver in 13.84 seconds, while Kerala’s Kiran K claimed bronze in 13.85 seconds.

The results:

Men
U20
3,000m: Muhammed Jazeel (Kerala) 8:19.87, Aakash (Uttar Pradesh) 8:20.76, Nishant Karhana (Haryana) 8:22.18.

110m hurdles: Fasalul Haque (Kerala) 13.69 seconds (meet record), Surya P (Tamil Nadu) 13.84 seconds, Kiran K (Kerala) 13.85 seconds.

High jump: Ambriesh K (Tamil Nadu) 2.18m, Binoy B (Kerala) 2.11m, Sinan (Karnataka) 2.05m.

U18
110m hurdles: Yash Mulik (Maharashtra) 13.29 seconds (national record), Kirpal K (Tamil Nadu) 13.56 seconds, Anshu Yadav (Uttar Pradesh) 13.64 seconds.

Boys
U16
80m hurdles: Amanuel Kishu (Jharkhand) 10.10 seconds (national record), Gouresh Binoy (Kerala) 10.11 seconds, Rohit Raj (Bihar) 10.26 seconds.

1,000m sprint medley relay: Haryana 1:54.38 (national record; previous record 1:56.95), Tamil Nadu 1:55.35, Telangana 1:55.76.

U14
Kids’ javelin: Varun Bhambhu (Haryana) 71.20m (national record; previous record 60.65m), Vinay Baaniya (Uttar Pradesh) 62.17m, Rahul Kumar (Bihar) 58.55m.

Women
U20
3,000m: Dipika Sharma (Madhya Pradesh) 9:52.58, Mansi Yadav (Maharashtra) 9:57.33, Risha Goswami (Uttar Pradesh) 9:59.75.

100m hurdles:

Sriteja Tholem (Telangana) 14.10 seconds, Adithya (Kerala) 14.24 seconds, Durga Sri Dinesh (Tamil Nadu) 14.28 seconds.

U18
100m hurdles: Anamika Ajesh (Kerala) 13.82 seconds, Nupura Holla (Karnataka) 13.84 seconds, Rajashree VB (Tamil Nadu) 14.07 seconds.

Girls
U16
80m hurdles: Varshika Balakrishna (Tamil Nadu) 11.61 seconds, Janhavi Patole (Maharashtra) 11.78 seconds, Shashwati Suresh (Karnataka) 11.89 seconds.

High jump:

Nivetha S (Tamil Nadu) 1.52m, Naisha Raghav (Maharashtra) 1.50m, Ankita Prajapati (Uttar Pradesh) 1.48m.

1,000m sprint medley relay: Maharashtra 2:14.05, Haryana 2:15.52, Karnataka 2:19.72.

U14
Kids’ javelin: Japjeet Kaur (Punjab) 39.96m, Ganasri AS (Tamil Nadu) 39.04m, Aaradhya Singh (Haryana) 38.14m.