New Delhi, March 15 (Ians) Asian medallist Annu Rani on Monday bettered her own meet record with a throw of 63.24 metres in the women's javelin throw, but fell short of the Tokyo Olympic qualification mark of 64 metres, on the opening day of the Senior National Federation Cup athletics.
The 28-year-old Uttar Pradesh international thrower looked in good form after having recorded a throw of 61.45m in her opening throw meet at Patiala's National Institute of Sports (Nis). But on her third attempt, she hurled the javelin to a distance of 63.24 metres which was better than her own meet record of 62.34 metres, set in 2019.
Sanjana Choudhary of Rajasthan was second with a throw of 54.55 metres while Kumari Sharmila of Haryana was third with a distance of 50.78 metres.
But there was an average performance in the women's pole vault and shot put final. In the pole vault, Tamil Nadu's Rosy Paulraj was first with a height of 3.90 metres.
The 28-year-old Uttar Pradesh international thrower looked in good form after having recorded a throw of 61.45m in her opening throw meet at Patiala's National Institute of Sports (Nis). But on her third attempt, she hurled the javelin to a distance of 63.24 metres which was better than her own meet record of 62.34 metres, set in 2019.
Sanjana Choudhary of Rajasthan was second with a throw of 54.55 metres while Kumari Sharmila of Haryana was third with a distance of 50.78 metres.
But there was an average performance in the women's pole vault and shot put final. In the pole vault, Tamil Nadu's Rosy Paulraj was first with a height of 3.90 metres.
- 3/15/2021
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
Patiala, March 5 (Ians) Absence of elite women sprinters robbed the sheen off the most glamorous athletics event at the third leg of the Indian Grand Prix (Igp) Athletics event here on Friday, and it was amplified when Assam's Hima Das ran the 100m dash all alone.
Hima, running her first 100-metre race of the season, clocked 11.67 seconds -- and sent a warning to her rivals -- at Patiala's National Institute of Sports.
Hima, 21, the national record holder in the 400m, has switched to shorter sprints as her persistent back injury has restricted her to compete in the one lap race. In the second Igp held last month at Patiala, she competed in 200m and won the race in 23.31 seconds.
Punjab's Amrit Kaur had sent her entry for the 100m. But she didn't start. West Bengal's Himashree Roy and A.T. Daneshwari of Karnataka were other prominent athletes who didn't compete...
Hima, running her first 100-metre race of the season, clocked 11.67 seconds -- and sent a warning to her rivals -- at Patiala's National Institute of Sports.
Hima, 21, the national record holder in the 400m, has switched to shorter sprints as her persistent back injury has restricted her to compete in the one lap race. In the second Igp held last month at Patiala, she competed in 200m and won the race in 23.31 seconds.
Punjab's Amrit Kaur had sent her entry for the 100m. But she didn't start. West Bengal's Himashree Roy and A.T. Daneshwari of Karnataka were other prominent athletes who didn't compete...
- 3/5/2021
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
Patiala, Feb 25 (Ians) Assam's ace sprinter Hima Das won the women's 200m race while Odisha's Dutee Chand dominated 100m in the second leg of the Indian Grand Prix meet here on Thursday, even as Delhi's Amoj Jacob recorded personal best time to win the men's 400m.
Hima's winning time of 23.31 seconds in her first race after a long layoff due to back injury could be seen as good performance, but it fell short of Tokyo Olympic qualification time of 22.80 seconds at Patiala's National Institute of Sports here.
Hima, the 21-year-old 2018 world junior 400m champion and national record holder of 50.79 seconds, hasn't done well over the one-lap race since April 2019 due to lower back pain. She has now switched to shorter sprints -- 100m and 200m. She is also one of the key runners in the national women's 4x100m relay team.
Despite being an Olympic qualifier competition, there were only...
Hima's winning time of 23.31 seconds in her first race after a long layoff due to back injury could be seen as good performance, but it fell short of Tokyo Olympic qualification time of 22.80 seconds at Patiala's National Institute of Sports here.
Hima, the 21-year-old 2018 world junior 400m champion and national record holder of 50.79 seconds, hasn't done well over the one-lap race since April 2019 due to lower back pain. She has now switched to shorter sprints -- 100m and 200m. She is also one of the key runners in the national women's 4x100m relay team.
Despite being an Olympic qualifier competition, there were only...
- 2/25/2021
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
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