South Asian Jr Athletics C'ship: Gold harvest for Indian team

THE Indian contingent exceeded all expectations and were in brilliant form on Thursday as they reaped a harvest of as many as 19 medals, nine of them being gold on the second day of the fourth edition of South Asian Junior Athletics Championship held at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Chennai.

With Thursday’s gold medal rush the India’s gold medal tally has swelled to 12. India had won three gold medals on the opening day.

The Indian team won their first gold medal of the day in women’s discus throw through Anisha. She hurdled the disc to a distance of 49.91m to better the previous meet record of 48.60m set by A Bajwa in 2018. India’s Amanat Kamboj won silver with 48.38m, while Sri Lanka’s JH Gauranganie took home bronze with a 37.95m throw.

Indian athletes showed their class as the events progressed. Neeru Pahtak won the ninth gold for the Indian team in the women’s 400m. She clocked 54.50 seconds, while compatriot Sandra Mol Sabu won silver with a timing of 54.82 seconds. Sri Lanka’s K Takshima Nuhansa sprinted home to bag the bronze clocking 55.27.