Paralympic silver medalist performs well in high jump, winds rob the national record
Paralympic silver medalist performs well in high jump, winds rob the national record
Praveen Kumar’s run-up, removing his left leg handicap, and jumping over the bar, will remain one of the enduring images of the 25th edition of the Federation Cup of Athletics. It was an image of courage and inspiration.
We saw his courage and skill at the Paralympics a few months ago at the Tokyo Paralympics. The 18-year-old from Noida won a silver medal in the high jump T64 category at the Tokyo Paralympics.
He did not reach the podium at the Calicut University Stadium on Monday afternoon. But it does not matter. What matters is that he was competing in a general national competition, not one for the disabled. He finished sixth with a jump of 2.05 metres.
The event was won by Maharashtra’s Sarvesh Kushare with a distance of 2.25 metres. Tamil Nadu’s R. Manivannan (2.15m) and Karnataka’s JC Sandesh (2.15m) won the bronze medal.
Andhra’s Yaraji Jyothi was in despair despite winning the 100m hurdles. Her time of 13.09 s was better than Anuradha Biswal’s national record (13.38) which had been set two decades earlier, but would not count due to the wind assist, which was 0.1 m above the permissible limit at +2.1 m/s. /sec was higher.
On Sunday, the wind robbed Jesvin Aldrin of the national record and world leading position in the men’s high jump. Nevertheless he achieved qualifying points for the World Championships.
However, on the third day no one could do that. But Annu Rani secured the points for the Commonwealth and Asian Games in the women’s javelin with her gold-winning throw of 61.15m.
Nayana James, who led hosts Kerala 1-2-3 in the women’s long jump, Komal Jagdale of Maharashtra (women’s 3000m steeple chase) and her teammate Kushare (men’s high jump) also won the Asian Games. Qualifying marks for
Result:
Men: 110m Hurdles: 1. Siddhant Thingalaya (Maharashtra) 14.08, 2. Tarundeep Bhatia (Pun) 14.27, 3. M. Agriculture (Tax) 14.60. high jump: 1. Sarvesh Kushare (Maharashtra) 2.25m, 2. R Mannivannan (Tamil Nadu) 2.15m, 3. JC Sandesh (Kar) 2.15m.
3000m steeple chase: 1. Shankar Lal Swami (Hr) 8:32.01, 2. Balkishan (Hr) 8:38.32, 3. Prince Raj Sharma (Scheme) 8:41.42. Shot put: 1. Tajinderpal Singh Toor (Re) 19.12m, 2. Karanvir Singh (Re) 19.07m, 3. Naresh Antil (Hr) 18.00m.
Women: 100m Hurdles: 1. Yaraji Jyothi (AP) 13.09s, 2. Moumita Mandal (Ben) 13.78s, 3. C. Kanimozhi (TN) 13.88s. Long Jump: 1. Nayana James (Kerala) 6.47m, 2. Ancy Sojan (Kerala) 6.33m, 3. Sandra Babu (Ker) 6.32m.
3000m steeple chase: 1. Komal Jagdale (Maharashtra) 9: 47.86, 2. Richa Bhadauria (UP) 10: 14.53, 3. G Maheshwari (Tel) 10: 47.30. Spear: 1. Annu Rani (UP) 61.15 m, 2. Shilpa Rani (H) 55.72 m, 3. Sanjana Choudhary (Raj) 54.19 m.