Sunil erases a 24-year-old record
Sunil Dawar broke a 24-year-old under-20 National record in men’s 5000m at the National junior athletics championships on Monday.
His time of 14:13.95s bettered Gojen Singh’s 14:14.48 which came at the World junior championships in Sydney in 1996. Sunil also completed a 1500-5000m double, a feat which he achieved in the junior Federation Cup recently.
Delhi hammer thrower Harshita Sehrawat bettered her own under-18 National record with a 63.33m effort.
The results (winners only):
Men: Under-20: 5000m: 1. Sunil Dawar (MP) 14:13.95s (NR, OR: 14:14.48, Gojen Singh, Sydney, 1996); 110m hurdles: 1. Yashwant Kumar Laveti (AP) 13.92s (ENR); High jump: 1. Piyush Singh (Haryana) 2.08m; Hammer throw: 1. Jai Chand (Raj) 65.65m.
Boys: Under-18: 110m hurdles: 1. V. Muhammed Hanan (Ker) 13.94s; 10000m walk: 1. Amit Khatri (Har) 42.15.91s (MR, OR: 42:41.68, Parveen Kumar, Ranchi, 2018); Pole vault: 1. Ankit Kumar (UP) 4.50m; Long jump: 1. Abinand Surendran (Ker) 7.11m; Triple jump: 1. S. Mithilesh Kumar (TN) 15.03m; Hammer throw: 1. Mohammad Shahban (UP) 67.20m.
