High jumpers Jesse, Srishti shine as Karnataka win four gold on second day.
Meghana Shetty and Fakeerappa V Bangi conquered the hurdles events in style while Jesse Sandesh and Srishti Sunil soared to gold medals in high jump as Karnataka enjoyed a profitable day in the 9th National Youth Athletics Championships at the Sree Kanteerava Stadium on Saturday.
Meghana set a meet record en route to the girls’ 100M hurdles gold medal, asserting her status as the best in the country in her category at the moment. She had won the Junior Federation Cup gold earlier in the season and picked up a bronze in the Senior inter-state meet last month in Hyderabad.
Belgaum boy Fakeerappa dominated the boys 110M hurdles while Jesse proved a cut above in the high jump pit. Srishti had to endure a close battle in high jump, finishing first on a countback with 1.54 metres as Karnataka finished the day with four gold medals.
The 17-year-old Meghana, a trainee of VR Beedu clocked 14.06 seconds to improve upon the meet record of 14.43 set by Haryana’s Pooja in 2004. The II PU student of Mount Carmel College had a quick start and led all the way through to fetch Karnataka their first gold of the day.
Fakeerappa, hailing from Bijaguppi but training in Sports Authority of India’s Dharward centre under PC Jagannathan, too was a comfortable winner, clocking 14.51 seconds for his first gold medal at the national level. He had won two silver medals in the Junior Nationals in hurdles and pentathlon two years ago at the same venue. C Shivakumar, also of Karnataka took the bronze.
Gaonkar-ward Jesse, had unveiled his potential in the State meet a few days ago with a 2.06M leap, went down a notch but still clinched the gold medal, sailing past the bar at 2.04 metres.
Late in the evening, Orissa’s Dutee Chand completed a double, equalling the meet and national records in the girls’ 200 metres in 24.49 seconds. Ranjita Mahanta had set the mark two years ago.
Dutee had won the 100M on Friday, with Ruma Sarkar and Himashree Roy of Bengal taking silver and bronze. On Saturday, Himashree took the silver and Ruma the bronze.
Results: Boys: 200M: Ramanand (Madhya Pradesh) 22.08 seconds, 1; Kamberdeep Singh (Punjab) 22.31, 2; Gaurang Rajendra Ambre (Maharashtra) 22.47, 3.
110M hurdles: Fakeerappa V Bangi (Karnataka) 14.51 seconds, 1; Rahul Kumar Mishra (Jharkhand) 14.63, 2; C Shivakumar (Karnataka) 14.91, 3.
2000M steeple chase: Loverinder Singh (Jharkhand) 6:04.14, 1; Vivek (Rajasthan) 6:12.05, 2; Shijo Rajan (Kerala) 6:16.59 3. High jump: Jesse Sandesh (Karnataka) 2.04 metres, 1; Sreenith Mohan (Kerala) 2.02, 2; Ajay Kumar (Haryana) 2.00, 3. Discus throw: Sachin (Haryana) 56.67 metres, 1; Ashok Kumar (Madhya Pradesh)
51.63, 2; Rajat Kumar (Orissa) 44.59, 3.
Octathlon: Akit Sani (Haryana) 5539 points, 1; Amolak Singh (Maharashtra) 5237, 2; Amal Manohar (Kerala) 5093, 3. Javelin throw: Parvinder Kumar (Haryana) 66.09 metres (NMR. Old: 64.09, Naveen Kumar), 1; Satyendra Kumar (UP) 63.09, 2; Shiv Pal Singh (UP) 61.85, 3.
Girls: 200M: Dutee Chand (Orissa) 24.49 seconds (Equalled National Record) 1; Ruma Sarkar (Bengal) 25.12, 2; Himashree Roy (Bengal) 25.13, 3.
100M hurdles: Meghana Shetty (Karnataka) 14.06 seconds, (NMR. Old: 14.43, Pooja) 1; Arya T S (Kerala) 14.81, 2; Dhanalakshmi (Tamil Nadu) 15.03, 3. 2000M steeple chase: Neha (MP) 8:24.71, 1; Safeeda M P (Kerala) 8:25.47, 2; Lovely Tiwari (MP) 10:23.34, 3. High jump: Srishti Sunil (Karnataka) 1.54 metres, 1; Nikita Kochrekar (Maharashtra) 1.54, 2; Sangeetha P G (Kerala) 1.54, 3.
Discus throw: Manisha (Haryana) 39.62 metres, 1; Jyoti (Haryana) 38.68, 2; J S Priyanka (Karnataka) 36.52, 3.
Javelin throw: Kumari Sharmila (Haryana) 47.09 metres, 1; Abha Khatun (Bengal) 40.50, 2; Prajitha C K (Kerala) 38.91, 3.
source: http://www.Deccan Herald.com / Home> Sports / DHNS, Bangalore / July 14th, 2012