National Open Athletics: Manu improves record three times in javelin throw

Services Manu DP dominated the mens Javelin Throw final at the 61st AFI National Open Athletics Championships at the Sree Kanteerava Stadium improving the meet record three times on his way to goldHe opened with 8032m and improved it to 8050m before uncorking a final throw of 8123m the Athletics Federation of India AFI has informed here on Tuesday eveningWith his first throw the 22yearold broke the meet record set at 7904m by Ravinder Singh Khaira in Lucknow in 2016 He remained the only athlete to breach the 80m mark on Tuesday adding the National Open title to the top prize he won in the National InterState Championships in Chennai in June this yearManu will be pleased that he breached the 80m mark in a final for the fifth time this year including in the Commonwealth Games where he finished fifth with 8228 With a 7980m throw on his third attempt Rohit Yadav Railways appeared to have warmed up to the idea of posing Manu a challenge but that was not to beAlso Read India beat Australia 32 in BWF World ChampionshipsKrishan Kumar and KM Chanda won the halfmile events for men and women respectively to add to their victories in the National InterState ChampionshipsServices Krishan Kumar had to strain every sinew to beat a fastfinishing Abhishek Singh Madhya Pradeshin the mens 800m Krishan Kumar seemed set to stay well in front from about 150m through the end but Abhishek upped the pace as he approached the home straight The Services runner held on to break the beam by a whiskerRailways Chanda did not face such competition and ran out a comfortable winnerin the womens 800m She could have improved on her personal best time of 20158 had she not been alone over the final 150m but she had to rest content with a 20249 which is the fourth fastest she has ever run in the twolap eventRajasthans Yaman Deep Sharma beat back a challenge by Services Sunil Kumar in Decathlon with strong efforts in the final three events Trailing by 36 points after a poor show in Discus Throw Yaman Deep Sharma rallied to win by a mere 52 points doing a shade better than his Services rival in Pole Vault Javelin Throw and 1500mThe results finalMen800m 1 Krishan Kumar Services 14880 2 Abhishek Singh Madhya Pradesh 14882 3 Prakash Balu Gadade Services 14898Discus Throw 1 Kirpal Singh ONGC 5815m 2 Parshant Malik Haryana 5510 3 Nirbhay Singh Haryana 5488Javelin Throw 1 DP Manu Services 8123m New Meet record Old 7904 Ravinder Singh Khaira Lucknow 2016 2 Rohit Yadav Railways 7980 3 Kishore Kumar Jena Odisha 7805Decathlon 1 Yaman Deep Sharma Rajasthan 6713 points 100m 1154 LJ 679 SP 1083 HJ 191 400 5125 110mH 1587 DT 3008 PV 430 JT 4756 1500 43382 2 Sunil Kumar Services 6661 3 Tejinder Singh Sevrices 6640Women800m 1 KM Chanda Railways 20249 2 Pooja Railways 20592 Twinkle Chaudhury Railways 20644Triple Jump 1 Poorva Hitesh Sawant Maharashtra 1318m 2 NV Sheena Kerala 1307 3 Karthika Gothandapani Railways 1300High Jump 1 Abhinaya Shetty Railways 178m 2 Kevinaa Ashwinie Annavi Tamil Nadu 176 3 Rubina Yadav Uttar Pradesh 174This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever