Anil leaps to gold

Anil Sahoo, won long jump gold last year, won it again as he leapt to 6.82 metres on the opening day of the Poisur Gymkhana Open Athletic championships, hostd by Poinsur Gymkhana at their ground at Kandivali on Friday.

Hardik Shah, who too had done exceptionally well last year, was second and Nikhil Kadam from VPM Sports Club from Dahisar was third. Nikhil also silver in the triple jump, won by Jay Shah with a jump of 13.73 mts.

However, junior boys and girls in the age groups of 16 and 12 from Children’s Academy, Malad, dominated the day. The uder-16 boys took all the first three sports in the long jump, while the under-12 boys finished 1-2-3 I the high jump event, won by their Meet Patel with leap of 1.20 metres.

Results: Men’s Long Jump: 1. Anil Sahoo 6.82 mts; 2. Hardik Shah – 6.60 mts 3. Nikhil Kadam – 6.48 mts. Men’s Triple Jump: 1. Jay Shah – 13.73 mts.; 2. Nikhil Kadam ( VPM, Dahisar) – 13.44 mts., 3. Hardik Shah –13.27 mts. Boys U-16: Long Jump: Yash Zad (Children’s Aca, Malad) - 5.98 mts; 2. Dhruv Parmark (Childen’s Aca, Malad) – 5.85 mts. 3. Rahul Bohra (Chidren’s Aca, Malad) – 5.70 mts. Women’s Long Jump: 1. Shweta Hakke ( VPM SC) – 4.80 mts., 2. Shriya Kolge ( VPM SC) – 4.68 mts., Vmila Tiwari – 4.25 mts. Women’s Discus Thros. 1. Ruksar Syed – 32.04 mts., 2. Kinjal Dalvi ( VPM SC) – 26.07 mts., 3. Binti Sethi ( VPM SC) – 21.15 mts. Girls U-16: 400m: 1. Pearlin Debara (Children’s Aca, Malad) – 68.6 secs; 2. Paridhi Doshi (Poisur Gy) – 72.1; Kovia Chitnis – 74.5 secs. Girls U-16: Dscus Throw: 1. Neha Tiwari (Goenka Ed. Trust) – 25.70 mts., 2. Krithika KK (Ponsur Gym) – 23.42 mts. 3. Sameera Singhu (Goenka Edu Trust) – 23.37 mts. Girls U-12: Shot Put: Nidhi Kadam (Children’s Aca, Mala) – 7.74 mts.