Bhartpreet breaks National mark in discus; four meet records tumble
Punjab’s Bhartpreet Singh improved his personal best by two metres as he broke the under20 men’s discus throw National record in the Indian Open throws meet at Patiala on Friday.
The 19yearold Asian junior champion came up with a 58.18m throw which broke Sachin Singh Dalal’s 10yearold national record. Bhartpreet’s previous best (56.18m) had come in the under20 National meet in Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu, last April.
Four meet records were also set in the oneday meet, by Odisha’s Vikrant Malik (men’s javelin throw), Haryana’s Nirbhay Singh (men’s discus throw), Punjab’s Damneet Singh (men’s hammer throw) and Maharashtra’s
Abha Khatua shot put. in women’s
The results:
Men: Javelin: 1. Vikrant Malik (Odi) 81.68m MR, OR 78.93, 2. Shivpal Singh (UP) 80.47, 3. Parmod (Har) 79.04.
Discus: 1. Nirbhay Singh (Har) 54.89m MR, OR 53.28. 2. Oinam Singh (Man) 53.78 BR, 3. Gagandeep Singh (Pun) 52.49;
Hammer: 1. Damneet Singh (Pun) 65.82m MR, OR 54.80, 2. Gurdev Singh (Pun) 61.87 BR, 3. Mukul UP) 61.61 BR.
Women: Javelin: 1. Jyoti (Har) 51.55m, 2. Karishma Sanil (Kar) 51.02, 3. K.M. Saloni (UP) 50.21;
Discus: 1. Nidhi Rani (Har) 53.57m, 2. Neetika Verma (UP) 51.52, 3. Bhavana Yadav (Del) 50.63.
Shot put: 1. Abha Khatua (Mah) 17.56m MR, or 17.09, 2. Rekha (Har) 14.98, 3. Shiksha (Har) 14.54.
Under-20: Men: Javelin: 1. Dipanshu Sharma (UP) 71.21m, 2. Rohan Yadav (UP) 69.00, 3. Himanshu Mishra (MP) 67.02;
Discus: 1. Bhartpreet Singh (Pun) 58.18m National junior record, OR Sachin Singh Dalal 58.11; 2. Atul (Har) 55.22, 3. Ritik (Chd) 54.94.
Shot put: 1. Anurag Singh Kaler (UP) 19.16m, 2. Siddharth Choudhary (Raj) 18.44, 3. Jaidev Dikka (Del) 18.36.
Hammer: 1. Prateek (Har) 62.75m, 2. Harshit Kumar (UP) 59.93, 3. Aryan (Raj) 54.34.
Women: Javelin: 1. Deepika (Har) 49.75m, 2. Ramyashree Jain (Kar) 46.37, 3. Aakriti Tyagi (Del) 46.24.
Discus: 1. Amanat Kamboj (Pun) 48.20m, 2. Anisha (Del) 48.15, 3. Nistha (Chd) 47.84.
Shot put: 1. Pooja Kumari (Raj) 14.10m, 2. Jaskanwal Kaur (Pun) 13.49, 3. Jashandeep Kaur Pun) 12.14.