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  • KERALA STATE ATHLETICS | Quartermiler Abiram breaks 18-year-old meet record

    KERALA STATE ATHLETICS | Quartermiler Abiram breaks 18-year-old meet record

    Palakkad’s P. Abiram who broke the 18-year-old meet record in the senior boys’ 400m at the 65th Kerala State schools athletics championships in Kunnamkulam on Tuesday.
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    The last few weeks have been hectic ones for quartermiler P. Abiram. The 17-year-old from Mathur Village in Palakkad had run in the State senior and junior championships, winning a bunch of golds in both, apart from the district championships earlier. And a few days ago, he was in action at the National Open in Bengaluru in the 400m and the relays.

    But despite the busy schedule, Abiram managed to better his personal best by nearly a second from last year’s 48.56s to 47.59s as he entered the men’s semifinal at the National Open.

    With all these achievements to power him, Abiram broke the 18-year-old meet record of former international V.B. Bineesh while winning the under-19 boys’ 400m gold comfortably in the 65th Kerala State schools athletics championships at the Government VHSS Ground here on Tuesday.

    “I’ve been running one meet after another, almost without a break. I came from Bengaluru (National Open) only day before yesterday. I could not get enough rest, my recovery has not been proper,” said Abiram, a member of the gold-winning Indian medley relay team at last year under-18 Asian Championships in Kuwait, after his victory.

    However, he was thrilled that he would be running in the National Games in Goa later this month.

    Abiram, from Mathur’s CFD VHSS who is coached by K. Surendran for the last four years, is entered to run the 100 and 200m also here.

    Meanwhile, Palakkad’s M. Jyothika, who sparkled in the junior category last year, made a winning debut as a senior by taking the women’s 400m in a personal best 55.89s.

    Two meet records fell on the opening day, with K.C. Servan breaking the other in the senior boys’ discus throw.

    The results (winners only): Boys: Seniors (under-19): 400m: P. Abiram (Pkd) 48.06s MR, OR V.B. Bineesh, 48.23s, 2005. 3000m: J. Bejoy (Pkd) 8:55.80s. Long jump: Mohammed Muhassin (Mlp) 7.08m. Discus throw: K.C. Servan (Ksd) 57.51m MR, OR K.C. Sidharth, 53.34, 2018.

    Juniors (under-17): 400m: Muhammed Swalih (Ktm) 50.53s. 3000m: Muhammed Ameen (Mlp) 9:13.32s. Shot put: Munavar Nifal (Pkd) 13.12m.

    Sub-juniors (under-14): 400m: Arshad Ali (Pkd) 54.84. Discus throw: C. Shahabas (Mlp) 32.41m.

    Girls:Seniors (under-19): 400m: M. Jyothika (Pkd) 55.89s. 3000m: C.R. Nithya (Ekm) 10:27.69s. Long jump: D. Sheeba (Tvm) 5.63m. Pole vault: Grace Alia Varghese (Ekm) 3.00m. Discus throw: Akhila Raju (Ksd) 41.71m. Discus throw: Akhila Raju (Ksd) 41.71m.

    Juniors (under-17): 400m: Kasturba Prasad (Klm) 58.96s. 3000m: Gopika Gopi (Knr) 11:01.81s. High jump: C.P. Ashmika (Mlp) 1.56m.

    Sub-juniors (under-14): 400m: P. Nithika (Pkd) 1:02.52s. Long jump: M. Sivaranjini (Pkd) 4.79m.

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  • ASIAN ATHLETICS | Golden day for India as Jyothi, Ajay and Abdulla triumph

    ASIAN ATHLETICS | Golden day for India as Jyothi, Ajay and Abdulla triumph

    Ajay Kumar Saroj was caught in a box for a good part of the men’s 1500m final at the 25th Asian Athletics Championships in Bangkok on Thursday.

    The 2017 Asian champion was stuck in the inner lane with runners surrounding him, nine of them in front, including Qatar’s Mohamed al Garni who began as the event’s top seed.

    But the 26-year-old from Uttar Pradesh made his move on the final corner, moving away and climbing to third, and produced a fine finish to complete a hat-tick of Asian Championships medals. He had won a silver at the last edition, in Doha 2019.

    After a quiet opening day, India won three golds on the second day. Jyothi Yarraji won India’s first-ever women’s 100m hurdles title at the Asians while Commonwealth Games silver medallist Abdulla Aboobacker won the men’s triple jump gold with a season-best 16.92m which came in the fourth round.

    “Towards the end, I knew the athletes ahead of me were getting tired and I was able to focus on the finish and win,” said Ajay.

    Jyothi did not have a great start but she was superior in the second half of the race. The 23-year-old from Visakhapatnam overcame rain and a strong challenge from Japan’s seasoned Asuka Terada and Masumi Aoki for a memorable victory.

    India also won two bronze medals through decathlete Tejaswin Shankar — the National high jump record holder was making his debut in the multi-eventer in a major championship — and female quartermiler Aishwarya Mishra.

    The results (medallists and Indian performances): Men: 400m: 1. Sato Kentaro (Jpn) 45.00s, 2. Fuga Sato (Jpn) 45.13, 3. Yousef Ahmed Masrahi (KSA) 45.19, 4. Muhammed Ajmal (Ind) 45.36, 6. Rajesh Ramesh (Ind) 45.67y.

    1500m: 1. Ajay Kumar Saroj (Ind) 3:41.51s, 2. Yusuke Takahashi (Jpn) 3:42.04, 3. Liu Dezhu (Chn) 3:42.30, 11. Jinson Johnson (Ind) 3:46.91.

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    Triple jump: 1. Abdulla Aboobacker (Ind) 16.92m, 2. Hikaru Ikehata (Jpn) 16.73, 3. Kim Jangwoo (Kor) 16.59.

    Hammer throw: 1. Qi Wang (Chn) 72.13m, 2. Sukhrob Khodjaev (Uzb) 71.83, 3. Shota Fukuda (Jpn) 71.80.

    Decathlon: 1. Yuma Maruyama (Jpn) 7745 pts, 2. Suttisak Singkhon (Tha) 7626, 3. Tejaswin Shankar (Ind) 7527.

    Women: 400m: 1. Nadeesha Ramanayaka (Sri) 52.61s, 2. Farida Solieva (Uzb) 52.95, 3. Aishwarya Mishra (Ind) 53.07.

    10,000: 1. Haruka Kokai (Jpn) 32:59.36s, 2. Momoka Kawaguchi (Jpn) 33:18.72, 3. Bayartsogt Munkhzaya (Mgl) 33:24.79, 4. Sanjivani Jadhav (Ind) 34:04.47.

    100m hurdles: 1. Jyothi Yarraji (Ind) 13.09s, 2. Asuka Terrada (Jpn) 13.13, 3. Masumi Aoki (Jpn) 13.26, 4. Nithya Ramaraj (Ind) 13.55.

    High jump: 1. Kristina Ovchinnikova (Kaz) 1.86m, 2. Matvayeva (Kaz) 1.86, 3. Svetlana Radzivil (Uzb) 1.83, 7. Pooja (Ind) & Rubina Yadav (Ind) both 1.75.

    Hammer throw: 1. Zhao Jie (Chn) 69.39m, 2. Joy Mcarthar (Jpn) 66.56, 3. Raika Murakami (Jpn) 64.17.



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