Rohit\u00a0Yadav\u00a0spectacularly pushed his personal best to 87.68m to take the men\u2019s javelin gold while 19-year-old sprinter\u00a0Abinaya\u00a0Rajarajan\u00a0gave a dazzling performance to clock 11.34s and win the women\u2019s 100m with a National under-20 record in the $75,000 World Athletics Continental Tour Silver meet at the\u00a0Kalinga\u00a0Stadium on Saturday.<\/p>\n
Vithya\u00a0Ramraj\u00a0sparkled to record her season\u2019s best 51.96 to clinch the women\u2019s 400m gold.<\/p>\n
In the preparatory phase for next month\u2019s Asian Games, long jumpers M.\u00a0Sreeshankar\u00a0(8.07m) and\u00a0Ancy\u00a0Sojan\u00a0(6.71m) were among the nine Indians who won gold.<\/p>\n
Rohit, who managed 81.56m to finish seventh in the Commonwealth Games, overcame a slip in the second throw to register 81.82m in his penultimate attempt. A more consistent\u00a0Yashvir\u00a0logged 82.94m to regain the lead. But,\u00a0Rohit\u00a0improved upon his previous best 87.05m, achieved at the inter-State meet here in June, in his final effort. His new mark is the fourth-best in the World this season, just behind\u00a0Neeraj\u00a0Chopra\u00a0(88.05m).<\/p>\n
\u201cI gave it my all in the end. I hope to replicate it in the\u00a0Asiad,\u201d said\u00a0Rohit.<\/p>\n
Abinaya\u00a0, who recovered from injuries she received at the Asian Indoor meet in February,\u00a0ran in good rhythm to regain the National under-20 record, which she had held earlier with 11.54, from\u00a0Nipam\u00a0(11.53).\u00a0\u201cI was about to cry towards the end as I knew I was going to break the record,\u201d said Abinaya, thanking her father Rajarajan and coach Sreenivasan Ramaiah.<\/p>\n
Several\u00a0pullouts\u00a0were on expected lines.<\/p>\n
The results:\u00a0Men: 100m<\/b>: 1. Tshepo Jason Tyantini (RSA) 10.11, 2. Ali Al Balushi (Oma) 10.16, 3. Dineth Induwara (Sri) 10.27, 6. Animesh Kujur 10.32, 9. Gurindervir Singh 10.39; 400m: <\/b>1. Justice Oratile (Bot) 45.35, 2. Leender Koekemoer (RSA) 45.40, 3. Kalinga Hewa Kumara (SRI) 45.61; 800m: <\/b>1. Molifi Mohlomi (RSA) 1:47.45, 2. Krishan Kumar 1:47.69, 3. Prakash Gadade 1:48.03; 5000m: <\/b>1. Harmanjot Singh 14:11.51, 2. Shivaji Parashuram 14:13.84, 3. T. Gopi 14:15.98; 110m hurdles: <\/b>1. Franco Le Roux (RSA) 13.47, 2. Antonio Alkana (RSA) 13.54, 3. Eduardo Rodrigues (Bra) 13.68; Long jump: <\/b>1. M. Sreeshankar 8.07m, 2. Divan Manuel (RSA) 8.03m, 3. David P. 7.78m; High jump: <\/b>1. Aadarsh Ram 2.22m, 2. Fatak Bait Jaboob (Oma) 2.19m, 3. Abdul Rahman Omar (Irq) 2.15m; Shot put: <\/b>1. Chukwuebuka Enekwe (Ngr) 20.78m, 2. Weir Zane (Ita) 20.47m, 3. Karanveer Singh 20.06m, 4. Tajinderpal Singh Toor 20.03; Javelin: <\/b>1. Rohit Yadav 87.68m, 2. Yashvir Singh 82.94m, 3. Sumedha Ranasinghe (Sri) 80.29m.<\/p>\n
Women: 100m: <\/b>1. Abinaya Rajarajan 11.34, 2. Harita Bhadra 11.46, 3. Sneha Sathyanarayan 11.56; 400m: <\/b>1. Vithya Ramraj 51.96, 2. Prachi 52.57, 3. M.R. Poovamma 52.78; 1500m: <\/b>1. Pooja 4:17.24, 2. Lili Das 4:18.32, 3. Shanika Kahawalage (Sri) 4:27.22; 5000m<\/b>: 1. Diana Wanza (Ken) 15:16.11, Bharti 15:46.45, 3. Santoshi Shrestha (Nep) 17:31.75; 100m hurdles: <\/b>1. Charisma Taylor (Bah) 12.96, 2. Yumi Tanaka (Jap) 13.04, 3. Jyothi Yarraji 13.24; Long jump: <\/b>1. Ancy Sojan 6.71m, 2. Shaili Singh 6.56m, 3. Mubassina Mohammed 6.31m; High jump: <\/b>1. Supriya 1.75m, 2. Manshi 1.75m, 3. Reet Rathor 1.75m; Discus: <\/b>1. Andressa De Morais (Bra) 58.66, 2. Samantha Hall (Jam) 58.43, 3. Subenrat Insaeng (Tha) 58.33; Javelin: <\/b>1. Jucilene Sales De Lima (Bra) 59.13, 2. Dilhani Lekamge (SRI) 58.98m, 3. Annu Rani 56.96m.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n