Aditya leaps to the lengthy leap gold; Jeswin disappoints

Aditya hit the sand at 7.74m to seal the lengthy leap gold within the Indian Open athletics meet on the Nehru Stadium in Chennai on Tuesday.
| Photograph Credit score: B. JOTHI RAMALINGAM

Collaborating in his first occasion for the reason that 2024 Paris Olympics, a lot was anticipated from lengthy jumper Jeswin Aldrin. The 23-year-old, nevertheless, did not ship, ending seventh after pulling a hamstring, within the Indian Open athletics meet on the Nehru Stadium right here on Tuesday.

Aditya Kumar Singh, additionally 23, from Varanasi surprised the sphere to bag the gold with a leap of seven.74m. Jeswin, the Nationwide file holder, jumped 7.36m in his first try, fouled the subsequent three, didn’t try his fifth earlier than fouling in his sixth and remaining run.

“I used to be trying ahead to the occasion however throughout warm-up, I developed the ache,” Jeswin stated.

In one other main upset of the day, Yashvir Singh of Railways gained the boys’s javelin throw occasion with a 77.49m effort, thereby placing to shade the hassle of Kishore Jena, the 2022 Asian Video games silver medallist. Kishore completed second with a 75.99m.

Participating within the males’s shot put, regardless of a again problem, favorite Tejinderpal Singh Toor gained, due to his first throw of 17.61m. He fouled the subsequent two earlier than deciding to not go forward with the subsequent three throws.

In males’s 400m, favorite Amoj Jacob pulled out halfway within the remaining citing an hamstring problem whereas Md. Anas, the Nationwide file holder, ran the heats however selected to not run the ultimate.

The outcomes (winners solely):

Males: 100m: Race-A: Gitson (TN) 1073s; B: Paras (HP) 10.75; C: Pranav Pramod (Rlys) 10.38s.

110m hurdles: Race-A: Rathish Pandi (Reliance) 14.36s; B: R. Manav (Rlys) 13.94s.

200m: Race-A: Dondapati Mrutyam MA (Odi) 21.67s; B: Animesh Kujur (Odi) 21.14s.

400m hurdles: Race-A: Subhas Das (JSW) 50.96s; B: Jabir Madari Palliyal (Navy) 51.85.

800m: Race-A: Satyam Chauhan (Military) 1:51.64s; B: Anu Kumar (Utr) 1:48.95s.

400m: A: Kapil (Military) 47.58s; B: Aswin Krishnan (TN) 47.45s; 1500m: Yoonus Shah (JSW) 3:45.11s; 

Lengthy leap: Aditya Kumar Singh (UP) 7.74m; excessive leap: Shaik Mohiddin (AP) 2.08m; shot put: Tajinderpal Singh Toor (Pun) 17.61m; javelin: Yashvir Singh (Rlys) 77.49m

Girls: 100m hurdles: Nithya Ramraj (TN) 13.32s; 400m hurdles: Vithya Ramraj (TN) 56.90s; 100m: Race-A: Kiruthika (TN) 11.87s; B: Charu Shoukeen (Del) 12.30s; C: Sneha SS (Kar) 11.79s; 800m: Twinkle Chaudhary (Pun) 2:09.39s; Pole vault: E. Baranica (TN) 3.90m; lengthy leap: Shaili Singh (UP) 6.45m; Triple leap: Ok. N. Bhumika (Kar) 12.05m; javelin: Shakshi Sharma (UP) 46.79m; 1500m: Lili Das (Utr) 4:13.74s; Shot put: Poorna Subodh Raora (Mah) 16.27m.