Here are the results for the Day 3 of Athletics in the National Games 2022.
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Sarvesh Kushare of Services clinched gold with a new personal best of 2.27m in the men’s high jump at the ongoing National Games 2022 in Gujarat. His jump put him second behind the current national record holder Tejaswin Shankar (2.30 m) in the Indian all time lists. Sarvesh cleared the bar of 2.27m on his second attempt but was unable to clear the mark of 2.30 m in all the three of his attempts. Tokyo Paralympics silver medalist Nishad Kumar too participated in the event and finished fifth with a jump of 2.14 m. Usaid Khan of Uttar Pradesh shattered a 20-year-old Games record en route to winning the decathlon. The decathlete earned 7121 points, surpassing M. Kumar’s previous high of 6951 in Hyderabad in 2002. With a total of 7098 points, Yamandeep Sharma of Rajasthan who took second place also broke the previous best record. In the women’s category, N.V. Sheena of Kerala won the triple jump with a leap of 13.37 m.
With a timing of 23.50 in the women’s 200-meter heats, Archana Suseendran of Tamil Nadu climbed into first place. Hima Das placed second in the heats with a timing of 23.98, while Dutee Chand did not compete. Amlan Borgohain of Assam took the top spot in the 200 meter men’s heats with a timing of 21.20. He was the sole participant in the heats to clock under 21.30. Jyothi Yarraji stormed into the finals of the women’s 100m hurdles with a timing of 13.30 in the heats. While Swapna Barman who clinched gold in women’s high jump is currently the leader in women’s heptathlon, followed by Sowmiya Murugan of Andhra.
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Men’s High Jump
Gold – Anil Sarvesh Kushare 2.27 m (Services)
Silver – Aromal T 2.19 m (Kerala)
Bronze – Chethan 2.17m (Services)
Women’s Triple Jump
Gold – N V Sheena 13.37 m (Kerala)
Silver – Karthika G 12.85 m (Andhra Pradesh)
Bronze – Poorva Sawant 12.76 m (Maharashtra)
Women’s 4X400m Relay
Gold – Tamil Nadu (Dhivya J, Vithya Ramraj, Olumbia Stify, Subha Venkatesan) – 3:35.32
Silver – Haryana (Deepanshi, Nancy, Nisha, Kiran Pahal) – 3:35.86
Bronze – Karnataka (Sinchal Kaveramma, Vijaya Kumari G K, Inchara N S, Likhita M) – 3:36.50
Men’s 4X400m Relay
Gold – Haryana (Gourav, Vikrant Panchal, Ayush Dabas, Angrej Singh) – 3:06.58
Silver – Services (Santosh Kumar T, Mijo Chacko Kurian , Muhammad Ajmal V, Jabir Mp) – 3:07.04
Bronze – Tamilnadu (K. Sathish, Mohan Kumar, K. Saran, Rajesh Ramesh) – 3:09.42
Men’s Decathlon
Gold – Usaid Khan (Uttar Pradesh) – 7121 points
Silver – Yamandeep Singh (Rajasthan) – 7098 points
Bronze – Umesh Lamba (Rajasthan) – 6758 points
