Patna: Abhay Pandey of Jamui (Bihar ) won the gold medal in the U-14 boys triathlon group ‘A” while his state mate Ashish Kumar bagged the bronze in the same event on the Day Two of the 18th National Inter District Junior Athletics Meet (NIDJAM) at Patliputra Sports Complex here on Saturday. Haryant Pindwal of Meerut (Uttar Pradesh) claimed the silver medal. This was the first gold medal for Bihar.
For the first time in the history of NIDJAM, two players from Kargil in Ladakh district are participating in this meet.
Saivi Rakesh Mehta from Mumbai sub-urban district won gold medal in 80 metre hurdles in under -16 girls’ category. Abhilasha Waghmare from Satara (Maharashtra) got the silver medal while VP Niruba from Thiruvannamalli (Tamil Nadu) bagged the bronze medal.
Results:
Under 14 Girls Triathlon Group “A”: Diksha from Jhajjar district of Haryana (gold); Anushka Gote from Bhandra (silver) and Dhamini Trivedi from Ahmedabad (bronze)
Under 14 Boys Triathlon in Group “B”: Jharkhand East Singhbhum- Himanshu Kumar Gold Medal; Dammu Ganesh –Silver Medal from Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh; Suraj Singh from Dehradun, Uttarakhand –bronze medal.
Under 14 Girls Age Group Triathlon in Group “B”: Obami Murmu- Gold Medal from Midnapore (West Bengal ); Bhavandharani R–Silver Medal from Thiruvannamalla (Tamil Nadu); Rinku Ghosh from Nadia (West Bengal) –bronze medal.
Under 16 Girls age group in 80m Hurdles: Saivi Rakesh Mehta– Gold Medal Mumbai sub-urban district; Abhilasha Waghmare from Satara – Silver Medal; VP Niruba from (Thiruvannamalli) Tamil Nadu – Bronze Medal
Under 16 Boys in 80m Hurdles: Maharashtra – Saif Farooq Chaphekar from Thane – Gold Medal, N. Sesha Sai Venkateshlu from Chennai (Tamil Nadu ) – Silver Medal ; Vishwajit Gurjar from Agra – Bronze medal.
Today the qualifying rounds of girls under 16, 1600 meters race, boys and girls long jump, boys and girls 80 metres hurdles, boys 80 metres race, javelin throw took place.
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