Patna: Jharkhand emerged overall champions with 450 points while hosts Bihar finished runners-up with 433 points in the The 33rd East Zone Junior National Athletics Championship 2022 that concluded on Monday evening at Patliputra Sports Complex here.
Bihar government’s home secretary Amir Subhani was the chief guest at the closing function. Bihar State Sports Authority director general Raveendran Sankaran and Salim Parvez, president, Bihar Athletics Association were present at the prize-distribution function as special guests. The three-day meet was organised by Bihar Athletics Association and Bihar State Sports Authority under the aegis of Athletics Federation of India.
Bihar finished the campaign with 18 gold, 24 silver and 31 bronze medals. A total of 73 medals altogether.
West Bengal emerged winners in the girls U-14 category and Bihar finished the runners-up. Bihar became the winners in the boys’ under-14 category and Jharkhand finished the runners-up.
Jharkhand were the winners in the boys’ under-16 category and Bihar were the runners-up. West Bengal were the winners in the girls’ U-16 category while Jharkhand were the runners-up.
Results: 10000 m race U-20 Men’s : Panchanan Bera – Gold Medal (West Bengal); Volbetstar Ramsey’s – Silver (Meghalaya); Jayanta Das – Bronze (West Bengal).
5000 metres race under 20 years in women’s category: Marquinless Ramses – Gold Medal (Meghalaya); Nedi Negi – Silver (Arunachal Pradesh); Sumitra Mahta – Bronze (West Bengal).
Hammer Throw U-16 Boys Category: Omkar Prasad Nanda – Gold Medal (Odisha); Mohammad Qadir – Silver Medal (Bihar.
Boys under 16 years high jump: Mithlesh Kumar – Gold Medal (Bihar); Afroz Ahmed – Silver Medal (Jharkhand); Anand Kumar – Bronze Medal (Bihar).
Javelin Throw Under 20 Years in Women’s Category: Dhanmati-Gold Medal (Odisha); Maitriya Pramod Parulai – Silver Medal (Odisha); Vinita Kumari – Bronze Medal (Jharkhand)
Under 16 Years Girls Category in Shot Put: Alka Singh – Gold Medal (Bihar); Ankita Mohapatra-Silver Medal (Odisha); Deepa Singh – Bronze Medal (Odisha)
Under 20 years category of women triple jump: Prem Latha Kerketta – Gold Medal (Jharkhand); Manpreet Kaur – Silver Medal (Jharkhand); Shikhamoni Buragohain – Bronze Medal (Assam).
Javelin Throw Under 18 Years in Women’s Category: Nishi Kumari – Gold Medal (Bihar); P Arpita Archa Sahu – Silver Medal (Odisha); Jyotsna Priyada Sahu – Bronze Medal (Odisha).
Girls under 14 years high jump: Rinku Ghosh – Gold Medal (West Bengal); Anjali Kumari – Silver Medal (Bihar); Sweta Kumari – Bronze Medal (Bihar)
Boys under 14 years high jump: Himanshu Kumar Singh – Gold Medal (Jharkhand); Pritam Phukan – Silver Medal (Assam); Abhishek Kumar – Bronze Medal (Bihar).
Under 18 years women triple jump: Marymukta Soreng – Gold Medal (Odisha); Preeti Lakra – Silver Medal (Jharkhand); Kausturika Saikia – Bronze Medal (Assam).
Javelin Throw Under 14 Years Girls: Mishti Karmakar – Gold Medal (West Bengal); Preeti Lakshya – Silver Medal (Bihar); Tejaswini Dhal – Bronze Medal (Odisha)
400m Hurdles in Under 20 Years Men’s Category: Karan Baig – Gold Medal (West Bengal); Bhima Sardar-Silver Medal (Odisha); Subhankar Das – Bronze Medal (West Bengal).
Javelin Throw Under 14 Years Boys Category: Abhay Pandey – Gold Medal (Bihar); Anirban Adhikari-Silver Medal (West Bengal); Akash Sarkar – Bronze Medal (Tripura)
400m Hurdles Under 18 Years Men’s Category: Kishan Pahan – Gold Medal (Jharkhand); Luv Kumar Singh – Silver Medal (Bihar); Pradeep Kumar – Bronze Medal (Bihar).
400m Hurdles Under 20 Years Women’s Category: Maumi Jana – Gold Medal (West Bengal); Shreya Das – Silver Medal (West Bengal); Padmini Das – Bronze Medal (Assam).
400m Hurdles Under 18 Years Women Category: Rajshree Roy – Gold Medal (West Bengal); Divya-Silver Medal (Bihar); Rupsa Hazra – Bronze Medal (West Bengal).
Under 18 years women’s category 200 meters race: Nikumani Pathak – Gold Medal (Assam); Nofisha Khatoon-Silver Medal (West Bengal); Akansha Kumari – Bronze Medal (Jharkhand).
Under 18 years in men’s category 200 meters race: Almas Kabir – Gold Medal (West Bengal); Pijush Ghosh – Silver Medal (West Bengal); Chandni Raj-Bronze Medal (Bihar).
Under 14 year boys’ shot put: Soumya Pratap Singh – Gold Medal (Bihar); Dev Raj-Silver Medal (Bihar); Swapnil Dutta – Bronze Medal (West Bengal).
Shot Put Under 14 Year Girls Category: Taapsee Debsingh – Gold Medal (West Bengal); Dolly Burman – Silver Medal (West Bengal); Ruhin Borgohan-Bronze Medal (West Bengal)
200 meters race under 20 years women’s category: Shyama Mandal – Gold Medal (West Bengal); Sukhi Baski-Silver Medal (Odisha); Anju Burman – Bronze Medal (West Bengal)
Under 18 years category of men in triple jump: Biplal Seal – Gold Medal (West Bengal); Swagat Behera – Silver Medal (Odisha); Sunny Raj – Bronze Medal (Bihar).
Under 20 years in men’s category 200 meters race: Sumit Mandal – Gold Medal (West Bengal); Aryan Ekka-Silver Medal (Odisha); Firjul Mandal – Bronze Medal (West Bengal).
Hammer Throw Under 18 Boys Category: Bittu Kumar – Gold Medal (Bihar); Sujal Kumar – Silver Medal (Jharkhand); Ayush Kumar – Bronze Medal (Bihar).
3000m Steeplechase Race in Under 20 Years Men’s Category : Vikas Rai-Gold Medal (Bihar); Tarun Raj -Silver Medal (Bihar); Mohd.Rakib-Bronze Medal (Manipur)
2000m Steeplechase Race in Under 20 Years Men’s: Subham Behera – Gold Medal (Odisha); Prabhakar Kumar -Silver Medal (Bihar); Sonu Kumar Yadav – Bronze Medal (Bihar).
Heptathlon Under 18 Years Girls: Megha Biswas – Gold Medal (West Bengal)
