Manikanta H H of Services created new males’s 100m nationwide file on the opening day of National Open Athletics Championships in Bengaluru on Wednesday. The 21-year-old Manikanta clocked 10.23 seconds to win warmth No 3 and qualify for the ultimate. He erased the earlier nationwide file of 10.26 seconds which was within the identify of Amiya Kumar Mallick of Odisha, set in 2016. “I was prepared to erase the 100m record,” an elated Manikanta stated. “I’ve plans to further improve my performance in the final.” After a not-so encouraging efficiency on the National Inter State Athletics Championships held in June in Bhubaneswar, Manikanta was knocked out in the course of the semifinals, however he bounced again in the course of the Services Athletics Meet held not too long ago in Hyderabad.

His gold-winning time within the Services’ competitors was 10.31 seconds.

“I had trained hard for the departmental meet and won gold,” stated Manikanta, who hails from district Udupi in Karnataka.

Manikanta was an all-rounder throughout his college days, however began severe dash coaching in 2018. He joined the military in 2020, which additional improved his sprinting abilities.

In the ladies’s 100m semis, Kamaljeet Kaur of Punjab (11.47 seconds), Giridharani Ravi Kumar from Tamil Nadu (11.46 seconds) and Sneha SS of Karnataka (11.47 seconds) emerged sturdy contenders for the gold medal.

Maharashtra’s Tejas Shirse, representing Railways, clocked 13.72 seconds within the 110m hurdles heats to enhance the meet file of 13.77 seconds, set by Siddhanth Thingalaya in 2011.

In the lads’s discus throw, 28 athletes reported for the preliminary spherical, which was dominated by Gagandeep Singh of SSCB. His finest throw was 52.96m whereas Manipur’s Oinam Singh was shut second with 52.82m.

Results: Women 10,000m: Seema (Himachal Pradesh) 33:26.90, Kavita Yadav (Railways) 33:35.57, Phoolan Pal (UP) 34:55.13.

Hammer throw: Anmol Kaur (Police Sports Control Board) 60.19m, Tanya Chaudhary (UP) 59.04m, Sarita B Singh 58.42m.

Men 10,000m: Dinesh (Maharashtra) 29:10.11, Mohan Saini (SSCB) 29:10.82, Sandeep Singh (SSCB) 29:11.21.

Pole vault Dev Meena (Madhya Pradesh) 5.05m, Shekhar Pandey (UP) 4.95m, Tanuj Kumar (Haryana) 4.85m.

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