Pranav Pramod Gurav felt a little bit of a shiver as he lined up for the boys’s 100m last within the twenty eighth National Federation Athletics Championships at the Maharaja’s Stadium right here on Monday night.
With 4 of the six quickest Indian males in historical past, it was the maybe the strongest-ever discipline in a significant nationwide competitors and Pranav didn’t give himself a lot of an opportunity.
But the 23-year-old Railway athlete from Pune shocked nationwide file holder Gurindervir Singh, former file holder Manikanta Hoblidhar and National Games champion Animesh Kujur to stunningly take the gold in a private greatest 10.27s.
A bit stressed, Gurindervir didn’t have a superb begin however Pranav had an ideal one.
He was barely forward by the 60m mark and completed with a sensible dip. Animesh (10.32s) took the silver whereas Manikanta, who broke the meet file within the semifinal and achieved the AFI’s Asian Championship qualification clocking 10.25s, was third in 10.35. Gurindervir (nationwide file 10.20s) appeared to limp at the end and ended up final.
“I dedicate this gold to my grandfather who is in ICU in a Pune hospital,” stated Pranav. “I’ve been finishing second often in major competitions, I didn’t expect this gold. With so many fast runners, I expected a national record today but that didn’t happen.”
Telangana’s Nithya Gandhe was the quickest girl in 11.50s.
National Games champion Sachin Yadav, the world’s fifth greatest javelin thrower this yr, received with a fifth-round effort of 83.86m whereas Yashvir Singh (80.85m) was second. The prime seven finishers made the reduce for subsequent month’s Asian Championship in Gumi, South Korea.
The outcomes (winners solely): Men: 100m: Pranav Gurav (Rly) 10.27s; 1500m: Yoonus Shah (JSW) 3:41.93s; 10,000m: Sawan Barwal (Army) 28:57.13s MR, OR Surendra Singh’s 28:57.90; javelin throw: Sachin Yadav (UP) 83.86m.
Women: 100m: Nithya Gandhe (Tel) 11.50s; 1500m: Lili Das (Utk) 4:10.88s; 10,000m: Sanjivani Jadav (Mah) 33:44.43s; pole vault: Pavithra Venkatesh (TN) 4m.
Published – April 21, 2025 09:28 pm IST
