Kerala’s Aparna Roy (under-18, 13.76s) and Maharashtra’s Pranjali Patil (under-16, 14.36s) broke the girls 100m hurdles national record in their respective age groups in the 34 National junior athletics championships at Ranchi on Saturday.
Karnataka high jumper Pavana Nagaraj (under-14 girls, 1.63m), MP long jumper Abhinash Kumar (under-14 boys, 6.84m), UP decathlete Sourabh Rathi (under-18 boys, 6955 pts) and Punjab’s 10,000m race walker Akshdeep Singh (under-20 boys, 40:47.78s) also broke national records.
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Select results (meet records):
Under-20 boys: 1500m: Ajeet Kumar (Guj) 3:49.88s.
Under-20 girls: High jump: Rekha (Har) 1.75m. Under-18 girls: 5000m race walk: Baljit Kaur (Pun) 24:43.54s.
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