NEW NATIONAL RECORDS BY UTTAR PRADESH ATHLETES:-

RAJESH KUMAR BIND                     B-20       JAVELIN THROW               80.14M

ABHISHEK                                            B-18       JAVELIN THROW               73.46M

SATISH KUMAR PATEL                   B-20       10000M RACE WALK       41:29.85 Sec

ANKIT KUMAR                                  B-16       5000M RACE WALK          22:17.15 Sec

NISHA YADAV                                    G-18      HAMMER THROW            54.39M

PARUL CHAUDHARY                       G-18      2000M SC                            7:06.49 Sec

NEW MEET RECORDBY UTTAR PRADESH ATHLETES:-

RAJESH KUMAR BIND                     B-20       JAVELIN THROW               80.14M

RAHUL KUMAR PAL                        B-20       5000M                                  14:18.28 Sec

ABHISHEK                                            B-18       JAVELIN THROW               73.46M

SATISH KUMAR PATEL                   B-20       10000M RACE WALK       41:29.85 Sec

ANKIT KUMAR                                  B-16       5000M RACE WALK          22:17.15 Sec

NISHA YADAV                                    G-18      HAMMER THROW            54.39M

PARUL CHAUDHARY                       G-18      2000M SC                            7:06.49 Sec

POONAM SINGH                              G-20      3000M                                  9:58.99 Sec

YUGANT SHEKAR                             B-16       HIGH JUMP                        1.99 M

RACHNA YADAV                               G-20      HAMMER THROW            50.55 M

Javelin throwers set the spear to record distance

Lucknow, 27 October 2012:-The opening day of 28^th National Junior Athletics Championships virtually belongs to javelin throwers as they dominated the scene at Guru Gobind Singh Sports College grounds here with three national records.

Rajendra Kumar Bind from the host-state Uttar Pradesh proved too good to his opponents as he started with 72.67m on his first try, an effort that could have been enough to fetch him the gold.  However he went on further with 74.69m on his second throw before fouled his third attempt.  His fourth throw was a massive 80.14m that improved his national junior mark of 74.75m which he established while winning the Junior Federation Cup at Pune earlier this summer and barely outside the senior national mark of 80.72m standing in the name of Anil Kumar Singh since 2008.  It is only a matter of time for Bind, the promising junior, to remove Anil’s name from record-books on his next appearance.     

Like Bind, Haryana’s Kumari Sharmila and U.P. boy Abhishek also established new marks in javelin throw in the youth girls and boys sections respectively.

 Sharmila improved her own national mark in the youth girls’ javelin throw while successfully defends her title from the previous edition of Junior Nationals held in Ranchi.  She hurled the newly introduced 500 grams spear to a distance of 47.31m to improve her previous best of 47.09m created when winning the Youth Nationals at Bangalore this July. 

 Abhishek throw the 700 grams implement to a new distance of 73.46m.

 The opening day also witnessed six meet records being bettered, five of them on track.  Rahul Kumar Pal (14:18.28 in 5000m) and Harish Koranga (3:54.35 in 1500m) in junior men and Jeris Jose (10.76 secs in 100m semis) in youth boys section accounted for new records.  Among the girls, M.K. Sinju Prakash (3.30m in pole vault) and Kerala 4x400m relay quartet (3:45.87) in junior women and Dutee Chand (11.93s in 100m heats) in youth girls section established new marks. 

 Tamil Nadu’s B. Karthikeyan defends his 100m title from Ranchi in boys’ under-16 age-group clocking 11.07 secs.  Kerala’s Jijin Vijayan (10.82) and  

Haryana girl Pinki (12.06) become fastest among junior men and junior women divisions.  Tamil Nadu’s Augustine Yesudas extends his winning-streak by taking the youth boys’ crown in 10.87s. Kerala’s Jeris Jose, in spite of his marvellous 10.76s in semi-finals, had beaten to second spot (10.90s) in the final. In the youngest under-14 group, Haryana’s Nuzrat romped home to victory in 11.43 secs.

Dutee Chand, representing Jharkhand here, clinched the youth girls’ sprint title in 11.97 secs while Maharashtra’s Ankita Gosavi (12.58) and Siddhi Hiray (12.81) takes the honour for girls’ u-16 and u-14 categories respectively.

/ Ram. Murali Krishnan /     

Kanpur : 22^nd October 2012:AS PER P.K. SRIVASTAVA, THE 28^th NATIONAL JUNIOR ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS 2012 IS BEING ORGANISED BY U.P. ATHLETICS ASSOCIATION UNDER THE AUSPICES OF ATHLETICS FEDERATION OF INDIA. THIS NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP WILL BE ORGANISED AT G.G.S. SPORTS COLLEGE LUCKNOW FROM 26^th TO 31^st  OCTOBER 2012.

 THE SELECTION COMMITTEE OF UPAA HAS SELECTED ATHLETES TO REPRESENT THE UTTAR PRADESH TEAM AS PER THE ENCLOSED TEAM. THE ATHLETES ARE REQUIRED TO ATTEND THE STATE COACHING AT MADAN MOHAN MALVIYA STADIUM AND GGS SPORTS COLLEGE LUCKNOW. THE ATHLETES FOR THROWS EVENTS, HIGH JUMP & POLE VAULT EVENTS WILL JOIN THE CAMP AT MADAN MOHAN MALVIYA STADIUM ALLAHABAD AND ATHLETES FOR TRACK EVENTS AND JUMP EVENTS WILL JOIN THE CAMP AT G.G.S. SPORTS COLLEGE LUCKNOW.

AS PER THE DECISION OF UPAA, THE ATHLETES WHO DO NOT ATTEND THE CAMP WILL NOT BE ENTITLED TO REPRESENT THE STATE TEAM