Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], April 11 (ANI): India’s star sprinter Hima Das clinched the gold medal within the ladies’s 200m whereas Murali Sreeshankar topped the rostrum within the excessive bounce on the Indian Grand Prix 3 2023 athletics meet in Bengaluru, Karnataka on Monday.
The duo, nonetheless, fell agonisingly in need of breaching the qualifying requirements for the Asian Games 2023.
Rubina Yadav of India, who competed within the excessive bounce, took residence the gold medal regardless of failing to satisfy the necessities for the upcoming continental championships, which can happen in Hangzhou, China later this yr.
Rubina Yadav breached the Athletics Federation of India’s 1.80-metre mark for the ladies’s excessive bounce occasion qualification stage with a bounce of 1.81 metres (AFI).
Jyothi Yarraji additionally certified for the Asian Games within the 100m hurdles. The nationwide report holder (12.82 seconds) completed the race in a time of 13.44 seconds. At the Sree Kanteerava Stadium, she beat the qualifying customary of 13.63 seconds.
Tejas Shirse and Ragul Kumar scripted private bests. Tejas took half within the Men’s 110m Hurdles and Ragul in Men’s 400m Run.
“Tejas got a personal best in the hurdles, which I was delighted with because he raced against a strong headwind. Ragul Kumar got a personal best in the 400m race. Being a 200m athlete, we wanted to try him out the 400m race today, to see how he fares in a longer race,” James Hillier, Director of Athletics, Reliance Foundation stated in an official press launch.
Murali Sreeshankar, who competed within the males’s lengthy bounce for the primary time because the National Games final yr as a result of an harm, recorded quite a lot of leaps over 7 metres and took residence the gold medal with a greatest effort of seven.94 metres. He fell in need of the 7.95m minimal top requirement for the Asian Games. Hima Das gained the 200-meter race for ladies.
Amlan Borgohain gained the lads’s 100m gold with a time of 10.50s. He additionally topped the charts within the males’s 200m occasion with a time of 21.20s. In the 400m hurdles, Tokyo Olympian Jabir Madari Palliyalil topped the rostrum with a time of 51.61s.
The third Indian Grand Prix noticed a number of prime athletes give the occasion a miss. Long jumpers Jeswin Aldrin and Muhammed Anees Yahiya skipped the meet. Also lacking the beginning record have been males’s 400m runners like Muhammed Anas Yahiya, Amol Jacob and Noah Nirmal Tom.
The Reliance Foundation athletes may even be competing on the Indian Grand Prix 4 on April 15, 2023 on the identical venue. (ANI)