Nov 13, 2024 09:08 PM IST
Javelin thrower Sachin Yadav gained the All India Police Athletics Championships with a report 84.21m, inserting him sixth in India’s all-time rankings.
New Delhi: Javelin thrower Sachin Yadav maintained his spectacular efficiency this 12 months with a successful effort of 84.21metres within the All India Police Athletics Championships on the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium right here on Wednesday.
Sachin Yadav has been spectacular this season. (HT Photograph)
The throw positioned Yadav sixth within the listing of India’s all-time greatest javelin throwers. Twice Olympic medallist Neeraj Chopra (89.94m) heads the listing, adopted by Asian Video games silver medallist Kishore Jena (87.54m), Shivpal Singh (86.23m), Davinder Kang (84.57m) and DP Manu (84.35m).
Yadav, representing Uttar Pradesh Police, set a meet report and achieved a private greatest. The sooner report belonged to Satbir Singh of Punjab Police, who threw 79.68m in 1994. He improved on the meet report twice, first throwing 83.43m after which following it up with 84.21m. He fouled his different 4 makes an attempt. Arun Child of Kerala got here a distant second (76.34m) and Manjinder Singh of CRPF completed third (74.68m).
The 24-year-old Yadav has been in good type this 12 months. He gained silver on the Nationwide Open meet in Bengaluru with a throw of 79.80m, behind gold medallist Vikrant Malik’s 80.02m. This, after Yadav had registered 80.04m in qualification. On the Indian Grand Prix-3 in Bengaluru, he achieved a distance of 82.69m. Yadav first touched the 80m mark in 2023 (80.27m) at a meet in Ranchi.
Yadav stated he’s trying to qualify for the world athletics championships in Japan subsequent 12 months. The entry customary is 85.50m. He also can look to qualify by world rankings.
Three extra meet information had been damaged on the meet on Wednesday.
In 5,000m, Prince Kumar from Uttar Pradesh Police smashed a 46-year-old mark. His successful effort of 13:58.56secs surpassed the earlier better of 14:08.08secs, set in 1978 by the late distance operating legend Hari Chand representing CRPF.
In excessive soar, Athira Somaraj of Kerala Police stole the present clearing 1.77m, breaking the previous report of 1.76m of AK Deepa (CRPF) set in 1999.
Rimpi Burgohain of Assam Rifles set a brand new report in ladies’s lengthy soar (6.34m), going previous the 6.23m achieved by Mareena George of Kerala Police in 2023.
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