New Delhi: Nitin Gupta was main the U-18 boys 5,000m race-walk remaining, however early celebration value him a gold medal on the Asian Youth Athletics Championship in Dammam, Saudi Arabia on Wednesday.
Nitin Gupta (entrance) in motion at Asian U18 Athletics Championships in Saudi Arabia. (Asian Athletics)
As Nitin raised his arm in celebration about 40 metres from the end, China’s Zhu Ninghao sneaked previous to win, giving a worthwhile lesson to the Indian. Zhu gained in 20 minutes, 21.50 secs whereas Gupta took silver (20:21.51secs). Lo Sheng Qin of Chinese language Taipei was third (21:37.88).
Aarti took a creditable bronze within the women’ 100m. The Indian was gradual off the blocks however brilliantly picked up tempo to complete third (11.93secs) regardless of stumbling on the road. China’s Zhang Qian (11.80secs) and Sri Lanka’s Dhanajana Swmini Fernando Liyanage (11.92secs) gained gold and silver.
The day began with Nitin’s medal. It was not the primary time that Nitin was celebrating prematurely. The 17-year-old is within the behavior of doing it in home meets the place he has been dominant. He gained gold on the Nationwide Youth Athletics Championships in Patna in comparable vogue final month. He bettered his nationwide file within the boys’ 5,000m, clocking 19:24.48 secs.
Nitin was in tears when he spoke to his coach Basant Rana, a former worldwide and Military’s race stroll coach.
“He was gutted. He learnt his lesson today, in a big competition. When you are fighting neck-and-neck you can’t afford to do this,” mentioned Rana, who took half within the 2012 London Olympics.
“In domestic competitions, when he celebrated early there was enough distance from his opponent. Usually he wins by a long margin at home. Three times he has broken his own national record (U18) since last year. Today, when he created that small gap with the Chinese walker, he must have thought he had done enough. I told him to take it as a lesson and not repeat this mistake.”
Nitin, who hails from Unnao, Uttar Pradesh, was chosen to the Military Sports activities Institute two years in the past. Hailing from a humble background, Nitin educated in an area academy earlier than becoming a member of the Boys Sports activities Firm of ASI.
“He is very motivated. He has come up the hard way in life. He has done small jobs to keep himself going. After he was selected by ASI, he has worked hard and consistently improved,” mentioned Rana.
Tannu wins 400m silver
Within the ladies’s 400m remaining, Tannu gained silver with an excellent late surge. India’s Edwina Jason regarded properly positioned to complete on the rostrum, whereas Tannu stormed from behind within the dwelling stretch, clocking 57.63secs. Japan’s Imamine Saki (57.27) gained gold whereas China’s Deng Nanxi (58.01secs) obtained bronze. Edwina completed fifth.
India’s different medal got here in discus throw. Nischay took bronze with a greatest throw of 58.85m. China’s Han Qigeng (63.33m) and Wan Zhixuan (63.01) gained gold and silver respectively. Within the boys’ 400m remaining, India’s Sayed Sabeer completed sixth (49.33secs).