12th Federation Cup National Junior Athletics Championships – Morning Session Sharwan qualified for Asian Juniors while Sanjivini erased meet record in 5000m Chennai – 9 May 2014 “All that starts well ends well”. Confirming the above proverb the morning session of the opening day in Junior Federation Cup witnessed some noteworthy performances in the 5000m race. The race in junior men’s category saw a keen battle for the top honours between Abhishek Pal (Assam), Jatinder Kumar (Punjab) and Sharwan Kharb (Haryana). Abhishek, the bronze medalist in last year’s Asian Youth Games at Nanjing in 3000m, led the race initially. However the 17-year-old runner received stiff challenge in the second half of the race from Jatinder Kumar and Sharwan. At the waning stages of the race Sharwan, a junior camper who made a last minute entry here, was in a commanding position and went on to win the race in a thrilling finish with a time of 14 minutes 54.51 secs – a time that take him on the Indian Team to this year’s Asian Junior Championships at Chinese Taipei next month. Jatinder (14:55.24) and Abhishek (14:56.23) have filled the remaining two positions on the podium. Sanjivini sets new meet mark Maharashtra’s Sanjivani Jadhav (17), a double gold-medalist in the inaugural Asian School Track and Field Championship at Kuantan (Malaysia) last year, was a pre-race favourite in women’s 5000m. She lived-up her billing by clocking 17:11.27 for the title. In that process she also erased the previous meet mark (17:30.48) that stood in the name of Sahanara Khaturn of West Bengal in a big margin. Another Maharashtrian Janabhai Hirve finished third in 18:07.58 while the silver medal in this event went to Madhya Pradesh’s Neha (17:46.43). Sanjivani, in spite of winning the gold, was unhappy about her performance as she could not make the Asian junior qualification standard of 16:32.02 whereas the World junior grade stands at 16:40. Results: Junior Mens 5000m: 1. Sharwan Kharb (Haryana) 14:54.51 2. Jatinder Kumar (Punjab) 14:55.24 3. Abhishek Pal (Assam) 14:56.23 4. J. Satheesh (Kerala) 15:25.86 5. Robin Singh (Rajasthan) 15:27.28 6. Sanjay Yadav (Madhya Pradesh) 15:32.33 7. Virendra Pal (Uttar Pradesh) 15:36.18 8. Pravin Khambal (Delhi) 15:47.72 Junior Womens 5000m: 1. Sanjivani Jadhav (Maharashtra) 17:11.27 NMR 2. Neha (Madhya Pradesh) 17:46.43 3. Janabhai Hirve (Maharashtra) 18:07.58 4. Dimple Singh (Chhattisgarh) 18:45.29 5. Jyoti Chavan (Maharashtra) 18:47.47 6. M.V. Varsha (Kerala) 19:25.21 7. P.D. Vibitha (Kerala) 20:20.25 8. Maria Shaji (Kerala) 20:22.36
Posted on: Fri, 09 May 2014 05:28:07 +0000
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