The 2019 Asian Javelin silver medalist, India Annu Rani open with a spark the five days National Championship which started today.
Annu who broke national record in World Champion in 2019 when she threw 62.43 meters, but threw further today to set a new national record of 63.24 meters.
A 28 years old Annu, was born in an agricultural family in Bahadurpur village in Uttar Pradesh . Her first coach was her brother who saw her potential talent by noticed her upper body strength during a cricket game. He began to train her by asking her to hurl sugarcane sticks in an empty field. Annu’s first javelin stick was one that she crafted herself from a long piece of bamboo, because she couldn’t afford one.
Day 1- Results:
Men
100m semis (15) s1 (0.6) 1 Amlan Borgohain 10.44; 2 Elakkiyadasan Kannadas 10.53; 3 Vignesh A 10.59; s2 (-0,2) 1 Harjit Singh 10.48; 2 Krishnakumar Satish 10.57 (10.52 (-0,6) 1h2); s3 (0.0) Gurindervir Singh 10.30
400m semis (15) Muhammed Anas Yahiya 46.26 1h2; S Arokia Rajiv 46.84 1h3; Naganathan Pandi 46.90 2h3; Sarthak Bhambri 47.49 2h2; Ayush Dabas 47.52 3h2; Jashanjot Singh 47.58 3h3; Amoj Jacob 47.80 1h1; Angrej Singh 47.89 4h2
Long Jump-qualy (15) 1 Sreeshankar M 7.77 (0.3); 2 S Lokesh 7.71 (0.3); 3 Muhammed Anees Yahiya 7.69 (0.4); 4 Jeswin Aldrin 7.62 (0.4); 5 Swaminathan R 7.52 (0.8)
Women
100m prelims (15) h1 (1.1) 1 Dhana Lakshmi 11.38; 2 Archana S Suseendran 11.66; 3 Kanimozhi C 11.84; h2 (0.1) Hima Das 11.63; 2 Daneshwari A 11.88; h3 (0.4) 1 Dutee Chand 11.51; 2 HImashree Roy 11.85
400m prelims (15) Poovama Raju 54.35 1h1; Aishwarya Kaila Mishra 55.05 1h2
10.000m (15) Savita Pal 33:59.35
Pole Vault- Rosy Paulraj 3.90
Shot Put-1 Kiran Baliyan 16.45; 2 Manpreet Kaur 15.65
Javelin-1 Annu Rani 63.24; 2 Sanjana Choudhary 54.55; 3 Kumari Sharmila 50.78
