Dhirendra Kumar breaks record to claim Pole Vault gold

Dhirendra Kumar of Gujarat shattered the national and meet records to bag the gold in the boys Pole Vault category on the second day of 13th National Youth (Under 18) Athletics championship here today. Kumar vaulted a height of 4.72m to claim the first place in boys Pole Vault, bettering the national record of 4.70m set by P Kumar Patel of Uttar Pradesh in 2010 and the meet record of 4.41 m by Kundan of Haryana in 2011. Delhi's Manish Singh came second with 4.40m followed by Krishnan of Haryana who finished third with 4.30m. In the boys long jump, Kerala's M Sreeshankar covered a distance of 7.49m breaking a meet record of 7.41m set by Madhya Pradesh's Ankit Kumar in 2009.

M Mahesh (TN) claimed the second spot with 7.18m and S Lokesh (Karnataka) finished third with 7.14m. Similarly, in the girls 3 kgs Hammer Throw, Uttar Pradesh's Ayesha Patel eclipsed the meet record of 52.19m set by Poonam Jakhar of Haryana in 2015, clearing a distance of 52.71m.
The second and third spots were claimed by Radhana Yadav (Bihar) with 47.45m and Sneha Suryakant Jadhav (Maharastra) with 45.89m.
Results:
Boys:
Pole Vault: 1. Dhirendra Kumar (Guj) 4.72m; 2. Manish Singh (Del) 4.40m; 3. Krishnan (Har) 4.30m (National Record: P Kumar Patel (UP) 4.70m in 2010 New meet record (Kundan (Har) 4.41m in 2011)

Long Jump: 1 M Sreeshankar (Ker) 7.49m; 2 M Mahesh (TN) 7.18m; 3 S Lokesh (Kar) 7.14m; NMR (Ankit Kumar (MP) 7.41m in 2009)

1500m: 1. Ajay KR. Bind (Assam) 4:03.30;2. RAKESH MANDAL UTTARAKHAND 4:04.66; 3. Prashant Lodi (Manipur) 4:05.11.
10000m Walk: 1. Naveen (Har) 47:01.88; 2. VIJAY (Har) 47:54.21; 3. SACHIN (Del) 47:54.99
110m Hurdles:1. Alden Anil Naronha (Mah) 14.36s; 2. Maharaja (TN) 14.59; 3. Amandeep Singh (Pun) 14.87
5.00 kgs Hammer Throw: 1. Vikranta (UP) 68.28m; 2. Mohd. Arshlan (UP) 67.54m; 3. Meraj Ali (UP) 67.33m
DECATHLON: 1. Rajesh (TN) 6198 Pts; 2. Amit Singh (Del) 6124 Pts 3. Mohit (Har) 5890 Pts.

Girls: 3.00 Kgs Hammer Throw: 1. Ayesha Patel (UP) 52.71m; 2. Radhana Yadav (Bihar) 47.45m; 3. Sneha Suryakant Jadhav (Mah) 45.89m; NMR (Poonam Jakhar (Har) 52.19m in 2015)
5000m Walk:1. Bandana Patel (Bihar) 26:20.73; 2. Manju Rani (Pun) 26:21.22; 3. Pushpa (Har) 27:25.29;
100m Hurdles: 1. Y Jyothi (Telangana) 14.68s; 2. Sapna Kumari (Jharkhand) 14.69; 3. Anjaly Thomas (Ker) 15.39
High Jump: 1. Rajashree Das (WB) 1.61m; 2. Payal Kanwar (Raj) 1.61m; 3. K A Rubeena (Ker) 1.58m
1500m Run: 1. Nitu Kumari (Jharkhand) 4:53.58s; 2. Doly Ghosh (WB) 5:00.49; 3. Anagha Tom (Ker) 5:03.38.