Sawan Barwal improves National Games 10,000m record, Animesh Kujur emerges fastest male runner

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The spotlight on the opening day of track and field at the 38th Uttarakhand National Games was on men's 100m dash and 10,000m race.

While Odisha's Animesh Kujur equaled the National Games record of 10.28 seconds on his way to winning gold, Sawan Barwal of Himachal Pradesh improved the National Games 10,000m record by clocking 28:49.93 which was better than the previous record 28:54.29 set by Gulveer Singh in 2022.

The women's 100m title went to Sudeshna Shivankar of Maharashtra, whose gold medal-winning time was 11.76 seconds.

Results:

Men

100m: Animesh Kujur (Odisha) 10.28 seconds (equals Nat Games record of 10.28 secs set by Amlan Borgohain in 2022), Pranav Gurav (Maharashtra) 10.32 seconds, Amlan Borgohain (Assam) 10.43 seconds

1500m: Yoonus Shah (SSCB) 3:46.48 seconds, Ritesh Ohre (Madhya Pradesh) 3:46.64 seconds, Ram Singh (Uttarakhand) 3:50.24 seconds.

10,000m: Sawan Barwal (Himachal Pradesh) 28:49.93 (Nat Games record. Previous record Gulveer Singh 28:54.29 set in 2022), Kiran Matre (Maharashtra) 29:04.76, Vinod Singh (Madhya Pradesh) 29:43.60.

Long jump: Shahnavaz Khan (Uttar Pradesh) 7.70m, Sriram V (Tamil Nadu) 7.59m, Anurag CV (Kerala) 7.56m.

Discus throw: Gagandeep Singh (SSCB) 55.01m, Nirbhay Singh (Haryana) 54.07m, Alex PT (Kerala) 52.79m.

Women

100m: Sudeshna Shivankar (Maharashtra) 11.76 seconds, Nithya Gandhe (Telangana) 11.79 seconds, Giridharani R (Tami Nadu) 11.88 seconds.

1500m: Chanda KM (Delhi) 4:17.74, Deeksha KM (Madhya Pradesh) 4:21.92, Amandeep Kaur (Punjab) 4:22.75.

10,000m: Sanjivani Jadhav (Maharashtra) 33:33.47, Ankita (Uttarakhand) 34:31.03, Soniya (Uttarakhand) 35:45.19.

Discus throw: Seema (Haryana) 52.70m, Bhavana Yadav (Delhi) 51.82m, Amanat Kamboj (Punjab) 49.94m.

Pole vault: Pavithra V (Tamil Nadu) 3.95m, Baranica E (Tamil Nadu) 3.90m, Mariya Jaison (Kerala) 3.90m.