Odisha’s Pratik Maharan failed to think of Parth Singho in the 100m finals completed a remote second on the first day of the National Junior Athletics meeting in the U20 category. However, he returned in style and grabbed 200m gold by crossing the finish line at 21.24s during the fourth day of the Kalinga stadium in Bhubaneswar. In this way, he also interrupted the 21.26 record, which was reached by Veeresh Mathur in 2023 and qualified for the U20 World Championship. Even in the semifinals he proposed timing by completion at 21.56s. Meanwhile, Silver and bronze went to Jasjit Singh Dhillon (21,59s) and Maharashtra’s Arnav Takalkar (21,65 s). Maharan, however, is not an alien for top-the-case. During the last issue of the tournament and at the National Youth Athletics Championships, 200m grabbed gold in the U18 category in Bilaspur. “It was a long year and my knees became tight, so I couldn’t give the best in the 100m finals. Eighteen -year -old man is a resident of Bargarha, Odisha and has been training coach Siba Prasad Misra over the past eight years. However, after being selected under the athletic project Odisha last year, they moved the base to Rourkel. While he has a long journey, Maharan, who was seen by his coach while playing cricket, is now focusing on meeting the junior worlds next year. In addition to Maharan, there were others who met with records on the penultimate day of the tournament. Neeru Pathak did this in a women’s 200 MV category U20, exceeding the finish line at 24.05 s, improving the 24.14s set Sakshi Chavan in 2024. Haryana Nishchay achieved an act in the U18 Discus Throw with his personal best throw 63.69 m. The previous record record of 60.17 m was set in 2022. Rajasthan’s Vishal Kumar, the winner of Silver (60.90 m), also improved to the previous MR, while MP USman Ali Khan settled for bronze (58.81 m). Nishchay, who made a cut for world athletics U20, won the shot Put Gold (19.48 m) earlier in the competition. Later on Deepika, she improved her own Mr. in a women’s javelin in the U20 category with the best 54.16 m throw. In the meantime, Haryan’s Aarti added 200m title in the U18 category up to 100m gold, which won earlier and qualified to the world.
