Vijayawada: Race walker Priyanka created a national record in junior women’s 10,000m walk with a time of 49:16.51 on the second day of the 30th National Junior Athletics championships here on Thursday.
Meerut girl Priyanka is expected to win cash incentives as record performances here promises cash rewards to the athletes concerned.
Rajasthan’s Bhawna Jat (55:24.39) and Kerala walker Mary Margaret (56:48.06) finished a distant second and third respectively.
Haryana lads Manish (45:36.0) and Sunil (45:38.2) bagged the first two places in the youth boys’ 10,000m walk. The junior men’s 5,000m run also witnessed Haryana’s Sharwan Kharb taking the gold with ease in 14:48.56.
Sharwan won a bronze in that event in Asian Junior Championships in Chinese Taipei.
Ashish Kumar clinched the gold in boys under-16 hammer throw event with a meet record 67.09m while narrowly missing the national mark by one centimeter.
Kerala athletes won gold in three out of six high hurdles races contested today. Both Maymon Poulose and M N Nasimudheen successfully defended their titles in the youth boys and junior men divisions respectively. (PTI)