New Delhi

The Indian contingent ongoing to showcase their probable at the 21st Asian U20 Athletics Championships that concluded Saturday in Dubai by successful 29 medals, which include 7 gold, which was improved than the 19 medals (six gold, 7 silver, six bronze) received at the earlier edition held in Yecheon, South Korea in 2023.
At the 2024 edition of Asian U20 satisfy in Dubai, the Indian group also received 11 silver and equivalent range of bronze medals to finish 2nd in medal standing driving China.

This is for the 1st time given that 1996 Indian contingent took the 2nd place in medal standing at the Asian U20 Athletics Championships.

Promising pole vaulter Dev Meena won 19th medal for the Indian crew, a bronze, in the men’s pole vault party that concluded late Friday evening. He scaled a peak of 5.10m.

On Saturday Indian group started out their medal rush as a result of higher hurdler Unnathi Ayyappa who gained bronze, India 20th medal, in women’s 100m hurdles with a time of 13.65 seconds. Sabita Toppo completed 7th with a time of 14.49 secs.

Laxita Vinod Sandilea won silver in the women’s 1500m. Her time was 4:25.63 seconds. It was her second silver of the competitiveness. Before she had also received silver in 800m.

Gaurav Bhaskar Bhosale sprinted property to clinch silver in the men’s 3,000m. His time was 8:31.20. Vikas Kumar Bind extra bronze to the team’s tally with a time of 8:33.00.

Indian athletes ongoing to excel in the women’s 5,000m track race. Ekta Dey clinched silver with a time of 16:49.70 seconds, whilst Sunita Devi gained bronze. She clocked 16:52.54 seconds.

Very long jumper Md Atta Sajid added bronze to the Indian contingent. His finest jump was 7.52m
Indian men’s 4x100m relay gained the bronze medal with a national record of 40.01 seconds. The women’s 4x100m relay crew gained bronze but had been later on disqualified for baton trade outside the transforming zone at the third leg.

In the for a longer period relay, the women’s 4x400m relay group (Anushka Dattatray, Kanista Teena Maria, SAI Sangeetha Dodla, Sandramol Sabu) received gold with a time of 3:41.50. The men’s 4x400m relay team (Abiram Pramod, Navpreet Singh, Nikhil Suhas Dhake, Aman Choudhary) posted a time of 3:09.36 to get silver.