Sheela claims top honours in discus, javelin; Debsmita wins 100M

Sheela won the gold medal in both discus and javelin throws in the junior girls’ category. Her discus effort of 15.25 metres relegated State-mate Jayalakshamma (15.19) to the second spot.

In javelin, Sheela punched turf at 15.63 metres to finish ahead of another Karnataka athlete, HN Bhagyasree (15.05M).Meanwhile, Kerala clinched gold in the 4x400M relay.

Kerala cut the tape in a time of 5:17.08 while Jharkhand (5:26.08) and Maharashtra (5:43.06) came in second and third place respectively.

Debsmita Paul of Jharkhand cleared the 100M race in 14.07 seconds to claim gold while Mitali S (14.08) came in second and Diyamol MR (14.09) finished third.
Results: Women: 4x400M relay: Kerala (5:17.08) 1; Jharkhand (5:26.08) 2; Maharashtra (5:43.06) 3.

High jump: Ambily VR (Ker, 1.37M) 1; Mitali Shet (Jha, 1.09) 2; Divyamol (Ker, 1.05) 3. Discus: Monica Verma (Del, 19.22M) 1; Rajinisree Sathe (Mah, 19.17) 2; Archana (MP, 18.02) 3. Javelin: Monica Verma (Del, 22.10M) 1; CN Sheela (Kar, 20.34) 2; Carolin Maria (Ker, 19.75) 3. 400M: Greeshma Gopi (Ker, 1:15.08) 1; Ashwathy R (Ker, 1:22.07) 2; Bela Rani (Jha, 1:24.03) 3. 100M: Debsmita Paul (Jha, 14.07S) 1; Mitali Shet (Jha, 14.08) 2; Divyamol MR (Ker, 14.09) 3.

Junior girls: 4x400M relay: Kerala (5:13.09) 1; Jharkhand (5:21.08) 2; Karnataka (5:41.02) 3.

High jump: Anmol Paul (UP, 1.10M) 1; Priya Pandey (UP, 1.10M) 2; RS Priyanka (TN, 1.05M) 3. 400M: Sharlet Varghese (Ker, 1:16.05) 1; Annamma Ulahannan (Ker, 1:26.07) 2; Rukaiah Parveen (Jha, 1:17.03) 3. 200M: Bincy Chacko (Ker, 29.08S) 1; Manju Choudhary (Raj, 30.04) 2; Rukaiah Parveen (Jka, 30.09) 3. Discus: CN Sheela (Kar, 15.25M) 1; Jayalakshamma (Kar, 15.19) 2; Priya Pandey (UP, 14.72) 3. Javelin: CN Sheela (Kar, 15.63M) 1; HN Bhagyasree (Kar, 15.05) 2; Shopia M Joe (Ker, 13.97) 3. Badminton: Women’s singles: Vaishnavi Anand (Mah) 1; Neethu UV (Ker) 2; Mili Anand (MP) 3. Doubles: Neethu UV/Athira US (Ker) 1; Ruchi Kumari/Abhineha Kumari (Bih) 2; Mili Anand/Karishma (MP) 3.

Junior girls, singles: Vaishnavi Anand (Mah) 1; Kirneet Kaur (Del) 2; Neethu UV (Ker) 3. Doubles: Vaishnavi Anand/Sofiya Aziz (Mah) 1; Neethu UV/Athira US (Ker) 2; Akanksha Tiwari/Kirneet Kaur (Del) 3.