<p>Gurindervir Singh of Punjab set a national U-20 record as he claimed gold in the 100m at the 16th Federation Cup Junior Athletics Championships here on Saturday.</p>.<p>Gurindervir clocked 10.47 seconds to shatter the old mark of 10.57 seconds set by Augustine Yeshudas of Kerala in 2013.</p>.<p>Gurindervir, the gold medallist at the Asian Youth Championships last year, also improved on his personal best of 10.69 seconds.</p>.<p>The Punjab runner, the reigning champion in the U-18 category, finished ahead of the current U-20 national champion Akash Kumar of Uttar Pradesh, who recorded a time of 10.65 seconds. Bronze went to Prajwal Mandanna of Karnataka who clocked 10.66 seconds.</p>.<p>Another U-20 national champion, Sapna Kumari of Jharkhand, also added the Federation Cup medal to her trophy case. Sapna won the women’s 100m hurdles with a meet record of 13.78 seconds.</p>.<p>The 19-year-old was well clear of the old mark of 14.04 seconds set by Mukti Saha in 2001.</p>.<p>Sapna's mark was just short of the national record of 13.59 set by Gayathri Govindarajan in 2010.</p>.<p>Pragyan Sahu of Orissa took silver with 14.60 seconds while Nandhini Kongan of Tamil Nadu claimed bronze with a time of 14.68 seconds.</p>.<p>Rio Olympian Jisna Mathew broke little sweat as she eased to the women’s U-20 400m gold medal, winning in 54.73 seconds. Jisna finished well ahead of Haryana’s Rachna, who clocked 55.49 seconds and Subha Venkatesh (56.19) of Tamil Nadu.</p>.<p>Asian Youth champion Sanjay Kumar won the 10000m walk as expected, clocking a time of 42:09:44 seconds to set a new meet record. Kumar shaved more than a minute off the old mark of 43:36:67 seconds recorded by Eknath Turambekar last year. Silver and bronze went to Haryana’s Juned (42:22:21 seconds) and Punjab’s Akashdeep Singh (42:36:10 seconds) respectively.</p>.<p>Asian Youth Championship silver medalist Ashish Bhalothia also didn’t have to push himself on the day. The shot putter, who has a personal best of 18.50m, only threw 17.89m in the U-20 category.</p>.<p>In the U-20 men’s 400m race, Haryana’s Gaurav triumphed in 46.93 seconds. The time was a new meet record, erasing the previous mark of 47.08 seconds set by Dharun Ayyasamy in 2015.</p>.<p>Karnataka’s Nihal Joel won the silver in 47.08 seconds while Rajesh Ramesh of Tamil Nadu took the third spot in 47.52 seconds.</p>
<p>Gurindervir Singh of Punjab set a national U-20 record as he claimed gold in the 100m at the 16th Federation Cup Junior Athletics Championships here on Saturday.</p>.<p>Gurindervir clocked 10.47 seconds to shatter the old mark of 10.57 seconds set by Augustine Yeshudas of Kerala in 2013.</p>.<p>Gurindervir, the gold medallist at the Asian Youth Championships last year, also improved on his personal best of 10.69 seconds.</p>.<p>The Punjab runner, the reigning champion in the U-18 category, finished ahead of the current U-20 national champion Akash Kumar of Uttar Pradesh, who recorded a time of 10.65 seconds. Bronze went to Prajwal Mandanna of Karnataka who clocked 10.66 seconds.</p>.<p>Another U-20 national champion, Sapna Kumari of Jharkhand, also added the Federation Cup medal to her trophy case. Sapna won the women’s 100m hurdles with a meet record of 13.78 seconds.</p>.<p>The 19-year-old was well clear of the old mark of 14.04 seconds set by Mukti Saha in 2001.</p>.<p>Sapna's mark was just short of the national record of 13.59 set by Gayathri Govindarajan in 2010.</p>.<p>Pragyan Sahu of Orissa took silver with 14.60 seconds while Nandhini Kongan of Tamil Nadu claimed bronze with a time of 14.68 seconds.</p>.<p>Rio Olympian Jisna Mathew broke little sweat as she eased to the women’s U-20 400m gold medal, winning in 54.73 seconds. Jisna finished well ahead of Haryana’s Rachna, who clocked 55.49 seconds and Subha Venkatesh (56.19) of Tamil Nadu.</p>.<p>Asian Youth champion Sanjay Kumar won the 10000m walk as expected, clocking a time of 42:09:44 seconds to set a new meet record. Kumar shaved more than a minute off the old mark of 43:36:67 seconds recorded by Eknath Turambekar last year. Silver and bronze went to Haryana’s Juned (42:22:21 seconds) and Punjab’s Akashdeep Singh (42:36:10 seconds) respectively.</p>.<p>Asian Youth Championship silver medalist Ashish Bhalothia also didn’t have to push himself on the day. The shot putter, who has a personal best of 18.50m, only threw 17.89m in the U-20 category.</p>.<p>In the U-20 men’s 400m race, Haryana’s Gaurav triumphed in 46.93 seconds. The time was a new meet record, erasing the previous mark of 47.08 seconds set by Dharun Ayyasamy in 2015.</p>.<p>Karnataka’s Nihal Joel won the silver in 47.08 seconds while Rajesh Ramesh of Tamil Nadu took the third spot in 47.52 seconds.</p>