Mandeep Goyat and Jessy Joseph powered to convincing victories in the 800M while Kerala regained the overall championship after a year’s gap in the ninth National Youth Athletics Championships on Sunday.
Goyat, the defending champion, timed 1:52.66 to erase the time of 1:53.08 set by Pankaj Dimri in 2008 for a national record, finishing ahead of Delhi’s Arjun Khokhar and Gurjant Singh of Punjab.
Jessy, a trainee of P T Usha, was miles ahead of her rivals as she clocked 2:10.72, a meet record, to defend the gold she won in Ranchi last year. The old record of 2:11.30 stood in the name of Jhuma Khatun.
Kerala won the overall championships with a tally of 216 points while Haryana, last year’s champions, finished second with 125.5 points. Kerala also swept the boys’ and girls’ team titles while Karnataka, who failed to win a gold on the final day, was second in the girls section.
Maharashtra’s Satish Pasale, who won the boys’ 400M hurdles, and Dutee Chand, winner of the 100-200M double in the girls section, were adjudged the best athletes.
Results: Boys: 400M: Rajeev (Haryana) 49.39 seconds, 1; Kamberdeep Singh (Punjab) 49.55, 2; Divakar Dawa (UP) 49.64, 3.
800M: Mandeep Goyat (Mah) 1:52.66 (National record. Old: 1:53.08, Pankaj Dimri) 1; Arjun Khokhar (Delhi) 1:55.54, 2; Gurjant Singh (Punjab) 1:56.05, 3.
3000M: Sanjay Yadav (MP) 8:53.39, 1; Kishore M (Kerala) 9:05.93, 2; Rahul PR (Kerala) 9:31.61, 3.
Triple jump: Ashman Sahu (Orissa) 15.00 metres, 1; Ajith M A (Kerala) 14.40, 2; Akhil Biju (Kerala) 14.11, 3.
Pole vault: Deepak (Rajasthan) 3.90 metres, 1; Ebin Sunny (Kerala) 3.80, 2; Sumit Kumar (Rajasthan) 3.70, 3.
Hammer throw: Prakash Singh (MP) 60.66 metres, 1; Sachin (UP) 60.62, 2; Dewaspati T (UP) 60.21, 3.
10,000M walk: Karan Rathi (Haryana) 49:48.70, 1; Ravi Kumar (Mah) 50:05.49, 2; Shailesh Kumar (MP) 50:08.86, 3.
Girls: 400M: Abha Khatun (Bengal) 57.67 seconds, 1; Neethu Sabu (Kerala) 58.94, 2; Sandra Sathy (Kerala) 59.38, 3.
800M: Jessy Joseph (Kerala) 2:10.72 (NMR. Old: 2:11.30, Jhuma Khatun) 1; Nirmala (Haryana) 2:17.23, 2; Archana K A (Karnataka) 2:23.68, 3.
3,000M: Chitra P U (Kerala) 10:17.28, 1; Varsha M V (Kerala) 10:24.81, 2; Monika Yadav (UP) 11:08.26, 3.
Triple jump: Jenimol Joy (Kerala) 12.42 metres, 1; Bhairabi Roy (WB) 12.35, 2; M A Siva Anbaj (TN) 12.19, 3. Hammer throw: Bhawana (Haryana) 46.00, 1; Sangeeta (Haryana) 42.70, 2; Athira Murali (Kerala) 41.15, 3. Heptathlon: Sowmya M (TN) 4018 points, 1; Amrutha M (Kerala) 3642, 2; Rajeshwari (Orissa) 3614, 3. 5,000M walk: Priyanka (UP) 27:16.25, 1; Binsy A M (Kerala) 27:55.26, 2; Viji V (Kerala) 28:33.09, 3.
Team championships: Overall: Kerala (216 points) 1; Haryana (125.5 points).
Boys: Kerala (75 points), 1; Haryana (74.5), 2.
Girls: Kerala (141 points) 1; Karnataka (56 points).
Best athletes: Boys: Satish Pasala (Maharashtra). Girls: Dutee Chand (Orissa).
