Tejas Shirse was clearly not joyful, regardless of profitable the 110m hurdles on the ultimate day of the 63rd Inter-State athletics championships right here on Sunday with a brand new meet document of 13.54 seconds. The 22-year outdated had been aiming for the Olympic normal nevertheless it was an excessive amount of to ask for from somebody who bought severe in regards to the sport lower than a yr in the past.
“Seven months again, I used to be not even enthusiastic about the Olympics. It began on the final inter-state, the place I couldn’t qualify for the Asian Video games. However then I noticed the race in Hangzhou and thought, ‘I may have been there’. It triggered loads of issues.
“That’s after I made a roadmap for attending to the Olympics, step one being the nationwide document, which occurred just lately.
“The following was the qualifying mark, which didn’t occur however that doesn’t imply I’ll hand over,” a decided Shirse stated.
Additionally proving himself prepared for greater challenges was Sahil Silwal, taking the highest spot in javelin throw. Silwal, who had been among the many most promising throwers a couple of years in the past, pushed himself arduous to handle 81.81m in his ultimate throw for a brand new private greatest.
Essentially the most anticipated occasion on the meet noticed a brand new nationwide document by the nationwide 4x400m blended relay crew however fell wanting qualifying for Paris right here on Sunday.
The quartet of Mohd. Anas, Mohd. Ajmal, Jothika Sri Dandi and surprisingly Kiran Pahal clocked 3:12.82 to higher the earlier nationwide document by virtually two seconds.
It was, nonetheless, attention-grabbing to see Kiran — who booked a person quota earlier — regardless of the AFI’s vehement claims of not contemplating non-campers for relay occasions. It stays to be seen whether or not it was a one-off or the AFI considers her for the nationwide camp and the ladies’s relay crew.
The outcomes (finals):
Males: 200m: 1. Animesh Kujur (Odi, 20.65s), 2. Nalubothu Srinivas (AP, 20.95s), 3. Ragul Kumar (TN, 21.15s); 800m: 1. Shyam Milan Bind (MP, 1:47.24), 2. Rijoy J (Ker, 1:48.58), 3. Ankesh Chaudhary (HP, 1:50.01); 10,000m: 1. Kartik Kumar (UP, 29:50.11), 2. Gulveer Singh (UP, 29:50.38), 3. Vansh (Har, 30:43.74); 110m Hurdles: 1. Tejas Shirse (Mah, 13.54s), 2. Manav (TN, 13.85s), 3. Madhvendra Shekhawat (Raj, 13.85s); 400H: 1. Nikhil Bhardwaj (Pun, 50.21s), 2. Murad Sirman (Guj, 50.60s), 3. Dhaval Utekar (Guj, 50.87s);
Triple soar: 1. Abdulla Aboobacker (Ker, 17.00m), 2. Praveen Chitravel (TN, 16.98m), 3. Gailey Venister (TN, 16.40m); javelin: 1. Sahil Silwal (Har, 81.81m), 2. Vikrant Malik (Odi, 81.74m), 3. Kishore Jena (Odi, 80.84m).
Girls: 200m: 1. Srabani Nanda (Odi, 23.89s), 2. Madhumita Deb (MP, 23.93s), 3. Nancy (Har, 23.95s); 800m: 1. Chanda (Del, 2:01.53), 2. Amandeep Kaur (Pun, 2:04.73), 3. Gug Kaur (Pun, 2:05.60); 10,000m: 1. Sanjivani Jadhav (Mah, 33:42.54), 2. Seema (HP, 34:05.69), 3. Ankita (Har, 36:34.97).
100m Hurdles: 1. Jyothi Yarraji (AP, 13.06s), 2. Pragyan Sahu (Odi, 13.15s), 3. Nithya Ramraj (TN, 13.21s); 400H: 1. Olimba Steffi (TN, 59.43s), 2. Ramandeep Kaur (Pun, 59.81s), 3. Deekshita Ramak Gowda (Kar, 59.84s).
Excessive soar: 1. Khyati Mathur (UP, 1.86m), 2. Pooja (Har, 1.79m), 3. Manshi (UP, 1.76m); lengthy soar: 1. Ancy Sojan E (Ker, 6.59m), 2. Shaili Singh (UP, 6.59m), Nayana James (Ker, 6.42m); 4×400 blended relay: 1. India A (3:12:87), 2. India B (3:14:22), 3. Sri Lanka (3:18.18).