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Journalism of Courage
KOCHI, January 28: Two new meet record performances, both by boys, marked the second day8217;s programme of the 13th Junior National athletic meet at the Maharaja8217;s College ground here today.
The first record to go was in the u-16 boys8217; discus throw. Karamvir Singh, a Ludhiana-school boy, erased the two-year-old meet record set by Jagajit Singh Delhi, 54.36. Karavir, hailing from Hissar district in Haryana, hurled the disc to 55.70m, which is incidentally a new national record too in this category.
Kerala8217;s Juby Thomas, a trainee of Olympian Suresh Babu, brought down the two-year-old high jump meet record, clearing the bar at 1.96m. The earlier meet record stood in the name of Dara Singh of Delhi.
Results: Boys U-20 10km walk: 1 Gurvinder Singh Chd, 46m:04.50 2 Kuldeep Har, 3 Vijay Gahlot; 110m hurdles: 1 Ramesh Babu TN, 15.34s, 2 T D Rajeshkumar, 3 Jaisingh Har; 800m: 1 K J Manojlal Ker, 1:53.40, 2 Sohan Singh MP, 3 Rajeshkumar Har; 100m: 1 Ram Meher Har, 11.29, 2 Shandramohan TN, 3Reniel John MP; U-18: High jump: 1 Juby Thomas Ker, 1.96 NMR, 2 Sandeep Raj, 3 S S Aswas Ker; 800m: 1 K M Binu Ker, 1:57.83, 2 C Murthy Kar, 3 P J Robin Ker; 110m hurdles: 1 Gurpreet Singh Pun, 15.26s, 2 T Thalib Ker, 3 K S Chengappa Kar; Shot put: Jaiveer Singh Raj, 14.74m, 2 K S Karthik Kar, 3 Amit Tyagi UP; 100m: 1 Senthilkumar TN, 11.23, 2 Arshad Hussain AP, 3 Vikas Parashar HP, 11.30; U-16: Long jump. 1 Mukeshkumar Bih, 6.80m, 2 Bino Thampi Ker, 3 V Vinod Raj Ker; U-16: Discus throw: 1 Karambir Singh Pun, 55.70 NMR, 2 Sureshkumar HP, 3 Gyanendra UP; High jump: 1 Purushottam Raju AP, 1:83m, 2 Ritul Raj, 3 Amit Chillar Har.
Lead positions: Kerala 133. 50 pts, 2 Karnataka 84, 3 Tamil Nadu 54, Maharashtra 52.
