Vikas, Vaishali excel

PUNE, Dec 2: Vikas Pathare of Krida Prabhodini High School bagged the first gold medal of his career when he took top spot in the under-1...

PUNE, Dec 2: Vikas Pathare of Krida Prabhodini High School bagged the first gold medal of his career when he took top spot in the under-14 long jump finals, at 4.32 metres at the Poona sub-junior athletic meet at Balewadi here today.

In his initial effort Vikas, the sixth standard student from Krida Prabodhini, cleared a distance of 4.10 metres, before he bettered it to 4.32 metres for the top spot in the sixth and final attempt. He was followed by schoolmate Vaibhav Patil who finished a close second.

Meanwhile, in the girls U-12 age group section high jump event, it was Vaishali Yadhav from the same school who took the top honours.

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Results
Boys: U-12: Long-jump: Vikas Pathare (Krida Prabhodini HS) 4.32 mts; Vaibhav Patil (Krida Prabhodini HS) 4.25 mts; Sagar Kamathe (Shivani Sports Club) 4.20 mts. Shot-Put: Sachin Shirale (PSAC) 8.90 mts; Sairaj Bharat (Alegaonkar HS) 7.90 mts; Tausif Shaikh (Anglo Urdu HS) 7.46 mts.

U-10 long-Jump: Kaji Joseph (Anglo Urdu) 4.09 mts; Avinash Kathare (AFS); Rohit Shiv Sagar (Children Sports).

Girls: U-12 yrs: High-jump: Vaishali Yadhav (Krida Prabhodidni ) 3.98 mts; Trupti Lad (Krida Prabhodini); Akanksha Rangrajan (Children Sports). Shot-put: Tumali Paradke (Krida Prabhodini) 6.76 mts; Archan Gore (Modern HS); Shradha Dhavle (ENNS).

U-10: Long-jump : Jytho Naik 3.40mts; Shashidhara Maskar 3.36mts; Arti Shirsat (2.84 mts.

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U-14 High-jump: Rashika Purohit 1.30 mts; Himgiri Naik 1.24 mts; Rashika Phatak 1.20mts.

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