Maharshtra is leading with 5 gold, 4 silver and 3 bronze in the medal tally in the seventh National youth athletics championship being held at the Nehru Stadium at Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu. Haryana is in the second position with 4 gold, 3 silver and 1 bronze and Tamil Nadu come up in the third position with 4 gold and 4 bronze. One National record was created in the meet. Arjun of Delhi set a New National cum Meet Record in the Discuss throw for boys event by throwing a distance of 64.09 meters. Arjun breaks the National and meet record of 59.62 meters created by PRABHJOT SINGH of Punjab in May 2009 yesterday. Three meet records were also created in the meet. 10000 meter walk for Men will be held tomorrow morning. Heats for 6 events will also being held tomorrow morning. Semifinals and finals of 14 events will be held tomorrow evening. The Championship will come to an end by tomorrow and the closing ceremony will be held in the stadium at 5.40 by tomorrow evening.
News On AIR | April 24, 2010 9:14 PM
National youth athletics championship