Abhay Singh, Basant and Sadhana Ravi star as records tumble at U-20 Federation meet on Day Three

Abhay Singh of Reliance won gold in the men’s 200m as national junior records continued to tumble on the final day of the 24th National U20 Athletics Federation Competition here on Sunday.

A majority of the medallists also achieved the Asian junior qualification mark in their respective events.

Sprinter Abhay continued his dominance in the 200m on the final day, setting a national junior record. His gold-winning time of 20.82 seconds was better than the previous record of 21.02 seconds set by N. Srinivas in 2021.

The meet record of 21.02 seconds also stands in the name of Srinivas.

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Basant was outstanding in the men’s high jump (2.21m). On his way to gold, he improved the meet record of 2.19m set by Ajay Kumar in 2015.

Mogali Venkatram of Andhra Pradesh clocked 1:49.02 to win the 800m. His performance was better than the meet record of 1:49.59 set by Pradeep Senthil Kumar in 2022, but fell short of the national junior record of 1:46.92 set by Beant Singh in 2017.

Poonam also improved the meet record in the women’s javelin throw. Her gold-winning effort of 51.64m bettered the previous mark of 51.10m set by Sumar Devi in 2004.

Sadhana Ravi of Tamil Nadu won gold in the women’s triple jump with a meet record of 12.97m. The previous meet record was 12.87m, set by Gayathri Govindaraj in 2009.

Published on Apr 26, 2026