National Junior Athletics C’ships 2025: Asian U18 champion Jakhar shatters Neeraj Chopra’s meet record on Day 1
Asian under-18 champion Himanshu Jakhar shattered star javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra’s 11-year-old meet record in the National Junior Athletics Championships at the Kalinga Stadium and booked a slot in the 2026 World Under-20 championships on Friday.
Himanshu, who bagged the Asian gold in Saudi Arabia in April with a throw of 67.57m, showed a massive improvement to register 79.96m in the men’s under-18 qualifying stage. It was better than Chopra’s 76.50m set in Vijayawada in 2014 and the World Under-20 qualification mark of 68.50m.
Mohit Choudhary clocked 14:09.71 to win the under-20 men’s 5000m title with a new meet record. Alice Vikal (under-16 girls) achieved 13.26m to erase Alka Singh’s national mark of 13.10m in shot put qualification
The results: Finals (winners only):
U-20: Men: 100m: Parth Singh (Jha) 10.52; 5000m: Mohit Choudhary (Tel) 14:09.71 (NMR, Old, 14:12, Vinod Singh, 2024); Pole vault: R. Hariharan Ramesh (TN) 4.60m.
Women: 100m: Suba Dharsini S. (TN) 11.94; 1500m: Vaishnavi Rawal (Kar) 4:29.19; 5000m: Sonam Parmar (MP) 17:20.98; Discus: Nikita Kumari (Raj) 48.81m.
U-18: Men: 100m: Aditya Pisal (Mah) 10.71; Women: 100m: Aarti Siwach (Har) 11.95.
U-16: Boys: 60m: Abhinanth A.B. (TN) 6.95; Girls: 60m: Jilsha Jinil (Ker) 7.81.
U-14: Boys: Triathlon (B): Sadhon Singh (WB) 2931 points.
Girls: Triathlon (B): Arthi S.K. (TN) 3147 (NMR, Old, 2802, Arthi S.K.); Triathlon (C): Sara Ghod (Mah) 2511 points.
Published on Oct 10, 2025