National U20 Athletics: Abhay, Nipam win 100m events, qualify for Asian Jr meet

Abhay Singh of Reliance won the men’s 100m dash with a meet record timing of 10.41 seconds at the National Junior U-20 Athletics as a host of athletes successfully breached the Asian Junior Qualification mark here on Friday.

His winning time was better than Asian junior qualification time of 10.46 seconds and meet record of 10.47 seconds set by Gurindervir Singh in 2018.

Nipam of Uttar Pradesh won the gold medal in the women’s 100m clocking 11.53 seconds, bettering the previous junior national record of 11.54 seconds set by Abhinaya Rajarajan during the Kochi edition in 2025.

On her way to gold, Nipam also improved the meet record of 11.63 seconds in the name of Dutee Chand set in 2014.

The Uttar Pradesh sprinter had clocked 11.60 seconds in the semis and has also achieved the Asian junior qualification time in women’s 100m of 11.79 seconds. She has a bright prospect of competing in the World Athletics U20 in Eugene, USA.

Punjab’s rising discus thrower, Amanat Kamboj, also achieved the Asian U20 qualification mark with a winning distance of 52.27m. The qualification mark was set at 50.13m.

Earlier in the morning session, Muskan from Haryana won women’s 5,000m gold with a time of 16:42.88 seconds which was better than the Asian junior qualification time of 16:52.54 seconds.

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Sonam Parmar, representing IOCL, won silver (16:47.89) in women’s 5,000m and was second athlete to better the Asian qualification time in the longer track race.

The winner of the women’s pole vault, B Sowndharya of Tamil Nadu also equalled the Asian junior qualification mark of 3.60m.

Kerala’s lanky Mohammed Ashfaq was the fastest runner in the men’s 400m qualification round. His time of 47.39 seconds in heats was better than the Asian junior qualification time 47.53 seconds.

Published on Apr 24, 2026