ALLAHABAD: Chandrodaya Singh capped a rewarding day for Uttar Pradesh rewriting a National record on the opening day of the 18th National inter-zone athletics championship here on Wednesday.

In the boys' under-18 category, Chandrodaya threw the hammer to 67.09 metres, bettering the junior National record by 11 cms. After achieving 66.13m in his first attempt and fouling the second, Chandrodaya reached 67.00m to claim the National record, which he bettered in the very next throw.

In the boys' under-16 class, Shivam Singh heaved the disc to 51.80 metres in his fourth attempt to bring home the gold medal.

Discus thrower Sharad Chaudhary set a new meet record launching the disc to 55.02m despite three foul attempts, to win the gold medal. Chaudhary had recently won a silver in the under-20 category at the AFI-Salwan international throws meet in New Delhi.

The results: Boys: Under-20: 200m: 1. S. Sathaya (TN) 22.2s, 2. B. Anjaneyulu (AP) 22.3, 3. Kader Khan (Del) 22.5; 1500m: 1. Ajay Yadav (Jhar) 4:05.2, 2. Ajit Kumar (UP) 4:06.5, 3. Abhijit Vithe (Mah) 4:07.9; 400m hurdles: 1. Bhagirath Yadav (AFI) 55.0s, 2. Rakesh Yadav (Mah) 57.0, 3. Dinesh Oran (Ben) 58.8; long jump: 1. Surinder (AFI) 7.37m, 2. Dileep K. N. (Ker) 7.34, 3. Buddhuram Singh (Ori) 7.23; pole vault: 1. Laxman Singh Yadav (J&K) 4.10m, 2. Mulayam Singh Yadav (UP) 4.00; discus: 1. Sharad Chaudhary (UP) 55.02m NMR (old 53.15m), 2. Vikas Punia (Raj) 46.08, 3. Shakti Kumar (Bih) 41.00.

4x400m relay: 1. Andhra Pradesh `A' 42.4s, 2. Delhi `A' 43.1, 3. Maharashtra 44.7; 10k walk: 1. Abdul Jaleel M. (Ker) 50:40.9; 2. Arun Lamba (Raj) 50:52.8, 3. Y. Khamba Singh (Man) 51:54.6.

Under-18: 200m: 1. Jaspal Singh (Raj) 22.3s, 2. Praveen (AFI) 22.6, 3. Ram Prasad Banchor (Ori) 22.9; 1500m: 1. Dandu Soren (Ori) 4:03.10, 2. Naresh Malik (Har) 4:04.50, 3. Anand Kujur (Jhar) 4:06.20, 400m hurdles: 1. Sandeep Burh (Ori) 55.1s, 2. S. Karthick (TN) 55.4, 3. Mohammed Rizwan Khan (Jhar) 55.9; Long jump: 1. Narendra Verma (Mah) 7.09m, 2. Shailendra Pratap Singh (UP) 7.03, 3. Sudarsana Chhatria (Ori) 6.97; Pole vault: 1. Awadesh Kumar Yadav (UP) 4.00m, 2. Sunny Singh (AFI) 3.90; discus: 1. Amit Kumar Singh (UP) 49.16m, 2. Hardeep Singh (Mah) 47.27, 3. Sushant Dutta (Del) 44.96; hammer: 1. Chandrodaya Singh (UP) 67.09m NR (old 66.98m), 2. Ajaj Ahmed (UP) 65.00, 3. Vinay Singh (Cht) 64.17; 4x400m relay: 1. Orissa `A' 43.7m, 2. AFI `A' 45.1, 3. Bengal `A' 45.7; 10k walk: 1. Dharam Raj Kanojia (Utr) 51:34.1, 2. Sandeep (AFI) 52:06.8, 3. N. Khomelton Singh (Man) 53:50.4.

Under-16: 2000m: 1. Dhiraj Soni (Jhar) 5:47.5, 2. K. Ramesh (AP) 5:49.8, 3. N. Raghavendra Reddy (AP) 5:50.5; Long jump: 1. Ankit Sharma (MP) 7.02m, 2. Rabi Das (Ben) 6.93, 3. Tejas Salian (Mah) 6.83; discus: 1. Shivam Singh (UP) 51.80m NR (old 49.35), 2. Pranav Sridharan (Kar) 45.92, 3. Krishan Kumar (AFI) 44.70.

Girls: Under-20: 200m: 1. Sabina Khatun (Ben) 25.5s, 2. S. Preethi (TN) 25.9, 3. Asima Bag (Ben) 26.2; 1500m: 1. N. C. Mohan Lal (TN) 4:56.2, 2. Pratima Tudu (Ben) 4:57.5, 3. Babli Haldar (Ben) 4:59.8; 400m hurdles: 1. Priyanshu Pandey (UP) 1:04.7, 2. R. Ramya (TN) 1:05.2, 3. Kranti (UP) 1:08.4; long jump: 1. Anu (AFI) 5.76m, 2. Ratna Khatun (Tri) 5.24, 3. Prachita Patankar (Mah) 5.07; discus: 1. Babli (AFI) 41.55m, 2. Neha Singh (UP) 38.08, 3. Anita Basarkatti (Goa) 34.30; 4x400m relay: 1. Bengal `A' 51.0s, 2. Karnataka `A' 51.4, 3. Tamil Nadu `A' 51.8; 10k walk: 1. W. Lamnganbidevi (Man) 56:57.40, 2. Manju (Har) 1:00:00.55, 3. Dipali Doyale (Mah) 1:04:29.00.

Under-18: 200m: 1. Shriya Vidwans (Mah) 26.3s, 2. K. Ramasarvani (AP) 26.6, 3. Ritu (AFI) 26.8; 1500m: 1. Savita (AFI) 4:40.2, 2. V. Prabhavathi (AP) 4:47.4, 3. Rekha Patel (UP) 5:06.4; 400m hurdles: 1. Jauna Murmu (Ori) 1:06.80, 2. Kala C. (Ker) 1:10.20, 3. Bharti (UP) 1:13.50; Long jump: 1. Sibani Bhumij (Ben) 5.70m, 2. Papia Khatun (Ben) 5.65, 3. Pankaja Kolhe (Mah) 5.10, discus: 1. Ankita Julka (Del) 41.03m, 2. Rinku Sangwan (AFI) 40.58, 3. E. Hemapriya (TN) 34.37; hammer: 1. Reena Kumari (AFI) 45.77m, 2. Swati Singh (UP) 42.87, 3. M. Chitra Debi (Man) 36.62; 4x400m relay: 1. Bengal `A' 51.4s, 2. Maharashtra `A' 53.2.

Under-16: 2000m: 1. Reema Patel (UP) 6:55.7, 2. Ritu Dinkar (UP) 6:58.5, 3. Shruthi K. C. (Kar) 7:00.1; long jump: 1. Labina Khatun (Ben) 5.64m, 2. Kaushlaya (AFI) 5.50, Shraddha Ghule (Mah) 5.48; discus: 1. Parmila (AFI) 38.76m, 2. Santosh Kumari (AFI) 36.52, 3. Prerna Genjage (Mah) 33.10.

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