India bag Silver, Bronze in Archery WC
berlin: Indian archers ended their campaign with a Silver and Bronze medal, both coming from compound section, at stage four of the Archery World Cup here on Saturday. Indian women's compound team once again failed to cross the final hurdle, this time by a heartbreaking one point, to settle for a Silver medal earlier in the day. Eyeing a maiden Gold at the World Cup circuit, Jyothi Surekha Vennam, Muskan Kirar and Trisha Deb had a promising 59-57 lead but only to slip in the third end as the French trio snatched the lead before clinching it 229-228. Jyothi later added a Bronze in the compound mixed pair event with Abhishek Verma defeating the Turkish duo of Yesim Bostan and Demir Elmaagacli 156-153. Jyothi and Verma thus won a medal in the mixed team event at each of the four World Cup stages in Shanghai, Antalya, Salt lake and Berlin World Cups.
Rakesh sets new youth national record
Vadodara: Rakesh Gond set a youth national record in the pole vault competition to grab the spotlight on the opening day of the 15th National Youth Athletics Championships here on Saturday. Gond cleared a height of 4.90m to erase the national mark of 4.75m set by Kanhaiya Singh in 2017. The Uttar Pradesh pole vaulter was far ahead of the rest of the field in the competition, finishing half a meter clear of Shekhar Kumar Pandey who claimed the Silver with a best effort of 4.40m. Ganesh Priyan of Tamil Nadu took the Bronze with an effort of 4.20m.
India win 3 silver, bronze at Jr Asian C’ship
new delhi: Vishal Kaliraman frittered away a stupendous start in his Gold medal bout while Sachin Giri and Naveen were outwitted by their opponents, settling for Silver medals at the Junior Asian Wrestling Championships, here on Saturday. On the opening day of the Freestyle bouts, four of the five Indians reached the medal round with Karan winning the Bronze in the 65kg category. Hussain Nasir, the fifth Indian in action on Saturday, could not reach the medal round. After Naveen (57kg) and Vishal (70kg) lost their Gold medal bouts, the hosts hoped Sachin would end the wait for a Gold but he lost the final in just one minute and 12 seconds.
Coleman withdraws from Diamond league
london: World indoor 60m champion Christian Coleman was forced to withdraw from the 100m at the london Diamond league after suffering a recurrence of hamstring trouble while warming up for the heats on Saturday. Coleman, who took world championship 100m Silver at the london Stadium last year, only returned to action in the Rabat Diamond league meeting eight days ago. The 24-year-old American won that race in 9.98 seconds after being out of action for 44 days because of the hamstring problem. Coleman had been due to run in the opening heat on Saturday, alongside Yohan Blake.