By Admin 
Deepika bettered her own meet record to defend her women’s under-20 javelin title with an effort of 54.16m in the National junior athletics championships here on Monday.
Nischay smashed the men’s under-18 discus meet record with a throw of 63.69m, which was more than the Worlds under-20 qualifying standard of 56m. Aarti Siwach (under-18, 200m, 24.25), Neeru Pathak (under-20, 200m, 24.05) and Pratik Maharana (under-20, 200m, 21.24) also performed better than the World under-20 qualifying marks (24.35 for women and 21.25 for men). Neeru and Pratik broke their respective meet records.
The results: Finals (winners only): U-20: Men: 200m: Pratik Maharana (Odi) 21.24 (NMR, Old 21.26, Veeresh Mathur, 2023); 800m: Mogali Venkatram (AP) 1:49.99; 3000m: Mohit Choudhary (Tel) 8:13.63; 400m hurdles: Vishnu (TN) 51.74; Triple jump: Yuvaraj K. (TN) 15.61m; Shot put: Sai Kiran A. (Tel) 18.42m; Women: 200m: Neeru Pathak (UP) 24.05 (NMR, Old 24.14, Sakshi Chavan, 2024); 800m: Vaishnavi Rawal (Kar) 2:07.84; 400m hurdles: Muskan (Har) 1:01.75; High jump: Reet Rathor (UP) 1.72m; Shot put: Tamanna (Har) 15.08m; Javelin: Deepika (Har) 54.16m (NMR, 52.45m, 2024, Deepika); Heptathlon: Sriteja Tholem (Tel) 4654; Mixed relay: Uttar Pradesh 3:28.82; U-18: Men: 200m: Chiranth P. (Kar) 21.81; Discus: Nischay (Har) 63.69m (NMR, Old 60.17m, Atul, 2022); 5000m race walk: Tushar Panwar (Utk) 20:11.35; Heptathlon: Rahul Jakhar (Guj) 5067 (NR, Old 4942, Royshan, 2024); Women: 200m: Aarti Siwach (Har) 24.25; 3000m race walk: Ranjana Yadav (MP) 13:41.55; Heptathlon: Seema (Har) 4725; U-16: Boys: Pentathlon: Imran Alam (Bih) 3911; Girls: Anamika Ajesh (Ker) 4096 (NR, Old 3884, S. Sakthivel, 2024).
On Sunday: U-20: Men: 4x100m relay: Karnataka 41.71; Women: 4x100m relay: Maharashtra 47.72; U-18: Men: 1000m medley relay: Tamil Nadu 1:54.85; Girls: 1000m medley relay: Tamil Nadu 2:11.58; Long jump: Sadhana Ravi (TN) 5.94m; U-16: Boys: 1000m medley relay: Uttar Pradesh 1:58.38; Girls: 1000m medley relay: Maharashtra 2:17.36.