Medals Galore, Meet Records & Asian Games Qualifying Mark - See How Our Athletes Fared In The 62nd National Inter State Senior Athletics Championships 2023

Medals Galore, Meet Records & Asian Games Qualifying Mark - See How Our Athletes Fared In The 62nd National Inter State Senior Athletics Championships 2023

Five days of exhilarating track and field action came to an end on Monday as our young and unstoppable athletes raised the bar with their powerful performances.. The 62nd National Inter State Senior Athletics Championships 2023 held in the Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, witnessed some top-quality performances across all events as the athletes gave it their everything considering what was at stake in this competition. The Senior Athletics Championships is not only a highly prestigious inter-state athletics competition but also serves as a selection trial for the Asian Games and it was the final chance for all the athletes to claim their spots.

Our athletes hit the ground running and brought home a total of 20 medals making it an incredible feat with 8 gold, 8 silver and 4 bronze medals. Whether it was a hurdling event or a decathlon, our athletes left their mark everywhere. Here’s how the 5 days of the 62nd National Inter State Senior Athletics Championships 2023 panned out.

Jyothi Yarraji

Jyothi Yarraji built on her exceptional form and continued with her medal-winning ways. To start off, she bagged the gold medal in the 100m event with a timing of 11.46s. On the next day, she struck gold again in the 100m Hurdles event while setting a new meet record. Her timing of 12.92s has also increased her chances for qualifying in the Asian Games as well. Lastly, she won a silver medal in the 4x100m relay event as she ran for Team Andhra Pradesh and finished second with a time of 46.61s. To add a cherry on the top, Jyothi also won the best female athlete of the championship award.

Kartik Kumar and Gulveer Singh excelled in the 10,000m event by bagging the gold and silver medal respectively. Kartik set a meet record with a time of 29:01.84s while Gulveer fell just short by 2 seconds to take the 2nd spot. Gulveer did claim a gold medal though in the 5000m event recording a time of 13:43.23s which was again a new meet record. Both athletes with their incredible performances have achieved breached qualification standards for the Asian Games.

Mohammed Afsal

Mohammed Afsal too became eligible for the Asian Games in the 800m event claiming the silver medal with a time of 1:47.47s. Elakkiyadasan representing Tamil Nadu also made a fantastic effort and bagged the bronze medal in the 100m event finishing with a time of 10.47s. Elakkiyadasan bettered his performance to win a gold medal in the 4x100m relay event for Team Tamil Nadu setting a time of 40.15s. Yamandeep Sharma put up a valiant effort and won the silver medal in the extremely challenging decathlon event, beating the adverse weather conditions in Bhubaneswar.

Tejas Shirse

Last time around Tejas Shirse got disqualified in the finals of the 110m hurdles event after stumbling on some of the hurdles in Chennai. He has also been battling injury problems for a few months. However, Tejas proved his mettle this time around as he clinched the gold medal in the same event with a timing of 13.87s to complete his comeback in fine style

Men's 4x100m Relay Team

The Odisha men’s relay team comprising Lalu Prasad Bhoi, DM Jayaram and Abhishek Dalabehera won the silver medal in the 4x100m relay event with a time of 40.24s. Sabita Toppo who was part of the women’s relay team representing Odisha also secured the bronze medal with a time of 46.68s.

Amlan Borgohain

The 62nd National Inter State Senior Athletics Championships 2023 ended on a golden note as we bagged two gold medals courtesy of Amlan Borgohain and Jinson Johnson. Amlan took centre stage in the 200m event to claim gold finishing the race in 20.71s. His incredible performance broke the meet record but just fell short of the Asian Games qualification standards. Jinson Johnson too secured the top spot in the 1500m event recording a time of 3:42.77s and met the Asian Games standards ending the meet on a joyous note.

It was a wonderful time for all our RF Supported and HPC athletes. Many athletes despite not winning any medals, did exceptionally well and qualified through all the rounds and reached the finals. We wish the athletes all the best for the Asian Games and the other upcoming competitions

Watch the RF athletes highlights from the Inter-State Athletics Championships here:

https://youtu.be/e5zX6phKIDA

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