Ancy too good for Shaili in long jump at Federation athletics

Animesh Kujur and Gurindervir Singh lowered the Nationwide 100m report twice, whereas Asian Video games silver medallist lengthy jumper Ancy Sojan rewrote the meet report on the opening day of the Federation athletics meet on the Birsa Munda Stadium (Morabadi) on Friday.

Within the conducive night session, Gurindervir clocked 10.17 to interrupt Kujur’s Nationwide report within the semifinals. Inside minutes, displaying wholesome rivalry, Kujur dashed to regain his report with a mark of 10.15 and attained the Commonwealth Video games qualifying mark.

Animesh Kujur celebrates his new nationwide report within the semifinals of the boys’s 100m run within the twenty ninth Nationwide Senior Athletics Federation Competitors 2026 at Birsa Munda stadium in Ranchi on Friday, 22 Could 2026.
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Ancy and her shut rival Shaili Singh additionally exhibited one other positive episode of rivalry. Responding to Shaili’s first soar of 6.38m, Ancy logged 6.47 earlier than constantly reaching 5 6.5m-plus jumps, together with her fourth (6.75m) to erase Shaili’s meet report (6.64m) and win the gold together with her private greatest. Nevertheless, she fell in need of the CWG qualifying mark by 9 cm.

Deepak Bhatt of Uttrakhand received the boys’s 10000m gold within the twenty ninth Nationwide Senior Athletics Federation Competitors 2026 on the Birsa Munda stadium in Ranchi on Friday, 22 Could 2026.
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“My first goal was to carry out with no soar foul. I purpose for the Commonwealth (qualification mark),” mentioned Ancy.

Deepak Bhatt ran a well-planned race, going into the lead within the final 70m, to say his maiden 10,000m title.

Tejaswin Shankar in motion within the males’s lengthy soar decathlon occasion within the twenty ninth Nationwide Senior Athletics Federation Competitors 2026 on the Birsa Munda stadium in Ranchi on Friday, 22 Could 2026.
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Bihar’s Vibhaskar Kumar recorded a shocking 10.36 within the males’s 100m heats and certified for the Asian under-23 championships.

Within the decathlon excessive soar occasion, Tejaswin Shankar achieved 2.25m to surpass the CWG mark (2.22m).

The outcomes (finals): Males: 10000m (CWG Q mark 27:39.03): 1. Deepak Bhatt (Utk) 29:42.93, 2. Sailesh Kushwaha (Kar) 29:57.56, 3. Prashant Choudhary (UP) 30:36.97.

Hammer throw (CWG Q mark 73.09m): 1. Ashish Jakhar (SSCB) 68.52m, 2. Damneet Singh (Rel.) 67.62m, 3. Ajay Kumar (Har) 64.93m.

3000m steeplechase (CWG Q mark 8:30.26): 1. Balkishan (Har) 8:56.01, 2. Sharuk Khan (UP) 8:56.63, 3. Sunil Joliya Jinabhai (Guj) 8:58.38.

Girls: 10000m (CWG Q mark 31:14.14): 1. Ravina Gayakwad (Mah) 35:40.98, 2. Soniya (Utk) 36:16.22, 3. Aarti Pawara (Mah) 36:24.79.

Lengthy soar (CWG Q mark 6.84m): 1. Ancy Sojan (Navy) 6.75m (MR, Outdated 6.64, Shaili Singh, 2025), 2. Shaili Singh (Anju Bobby George Academy) 6.58m, 3. Bhavani Yadav (NCOE Bengaluru) 6.39m.

3000m steeplechase (CWG Q mark 9:27.41): 1. Ankita Dhyani (Utk) 9:48.16, 2. Prachi Devkar (IOCL) 10:16.29, 3. Anju (Har) 10:28.23.

Discus (CWG Q mark 56.85m): 1. Seema (JSW) 57.29m, 2. Nidhi Rani (Har) 55.05m, 3. Krishna Jayasankar (Rel.) 55.00m.