: National Games: Aldrin pips Sreeshankar to gold; Pole-vaulter Rosy, weightlifter Ajith set NRs #IndiaNEWS Pole-vaulter Rosy Meena Paulraj (Tamil Nadu) scaled new heights to share the spotlight with

National Games: Aldrin pips Sreeshankar to gold; Pole-vaulter Rosy, weightlifter Ajith set NRs #IndiaNEWS
Pole-vaulter Rosy Meena Paulraj (Tamil Nadu) scaled new heights to share the spotlight with weightlifter and state-mate N Ajith, both rewriting National records in the 36th National Games in Gandhinagar on Saturday.Rosy Meena Paulraj, 24, was able to improve her personal best from 4.00m to 4.20m to break VS Surekha’s National as well as National Games records set in 2014 and 2015 respectively.Ajith broke the National Record in the clean and jerk with a lift of 174kg to push National Games record efforts by track and field athletes into the shade.Long-jumper Jeswin Aldrin (Tamil Nadu) was the biggest winner on the second day of track and field competition at IIT Gandhinagar. He first claimed the National Games record when he leapt to 8.21m effort on his third try. Even as Commonwealth Games medal winner M Sreeshankar passed his last four attempts, Jeswin Aldrin improved to 8.26m on his last attempt.Shot-putter Tajinderpal Singh Toor (Services) and 400m runner Muhammed Ajmal (Kerala) also rewrote National Games marks.Toor, who did not make a single attempt in the World Athletics Championships in Oregon with a groin strain, made a memorable return to competition. He first equalled the National Games men’s shot put record with a 20.14m effort on his...Read more

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