Navi Mumbai, March 21 -- Haryana's Ujjawal Choudhary put in a splendid display on the opening day of the 4th Indian Open Throws Competition at the Jio Institute in Ulwe in Navi Mumbai on Thursday, winning the gold in the U20 discus throw event with a new national record. Choudhary's best of 59.34m broke the previous record of 58.11m.

Speaking after his win, Choudhary said, "I prepared in the pre-season in South Africa and was confident of doing well. I'm very happy that I broke the national record and am now targeting the Asian Championships later this year."

Himachal Pradesh's Vaibhav (53.48m) and Haryana's Ritik (52.88m) won silver and bronze respectively behind Choudhary.

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