New Delhi, Feb. 13 -- Upcoming javelin thrower Sachin Yadav extended his hot streak with a personal best effort to win the men's javelin at the National Games in Dehradun on Wednesday.
Sachin's fifth attempt of 84.39m broke the meet record held by Haryana's Rajendra Singh (82.23m) and marked the fifth successive competition in which the Uttar Pradesh thrower had logged an 80m-plus throw. Sachin's statemate Rohit Yadav (80.47m) and Uttarakhand's Vikas Sharma (79.33m) came second and third, respectively.
The 25-year-old first crossed 80m at last year's National Open Athletics Championships in Bengaluru, where he won with a throw of 80.04m. He then finished third at the Federation Cup (80.27m), won the Indian Grand Prix 3 in Bengaluru (82.69...