Tumkur(Karnataka), April 26 -- Several national and meet records were improved on the final day of the 24th National Junior (U20) Athletics Federation Competition here at Mahatma Gandhi Stadium in Karnataka on Sunday.
Majority of the medal winners also achieved the Asian junior qualification mark in their respective events.
Sprinter Abhay Singh representing Reliance continued to dominate 200m on the final day, setting national as well as meet records.
His gold winning time of 20.82 seconds was better than the national record of 21.02 seconds set by N Srinivas in 2021. The meet record of 21.02 seconds also stands in the name of N Srinivas.
Basant was outstanding in the men's high jump (2.21m). On his way to gold, he improved the meet rec...