Tshepo Jason Tyantini and Abinaya Rajarajan emerge fastest sprinters

Bhubaneswar: South Africa’s Tshepo Jason Tyantini won the fastest male athlete title at the World Athletics Continental Tour Silver Level Meeting at Bhubaneswar’s Kalinga Stadium on Saturday. Home favourite Animesh Kujur finished sixth, and national record holder in the men’s 100m dash, Gurindervir Singh representing Punjab, finished ninth.

Tshepo Jason Tyantini, 21, won gold with a time of 10.11 seconds.

Animesh Kujur representing Odisha clocked 10.32 seconds to finish outside the medal bracket. India’s star sprinter Gurindervir Singh finished ninth with a time of 10.39 seconds.

Tamil Nadu’s promising sprinter Abinaya Rajarajan (in pic) took home the women’s 100m title with a time of 11.34 seconds.

Men:

100m: Tshepo Jason Tyantini (South Africa) 10.11 seconds, Ali Al Balushi (Oman) 10.16 seconds, Dineth Induwara W (Sri Lanka) 10.27 seconds. 6th Animesh Kujur (Odisha) 10.32 seconds, 9th Gurindervir Singh (Punjab) 10.39 seconds.

400m: Justice Oratile (Botswana) 45.35 secs, Leendert Koekemoer (South Africa) 45.40 secs, Kalinga H (Sri Lanka) 45.61 secs. 5th Manu TS (Kerala) 45.94 secs.

800m: Molifi Mohlomi (South Africa) 1:47.45 seconds, Krishan Kumar (Haryana) 1:47.69 seconds, Prakash Balu (Maharashtra) 1:48.03 seconds.

110m hurdles: Franco Le Roux (South Africa) 13.47 secs, Antonio Alkana (South Africa) 13.54 secs, Eduardo Rodrigues (Brazil) 13.64 secs.

Shot put: Chukwuebuka Enekwe (Nigeria) 20.78m, Weir Zane (Italy) 20.47m, Karanveer Singh (Punjab) 20.06m, Tajinderpal Singh Toor (Punjab) 20.03m.

High jump: Aadarsh Ram (Tamil Nadu) 2.22m, Fatak Bait Jaboob (Oman) 2.19m, Abdul Raman Omar (Iraq) 2.15m.

Rohit Yadav (Uttar Pradesh) 87.68m. Yashvir Singh (Rajasthan) 82.94m, Sumedha R (Sri Lanka) 80.29m.

Long jump: M Sreeshankar (Kerala) 8.07m, Divan Manuel (South Africa) 8.03m, David P (Tamil Nadu) 7.78m.

Women

100m: Abinaya Rajarajan (Tamil Nadu) 11.34 seconds, Harita Bhadra (Maharashtra) 11.46 seconds, S Sathyanarayan (Karnataka) 11.56 seconds.

400m: Vithya Ramraj (Tamil Nadu) 51.96 secs, Prachi (Uttar Pradesh) 52.57 secs. Poovamma MR (Karnataka) 52.78 secs.

1500m: Pooja (Haryana) 4:17.24 seconds, Lili Das (Uttarakhand) 4:18.32 seconds, Shanika Kahawalage (Sri Lanka) 4:27.22 seconds.

5,000m: Diana Wanza (Kenya) 15:16.11 secs, Bharti (Haryana) 15:46.45 secs, Santoshi S (Nepal) 17:31,75 secs.

100m hurdles: Charisma Taylor (Bahamas) 12.96 seconds, Yumi Tanaka (Japan) 13.04 seconds, Jyothi Yarraji (Andhra Pradesh) 13.24 seconds.

Long jump: Ancy Sojan (Kerala) 6.71m, Shaili Singh (Uttar Pradesh) 6.56m, Mubssina Mohammed (Lakshadweep) 6.31m.

High jump: Supriya (Karnataka) 1.75m, Manshi (Uttar Pradesh) 1.75m, Reet Rathore (Uttar Pradesh) 1.75m.

Discus throw: Andressa De Morais (Brazil) 58.66m, Samantha Hall (Jamaica) 58.43m, Subenrat Insaeng (Thailand) 58.33m. 4th Seema Kaliramana (Haryana) 57.44m.

Javelin throw: Jucilene Sales De Lima (Brazil) 59.13m, Dilhani Lekamge (Sri Lanka) 58.98m, Annu Rani (Uttar Pradesh) 56.96m.

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