Sanjay Kumar of Haryana in the boys’ 10000 metres walk and Aakriti of Punjab in the girls’ 5000 metre walk clinched gold in the National youth athletics championships at the Gachibowli stadium on Saturday. In the evening, Gurindervir Singh took down the national record in the boys’ 100m final clocking 10.74 seconds. Gurindervir equalled the record of Huang Yonglian, winner in the Chinese youth nationals that ended in Nanchang on Thursday. Gurindervir Singh 10.74s (NR, Pun) 2. Gayatri Panwar 38.28m (Pun); 100m: 1.

Source: The Hindu April 22, 2017 16:30 UTC