Tanya, Mansi create new records in 37th AFI National Junior Athletics Championships

Our Sports Reporter

GUWAHATI: Tanya Chaudhary from Uttar Pradesh and Mansi Negi of Uttarakhand forced the attention to be shifted to the under-20 athletes with National Record performances in the 37th AFI National Junior Athletics Championships held at the SAI Regional Centre here today. Tanya participated in women's Hammer Throw and Mansi took part in 10000m Race Walk.

Tanya Chaudhary improved her own U20 National records from 57.04, set in Nadiad earlier this year to 58.30m today. She first broke the meet mark of 50.74m set by Anisha Dahiya in Mangalagiri in 2019 on her second visit to the circle with a 52.21m effort. She followed that up with her maiden throw past the 58m mark.

In the women's U20 10000m Race Walk, Mansi Negi clocked 47 minutes 30.94 seconds to take ownership of the U20 National and Meet records. Munita Prajapati had pegged both records at 47:53.58 at the Sarusajai Stadium here last year. In fact, Haryana's Rachana (49:14.88) and Maharashtra's Sejal Anil Singh (49:29.31) also went past the earlier mark.

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