Indian athletes claim five gold at U-20 Eurasian Athletics Championships

NEW DELHI: Indian athletes on Thursday won five gold and three silver medals at the Under-20 Eurasian Athletics Championships held in Almaty, Kazakhstan.

The U-20 national teams from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Iran, India and Tajikistan competed in the two-day athletics meet that concluded on Thursday.

On day one on Wednesday, Gurvinder Singh^[3] clocked 10.42 seconds in the boys' 100m to claim the gold while Vikrant Panchal^[4] took the top spot in the boys' 400m with a time of 47.90 seconds.

In the girls' 400m final, Florence Barla won the gold medal with a time of 54.73 seconds.
On Thursday, Sreekiran bagged the boys' 800m gold with a time of 1:54.62 while Rohit Yadav added the fifth gold medal to India's tally, finishing on top in the boys' javelin throw by clearing a distance of 74.55m.
The Indian team comprising Abdul Razak, Priscilla Daniel, Florence Barla, Vikrant Panchal also bagged the 4x400m mixed relay gold with a time of 3:30.58s.
The three silver medals were won by Abdul Razak (boys' 400m), Priscilla Daniel (girls' 800m) and Sahil Silwal (boys' javelin throw silver).
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References

1. ^{^} Indian athletes (timesofindia.indiatimes.com)
2. ^{^} Under-20 Eurasian Athletics Championships (timesofindia.indiatimes.com)
3. ^{^} Gurvinder Singh (timesofindia.indiatimes.com)
4. ^{^} Vikrant Panchal (timesofindia.indiatimes.com)
5. ^{^} Florence Barla (timesofindia.indiatimes.com)

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