Two UP athletes setjr national records

Kanpur: Anurag Singh Kaler of Sambhal and Munita Prajapati of Varanasi set a new national record in the 36th National Junior Athletics Championship-2021 which concluded at Sarusajai Sports Complex in Guwahati (Assam ) on Wednesday.

Anurag Singh set a new record in the under-16 boys' shot put event when he hurled the iron ball 20.16 metres to break the old record of 18.06 meters set by Adish Ghildiyal of Uttarakhand in 2017.

Munita Prajapati displayed her stamina in the 10,000 meter race of the under-20 group.

She clocked 47:53.58s and improved the old record by almost one minute. The old record was set by UP’s Priyanka Goswami at Vijaywada meet in 2014. She had recorded a time of 49:16.51s.


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