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Sunil Kumar wins decathlon gold at Asian U20 Athletics Championship

Category : Sports
Published on: June 12 2023 Share on facebook

  • India’s Sunil Kumar scored 7003 points and clinched gold in men’s decathlon at the Asian U20 Athletics Championships in Yecheon, South Korea.
  • Uzbekistan's Nodir Norbaev (6956 points) and Makhmudov Samandar (6840) won the silver and bronze respectively.
  • His previous best of 6855 points was achieved during the Federation Cup Junior National Championships in April.
  • Sunil won 100m hurdles, discus throw and javelin throw to make up for the below par show in the other events and secure the gold medal in the gruelling discipline competed over two days.
  • Decathlon comprises 100m, long jump, shot put, high jump, 400m, 110m hurdles, discus throw, pole vault, javelin throw and 1500m.
  • Apart from Sunil’s heroics, Pooja clinched women’s high jump silver after finishing with a 1.82m jump while Bushra Khan, secured silver in women’s 3000m race. 
  • In the women’s 4x100m relay, India secured bronze with a time of 45.36s.
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