32nd East Zone Jr Athletics ChampionshipsManipur earn two gold to end campaign with 12 medals
Source: The Sangai Express

Imphal, December 29 2020: Manipur athletic team ended the year on a positive note managing 12 medals including two gold medals at the 32nd East Zone Junior Athletics Championships held at Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium, Guwahati since yesterday till today.

In the last day of the zonal event which was held after a long halt of sporting event in the country for nearly 9 months due COVID-19 outbreak, State athletes secured 2 gold, 3 silver and 2 bronze medals to wind up the championship with a haul of 2 gold, 6 silver and 4 bronze medals.

Ningthoukhongjam William and Shidhu Bhusan were the athletes who bagged the gold medals for the State today in their U-20 boys events.

William earned the top honour in the 10 km walking race with a time of 47:42 while Shidhu Bhusan grabbed the other gold with the best finish of 22.60 seconds in the 200 m race.

Huidrom Bhumeshwori gifted Manipur a silver medal today in the U-18 girls 800 m race with a time of 2 minutes 24.46 seconds as Khumanthem Sunil Singh finished second in the U-20 boys 400 m hurdle race to earn the other silver medal for the State.

The third silver medal came with Nongmaithem Ashamitra Devi finishing second in the U-14 girls high jump with her 1.25 m jump.

She also bagged a bronze medal in the long jump event with a leap of 3.63 m .

The other bronze medal of the day was earned by Leishembi Mutum in the U-16 girls shot put event with a throw of 7.83 m.Earlier yesterday, Md Aslam Khan won a silver medal in the U-16 boys long jump event with a leap of 6.18 m as Athokpam Anjita won a bronze medal in the U-16 girls' long jump event with 4.45 m leap.

Rajkumar Dayananda Meitei won a bronze in the U-18 boys' 400 m race with a time of 53.90 seconds as Sidhu Bhusan in the U-20 boys' 100 m race taking 11.30 seconds while to win a silver medal.

Khumanthem Anjana Devi also added another silver medal to the State's tally by taking 21 minutes and 40.30 seconds in the 5000 m race for U-20 girls.

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