The renowned athlete from Kerala, Anse Sojan, shone on Sunday on the third day of the Khelo India Youth Games by winning two gold medals in the under-21 category of track and field events. At the same time, Sojan won the gold medal by jumping 6.36 meters in the women's under-21 long jump event. Prior to this, she finished the 100-meter race in 12.21 seconds and topped it.
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According to media reports, 18-year-old Sojan also made a meat record with his best performance in the long jump. Sheerin Abdul Gafoor of Tamil Nadu won the silver medal with a jump of 6.30 meters. Nuzrat Ali of Haryana won the gold medal by completing the 100 meters competition of the Under-21 in 10.77 seconds. At the same time, Jeevanji Deepti from Telangana and Rutika Saravanan from Tamil Nadu won gold and silver in the girls under-17 100 meters race respectively. Both took 12.26 seconds. Jeevandeep left Rutika behind for less than a second.
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Sadanand Kumar of Jharkhand won the gold in the boys under-17 100m race in 10.95 seconds, while Akash Singh of Maharashtra finished second in this event. At the same time, Ikram Ali of Madhya Pradesh won the gold medal in the discus throw event in the men's under-21 category. At the same time, he overtook Abhay Gupta of Haryana by throwing a wheel to a distance of 53.82 meters.
