Haryana’s Ashish Jakhar set a national record in boys hammer throw on the second day of the National Youth Athletics Championships here on Friday. Ashish won the gold with a 72.04 metre effort, erasing the mark of 70.35 set by Haryana’s Sukhdev Singh in 2009. Only Chinese thrower Xu Wenjie (72.35) is having a better mark this season. Tamil Nadu boy Rajesh bettered his state-mate Vivekanandan’s national record in decathlon as he...
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