Sunil Kumar wins decathlon gold at Asian U-20 Athletics Championship | More sports News – Times of India
NEW DELHI: Overcoming a major setback before even starting his events, Sunil Kumar displayed remarkable resilience by clinching the decathlon gold medal at the Asian U-20 Athletics Championship in Yecheon, South Korea on Tuesday.
Despite facing obstacles when both South Korean airlines and Air India prevented him from carrying his pole vault due to “technical issues” related to its five-meter length, Sunil persevered.
Undeterred by the absence of his own pole vault, Sunil borrowed one provided by the event organisers and delivered an outstanding performance. With a personal best tally of 7003 points, he emerged victorious in the 10-event competition on the penultimate day of the championship.
Despite facing obstacles when both South Korean airlines and Air India prevented him from carrying his pole vault due to “technical issues” related to its five-meter length, Sunil persevered.
Undeterred by the absence of his own pole vault, Sunil borrowed one provided by the event organisers and delivered an outstanding performance. With a personal best tally of 7003 points, he emerged victorious in the 10-event competition on the penultimate day of the championship.
The Athletics Federation of India had requested the organisers to provide Sunil with a pole as he finished fourth in the event.
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.
In women’s high jump, Pooja won a silver after clearing 1.82m. Bushra Khan added another silver in the women’s 3000m race, clocking 9:41.47s.
The Indian women’s 4x100m relay team took bronze with a time of 45.36s.
On the opening day on Sunday, fast-rising Rezoana Mallick Heena and Bharatpreet Singh clinched a gold medal each in women’s 400m and men’s discus throw respectively
Shot putter Siddharth Choudhary added another gold on Monday with a personal best throw of 19.52m.
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