The 5th Asian U18 Athletics Championship in Tashkent introduced us to new faces of the future track & field. Winners were determined in as many as 10 disciplines. Athletes identified who is the fastest, who is the strongest. During the first two days of championships, boys were competing in decathlon, but now it is for girls to show who is the best one in the heptathlon. On this day, they participated for four rounds, and each of them wanted to keep the leader position. Moreover, in the morning session the winner of the “hammer throw” discipline was identified. Mahdi Haft Cheshmeh from Iran with a result 68.64m won the gold medal. However, with a very close result as 67.66 m, Ali Alnaser from Kuwait got the silver medal. And the bronze went to Narpat Singh (67.26 m) from India
Triple jump, girls 1) Davronova Sharifa (UZB) -13.99 m 2) Wu Jialing (CHN) – 12.70 m 3) Yakimenko Elizaveta (KAZ) – 12.06 m Javelin throw, girls 1) Fang Yuting (CHN) – 51.23 m 2) Yoon Eunhwan(KOR) – 49.01 m 3) Hui Cyrene (HKG) – 47.86 m High jump, boys 1) Ismailov Devdavs (UZB) – 2.06 m 2) Rathnaweera Patabendige Nilupul Pehesara Thenuja (SRI) – 2.01 m 3) Kim Hyeonsik (KOR) – 2.01 m
Evening session was full of running disciplines, such as 400m hurdles, 800m and 3000m. The fastest girl in 400m hurdles was Koloda Anastasiya from Kazakhstan, while Yekaterina Koloda (KAZ) and Goyibnazarova Sabrina (UZB) shared second and third places, respectively. The fastest athletes of each country competed, to identify who is the fastest in Asia in the other two distances 3000m and 800m. For 3000m distance, the first boy who crossed the finish line was Aman Kumar, representative from India, with a result of 8:39.15 sec., while among the girls, the winner was Vanshika (10:15.16 sec) from Kazakhstan. However, 800m is a very intriguing distance, athletes have shown great and very close results. Our juniors have what to show for Worldwide Track & Field. This time, the fastest girls was Li Yaxuan (2:10.47) from China Only one day left until the last race of 5th Asian Youth Athletics Championship and closing ceremony. On the last day of competition there is a chance to see and enjoy the final rounds of heptathlon among the girls, discus throw, long jump, shot put, 200m race, medley relay and other disciplines.
