Deepika sets under-16 National mark
The Hindu
Kishore Jena wins unchallenged with four excellent throws
Haryana’s Deepika set a new national record in the girls’ under-16 section with an effort of 49.31 metres in the 3rd National javelin throw championship at the Nehru Stadium complex here on Sunday.
Deepika was never threatened in the race to the gold as she improved upon her previous best of 48.21m that came in February this year.
In August this year, at Sangrur, Deepika tossed the javelin in the under-20 section — where the weight of the javelin used is 600 gms as against 500 gms for those in the under-16 section — to a personal best of 49.28 metres.
Senior BJP leader and former Telangana Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan on Saturday (November 23, 2024) said the landslide victory of the Mahayuti alliance in the Maharashtra Assembly election was historic, and that it reflected people’s mindset across the country. She added that the DMK would be unseated from power in the 2026 Assembly election in Tamil Nadu and that the BJP would be the reason for it.