Of the 31 Indian athletes that participated in the Athletics Under-20 World Championships in Tampere, Finland, Hima Das was the only medallist as she became the fourth person to win gold for India at the competition.
Das, 18, was also the first ever track medallist for India at any global meet and the second U-20 gold winner after Neeraj Chopra, who had triumphed in the javelin throw event in 2016. India finished 18th in the overall standings, with one gold to its name.
Shot-putter Ashish Bhalothia was the only one in the 31-strong contingent who bettered his personal best, while Sahil Silwal and Kamalraj Kanagaraj bagged the fourth and fifth places respectively in the javelin throw and triple jump finals.
The women’s 4X400 metres relay team also set a new Under-20 national record, clocking a time of 3:39.10 seconds, bettering the old one set in 2002. Most Indian athletes didn’t get close to their personal or seasonal bests, finishing way off their own marks.
Ankit in the men’s 1,500 metres, M Karuniya in the women’s discus throw, Arshdeep Singh in the men’s javelin throw, Beant Singh in the men’s 1,500 metres and Damneet Singh in the men’s hammer throw showed a sizeable deviation from their bests.
Women's 400m
Name | Performance | Standing | Personal best/Season best |
Hima Das | 52.25s (heat 4), 52.10s (semis), 51.46s (Final) | Won India's first gold in track events | 51.13/51.13 |
Jisna Mathews | 54.32 (heat 5), 53.86 (semis) | Finished 13th overall | 52.65/53.26 |
Women's 4x400m relay
Name | Performance | Standing | PB/SB |
India (Hima Das, Jisna Mathews, V Subha, Ritika) | 3:39.10 (National Record) | finished 12th overall | 3:40.50/3:41.11 |
Men's 4X400m relay
Name | Performance | Standing | PB/SB |
India (Rajesh Ramesh, Devender Kumar, Stanley Cibbinkumar, Ayush Dabas) | 3:14.19 | Finished 16th | 3:08.89/3:12.90 |
Men's 4X100m relay
Name | Performance | Standing | PB/SB |
India (Prajwal Mandanna, Akash Kumar, Balakumar Nithin, P.S.Saneesh) | 41.11 | Finished 17th | 40.56/40.75 |
Women's Triple Jump
Name | Performance | Standing | PB/SB |
Priyadarshini Suresh | 12.50m | finishes 20th | 13.07/13.07 |
Women's Discus Throw
Name | Performance | Standing | PB/SB |
Arpandeep Kaur | 48.17m | finished 21st | 49.56m/49.56m |
M Karuniya | 43.96m | finished 26th | 48.58m/48.58m |
Women's 100m hurdles
Name | Performance | Standing | PB/SB |
Sapna Kumari | 14.15s | finished 5th in heat and 32nd overall | 13.61s/13.61s |
Women's 1500m
Name | Performance | Standing | PB/SB |
Durga Deore | DNF | DNF | 4:23.15/4:23.15 |
Men's 1500m
Name | Performance | Standing | PB/SB |
Ankit | 4:05.15 | Finished 36th | 3:47.09/3:47.09 |
Men's 10,000m
Name | Performance | Standing | PB/SB |
Kartik Kumar | 30:30.28 | Finished 12th | 30:05.30/30:05.30 |
Men's Long Jump
Name | Performance | Standing | PB/SB |
Sreeshankar Murali | 7.68 (Qualification), 7.75 (Final) | Finished 6th | 7.99/7.99 |
Lokesh Sathyanathan | 7.31 (Qualification) | Finished 17th | 7.74/7.74 |
Men's Shot Put (6 kg)
Name | Performance | Standing | PB/SB |
Ashish Bhalothia | 18.62 (PB) | Finished 14th | 18.53/18.53 |
Men's 400m
Name | Performance | Standing | PB/SB |
Gaurav | 48.61 | Finished 42nd | 46.93/46.93 |
Men's Hammer Throw
Name | Performance | Standing | PB/SB |
Ashish Jakhar | 70.52 (Qualification), 74.59 (Finals) | Finished 6th | 76.86/76.86 |
Damneet Singh | 67.48 (Qualification) | Finished 15th | 74.08/74.08 |
Men's 800m
Name | Performance | Standing | PB/SB |
Beant Singh | 1:49.66 | Finished 15th | 1:46.92 |
Men's Triple Jump
Name | Performance | Standing | PB/SB |
Kangaraj Kamalraj | 15.98 (Qualification), 15.82 (Final) | Finished 5th | 16.41/15.96 |
Men's Javelin Throw
Name | Performance | Standing | PB/SB |
Sahil Silwal | 73.22 (Qualification), 72.83 (Final) | Finished 4th | 74.88/74.88 |
Arshdeep Singh | 63.05 | Finished 23rd | 71.47/71.47 |