Basant Kumar Meghwal creates history with silver medal at World Athletics U20 Championships

Basant Kumar Meghwal (Picture: X/@afiindia)

Indian excessive jumper Basant Kumar Meghwal created historical past by profitable the silver medal within the males’s excessive bounce on the World Athletics U20 Championships in Eugene, Oregon, on Saturday. The 19-year-old from Anupgarh in Rajasthan’s Sri Ganganagar district produced a lifetime-best effort of two.21m to safe India’s second medal of the championships and grow to be the nation’s first excessive jumper to win a medal on the World Athletics U20 Championships.

Meghwal clears 2.21m for historic medal

Meghwal was concerned in a intently fought battle for the rostrum, with all three medalists managing to clear 2.21m however failing to transcend 2.24m. With not one of the athletes in a position to clear 2.24m in three makes an attempt, the medals had been determined by means of a countback based mostly on their makes an attempt on the earlier peak.Algeria’s Younes Ayachi took the gold after clearing 2.21m on his first try. Meghwal secured silver by clearing the identical peak on his second try, whereas Nice Britain’s Otis Poole needed to accept bronze after taking three makes an attempt to clear 2.21m.

Private greatest caps spectacular season

The silver medal caps a powerful season for Meghwal, who continues to make speedy progress on the worldwide stage. His 2.21m clearance was a brand new lifetime private greatest, including one other main achievement to his season after he received gold on the Asian U20 Athletics Championships earlier this 12 months. The efficiency in Eugene additionally underlined his potential as certainly one of India’s promising younger excessive jumpers.

India take medal tally to 2

Meghwal’s historic silver took India’s medal tally on the World Athletics U20 Championships to 2. Earlier within the competitors, Ashish Yadav opened India’s account by profitable a silver medal within the males’s javelin throw on the third day of the championships.