December 1: Woman javelin thrower Gurmeet Kaur set a national record to achieve the qualifying mark while woman shotputter Harbans Kaur returned a poor fare to be omitted from the athletic squad for the Bangkok Asian Games.In an exciting afternoon of trials to help marginal cases make the grade, three national records fell by the wayside.
Former Asian junior medallist Ramandeep Singh stunned the four-man field by setting a national record of 80.56m at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, improving upon the 77.30m which stood in the name of Daljeet Singh (Chennai - 1997).
Gurmeet Kaur improved her own national mark to 60.22m from 55.35m to surpass the target of 57m. Triple jumper Lekha Thomas also moved her own national mark of 13.26m to 13.39m, but fell short of qualifying (13.50 m). On a busy afternoon, AAFI also decided against selecting Railwayman Anil Mathew as pace-setter for seasoned Bahadur Prasad in the 1500m.
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