India's best Performance at Junior World Athletic Championship.

This is by far the best Athletic meet India has ever seen in its 75 years of Independence. Although this is a Junior meet many have given their best performances and would be looking to progress to Paris Olympics. 

This is the best Athletics meet in terms of medals too winning 2 silver and 1 bronze. Along with this, there were 3 4th place finishes which were so close to yielding India a medal. Looking at these stats the best junior athletic meet ever.

1. Shaili Singh.

She is being considered as the next Anju Bobby George of India. Coming from a poor background she won the silver medal in Long Jump with a distance of 6.59m just 1cm short of a gold medal. She was considered a medal prospect when she broke the Junior national record at Inter-State Championship held in Patiala. She trains in Bengaluru under the guidance of George who was the coach of Anju too.

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2. Amit Khatri

To be honest no one expected a medal in this event but should be considered the best among the 3 medals India got. Amit Khatri's coach needs to be given equal credits. When the venue for the Junior Athletic meet was announced to be held in Nairobi which is at high altitude Amit's coach took him to Nainital which is also at a higher altitude. This helped him to perform better in Nairobi which had a similar condition. This is the 1st medal in any walking events for India at any age group.

3.4*400m mixed relay.

This event gave India a bright start from Day 1 itself. It was the 1st time mixed relay was introduced at the Junior meet. Indian Athletics coach had guaranteed before the meet itself that the Indian team would finish at the podium. His words were made true winning the bronze. Priya Mohan in particular had an excellent meet finishing 4th at 400m. This girl is the one to look out for in future.

Notable Performances.

Donald M finished 4th in triple Jump. He was just 3cm from winning a medal but it was his PB that satisfies us that he has put up his best show possible.

Overall the Junior Athletic Championship should be considered a grand success and these athletes need to be trained well to put on a good show at Paris Olympics.