<p>Vadodara (Gujarat) [India], July 24 (ANI): Indian shot-putter Dhanvir Singh bagged a gold medal in the ongoing 15th National Youth Athletics Championship here on Monday.</p><p>Dhanvir threw 19.69 metre in the fifth attempt to break the earlier meet record of 19.34 metre set by Navtejdeep Singh in 2011.</p><p>While Adish Ghildiyal of Uttarakhand won the silver medal with a throw of 18.23 metre, Aniket Kala from the same state took the bronze medal with a best effort of 17.98 metre in the event.</p><p>In women's 400m hurdle race, Vishnu Priya won the gold medal by finishing with a season-best time of 1:02.5 seconds. She broke the earlier meet record of 1:02.58 seconds set by PO Sanya in Bambolim in 2015.</p><p>Athlete K. Prajna of Karnataka, who won the silver medal, finished the race in 1:05.08 seconds trailing nearly three seconds behind Priya.</p><p>The bronze medal was grabbed by Jyoshna Sabar of Odisha who clocked 1:05.82 seconds.</p><p>In women's 200 metre race, Kerala's Ancy Sojan won the gold with a finish of 24.91 seconds.</p><p>While the silver medal in the competition went to Kirti Bhoit, the bronze medal was won by Giridharani of Tamil Nadu.</p><p>Meanwhile, Dhanvir Singh and the winner of Women's 100-metre hurdle race, Aparna Roy, were declared the 'Best Athletes' of the championship. (ANI)</p><br/><center><em><p>This story has not been edited. It has been published as provided by ANI</p></em></center>
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