The 2021 Federation Cup Senior Athletics Championships was the 24th edition of the national championship in outdoor

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for

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. It was held on 15–19 March at the

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. Three Indian national records were set at the competition. Kamalpreet Kaur won the women's

discus throw The discus throw (), also known as disc throw, is a track and field event in which an athlete throws a heavy disk (mathematics), disc—called a discus—in an attempt to mark a farther distance than their competitors. It is an classical antiqui ...

with a record 65.06 m – the first Indian woman to throw beyond 65 metres. M. Sreeshankar added six centimetres to his own national record to win the men's

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. In the women's

javelin throw The javelin throw is a track and field event where the javelin, a spear about in length, is thrown. The javelin thrower gains momentum by running within a predetermined area. Javelin throwing is an event of both the men's decathlon and the ...

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's winning mark of 63.24 m added almost a metre to her previous record.Federation Cup: Annu Rani betters own javelin national record, but misses Olympics mark
''First Post'' (2021-03-15). Retrieved 2021-04-02.

Results

Men

Women

References

;Results
24th National Federation Cup Senior Athletics Championships 2021
Indian Athletics. Retrieved 2021-04-02.

External links

Official website
of Indian Athletics {{2021 in athletics Indian Athletics Championships Indian Athletics Championships Sport in Punjab, India Patiala

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