Javelin throwers Jimmit Mehta of Children’s Academy (Malad) and Drishti Poojari of Sanjeevani World School (Dahisar) clinched gold medals in the Dreams Sports Mumbai School Sports Association (MSSA) inter-school annual athletics meet held at Priyadarshani Park, Nepean Sea Road, on Friday.
The boys U-16 event was a thriller as Himesh Paswan of SFIT Convent High School (Kandivli), in his last throw, matched Jimmit’s previous best effort of 43.12m, only for the latter to clinch top honours with a final throw of 44.01m. Vedansh Tripathi of Vasudev C Wadhwa Arya Vidya Mandir (Bandra) took bronze (39.29m).
In the girls U-16 event, Drishti bagged gold (22.50m), while Bhakti Gaykar of Thane Police School finished second (21.53m), and Hiral Sidhpura of Children’s Academy (Malad) took bronze (21.33m).
