Inderjeet Singh clinched his seventh gold of the year at the National Senior Athletics Championships in Chennai with a throw of 20.44m. Adding to that, the 26-year-old also created a new national meet record courtesy that effort.
After winning many silver and bronze medals, MR Poovamma finally got her hand on the gold, finishing with a timing of 52.78 seconds in the 400m race. Rajiv Arokia, who won a gold in second leg of the Asian Grand Prix Games, also finished on top-of-the-podium in the Men’s 400m while in the only team event,(4x400m relay), Kerala won the gold.
Here's a round-up of results
Men
No. | Name | Time(sec) |
1. | Dharambir Singh | 10.51 |
2. | Amiya Kumar | 10.58 |
3. | Vikas Gulia | 10.65 |
400m
No. | Name | Time(sec) |
1. | Rajiv Arokia | 45.72 |
2. | A Dharun | 46.87 |
3. | Jibin Sebastian | 47.32 |
110m Hurdles
No. | Name | Time(sec) |
1. | Prem Kumar | 14.92 |
2. | Pinto Mathew | 14.43 |
3. | J Thiyagarajan | 15.11 |
1500m
No. | Name | Time |
1. | Ajay Kumar Saroj | 3:50.18 |
2. | Jinson Johnson | 3:50.56 |
3. | Ravinder Singh Rautela | 3:51.43 |
10000m
No. | Name | Time |
1. | Lakshmannan | 29:50.21 |
2. | T.Gopi | 29:57.36 |
3. | Kheta Ram | 30:30.50. |
Long Jump
No. | Name | Distance |
1. | Prem Kumar | 7.91m |
2. | Ankit Sharma | 7.71m |
3. | Samsheer | 7.55m |
Hammer Throw
No. | Name | Distance |
1. | Neeraj Kumar | 65.23m |
2. | Sukhdev Singh | 62.06m |
3. | J A Nisar | 59.95m |
Shot Put
No. | Name | Distance |
1. | Inderjeet Singh | 20.44m |
2. | Om Prakash | 17.93m |
3. | Shakti Singh | 17.53m |
Women
100m
No | Name | Time(sec) |
1. | H M Jyoti | 11.87 |
2. | Merlin Joseph | 12.08 |
3. | Dutee Chand | 12.10 |
400m
No. | Name | Time(sec) |
1. | MR Poovamma | 52.78 |
2. | Jisna Matthew | 53.51 |
3. | Debashree Majumdar | 53.68 |
1500m
No. | Name | Time |
1. | Sushma Devi | 4:22.05 |
2. | P U Chitra | 4:25.78 |
3. | Kiranjit Kaur | 4:26.88 |
Discus Throw
No. | Name | Distance |
1. | Navjeet Kaur | 53.26m |
2. | Paarmila | 50.49m |
3. | Baljeet Kaur | 47.07m |
Edited by Staff Editor