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New records by Sasikala, Shabeen Rahman

TIRUCHI NOV. 27. M. Sasikala and F. Shabeeb Rahman, both of Jamal Mohamed College (JMC), recorded new distances in the hammer throw (women) and shot put (men) events respectively at the 22nd Bharathidasan University inter-collegiate athletic meet which commenced at the Anna Stadium here on Thursday.

Sasikala heaved the hammer to a new distance of 40.92 metres erasing her own previous record of 38.05 m. Shabeeb Rahman heaved the iron ball to 15.32 metres to eclipse his own record of 13.84 metres set in 2001.

S. Shanthi of JJ College of Arts and Science, Namanasamudram, clocked a new time of 16.1sec in the 100m hurdles, sinking the old record of 16.7 set by Nalini. Shabeeb Ahmed won gold medals in discus throw and hammer throw too.

The results:

Men: 200m: 1. A. Mohamed Nazeer (JJ College), 2. B. Rajesh Prosmathi (St. Joseph's College), 3. P. Mohanraj (St. Joseph's) 22.72 secs.

800m: 1. T. Rajasekaran (Government Arts, Musiri), 2. J. Tamaraiselvan (JMC), 3. R. Charlas (EVR) 2:01.6s.

Half marathon: 1. P. Gnanasekaran (H.H. Rajah's College, Pudukottai), 2. V. Rajkumar (St. Joseph's), 3. S. Shanmugam (H.H. Rajah's College, Pudukottai) 1:20:08.0s.

Triple jump: 1. M. Joshua Antony (Bishop Heber), 2. S. Vincent Vimalraj (St. Joseph's), 3. T. Saravanan (JMC) 14.31m. Shot put: 1. F. Shabeeb Rahman (JMC), 2. K. Karthik (Urumu Dhanalkshmi College), C. Prabhakaran (St. Joseph's) 15.32m (NR). Discus throw: 1. F. Shabeeb Rahman (JMC), 2. K. Karthik (Urumu Dhanalkshmi), 3. N. Rajaservai (JMC) 39.66m. Hammer throw: 1. F. Shabeeb Rahman (JMC), 2. V. Mahendran (JMC), 3. K. Karthik (Urumu Dhanalkshmi) 34.84m.

Women: 200m: 1. R. Elavarasi (DGAC, Mayiladuthurai), 2. R. Anchana (Urumu Dhanalakshmi), 3. A. Parveen (AVC College, Mayiladuthurai) 27.1s. 100m hurdles: 1. S. Shanthi (JJ College), 2. M. Sasikala (JMC), 3. V. Abirami (DGAC, Mayiladuthurai) 16.1s (NR). 800m: 1. R. Anchana (Urumu Dhanalakshmi), 2. S. Ramya (JJ College), 3. R. Subathra (Kundavai Nachiar Government Arts, Thanjavur) 2:29.5s. 5,000m walk: 1. C. Rama (GAC, Kumbakonam), 2. A. Kulanthai Theresa (Urumu Dhanalakshmi), 3. M. Alageswari (GAC, Kumbakonam) 36:34.8s. Hammer throw: 1. M. Sasikala (JMC), 2. K. Priya (EVR), 3. K. Nagajothi (H.H. Rajah's College,Pudukottai) 40.92m (NR). Discus throw: 1. N. Malathi (GAC, Karur), 2. I. Abirami (ARCV, Mayiladuthurai), 3. R. Megala (Holy Cross) 27.47m.

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