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Omesh adjudged best athlete

HYDERABAD, MAY 15 Omesh of Southern Command was adjudged best athlete of the meet while Southern Command with a total of 216 points won the team championship in the army inter- command athletic championships which concluded at the Artillery Centre at Golconda here on Saturday. Central Command with 204 points was runner-up in the team championship while Western Command with 59 points was third.

Brigadier A.K. Jyoti, Commandant AOC Centre Secunderabad who was the chief guest gave away the prizes and declared the championship closed.

The results:

50 km walk: Bhagu Ram (CC) 4hr 46m 0.98s ; 2. Sanjay Kumar (CC); 3. Rama Radulu (SC). Pole vault: 1. Jaya Kumar (SC) 4.60m ; 2. Pratap Singh (CC); 3. Naveen Kumar (CC). 200 mts: 1. Jaison P.T. (SC) 22.24s ; 2. Binson Thomas (SC); 3. Gyan Prakash (CC). 800 mts: 1. Shiv Prasad (SC) 1m 55.17s; 2. Gopal Ram (CC); 3. V. Mathew (SC). Triple jump: 1. Sanjay Kumar (CC) 14.39m ; 2. Indra Singh (CC) ; 3 D.Venkaiah (SC). Javelin throw: 1 Ajit Singh (CC) 61.66m ; 2. Raj Kumar (CC) ; 2. Rama Krishna (SC). 100m: 1. Gulshan Ali (CC) 10.46s; 2. G.Babu (SC); 3. Paramjit Singh (EC). 3000m steeplechase: 1. Ranjit Kumar (SC) 9m 26.95s; 2. Jasbir Singh (CC); 3. Uday Kumar (SC). 4 x 400 m relay: 1. Central Command (3m 23.2s); 2. Southern Command; 3. Western Command. Overall team championship : 1. Southern Command (216 pts ) ; 2. Central Command (204 pts); 3. Western Command (59 pts).