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Navpreet, Shoba strike gold

SONGKHLA, JUNE 23. Navpreet Singh with a throw of 18.47 metres and J.J. Shoba with a leap of 6.50 metres won the men's shot put and women's long jump respectively in the first leg of third annual Asian Grand Prix Series here on Wednesday.

The Indian quartet in both the men's and women's 4 x 400 metres relay also struck gold, while P. Anil Kumar (men's 200m), P. Shankar (men's 400m), S. Geeta (women's 400m) and Neelam J. Singh (women's discus) took silver.

A total of around 160 athletes are taking part in the three meets of the Grand Prix series.

The remaining competitions will be held in Colombo on June 27 and in Manila on July 1.

It was originally planned to have four meets in the series as in the previous two years, but Hyderabad had to pull out due to unforeseen circumstances.

The results:

Men: 100m: 1. Yahya H.I. Habeeb (RSA) 10.41s, 2. Gennadiy Chemovol (Kaz), 3. Ekkachai Chanthana (Tha); 200m: 1. Yang Yao Zu (Chn) 21.10s, 2. P. Anil Kumar (Ind) 21.25, 3. Sitthichai Suwornpratheep (Tha); 400m: 1. Rohan Pradeep Kumara (SL) 45.83s, 2. P. Shankar (Ind) 47.32, 3. Khalid B.Salem (KSA); 1,500m: 1. Salah F.E. Fadallah (KSA), 2. Sajad Moradi (Irn), 3. Chaminda Wijekoon (SL); 4x100: 1. Thailand 39.55s, 2. India 39.91, 3. Saudi Arabia; 4x400: 1. India 3.03.15s, 2. Sri Lanka, 3. Thailand; Triple jump: 1. Gu Jun Jie (Chn) 16.54m, 2. Rasheed Al-Rumani (KSA), 3. Muhammad Hazoiuri (Syr); High jump: 1. Jean Claude Rabbath (Leb), 2.23m, 2. Yuriy Pakhiyayev (Kaz), 3, Cui Kai (Chn); Discus: 1. Abbas Saimimi (Irn), 64.17m, 2. Wu Tao (Chn), 3. Sultan M.M. Al-Dawodi (KSA) 58.98; Shot put: 1. Navpreet Singh (Ind) 18.47m, 2. Ahmad Gholourm (Kuw), 3. Sarayudh Pinitjit (Tha).

Women: 100m: 1. Lyubov Perepelova (Uzb) 11.25s, 2. Guzel Khubbieva (Uzb), 3. Juthamas Thavorncharoen (Tha); 200m: 1. Susanthika Jayasinghe (SL) 23.42s, 2. Guzel Khubbieva (Uzb), 3. Lyubov Perepelova (Uzb); 400m: 1. Svetlana Boritskaya (Kaz) 52.15s, 2. S. Geeta (Ind) 52.71, 3. Damayanthi Darsha (SL); 1,500m: 1. Tatiana Borisova (Kaz) 4.11.62s, 2. Syetlana Lukasheva (Kaz) 3. Buatip Boonprasert (Tha); 4x100: 1. Thailand 44.10s, 2. Japan, 3. China; 4x400: 1. India 3.29.53s, 2. Kazakhstan, 3. Thailand; 100m hurdles: 1. Feng Yun (Chn) 13.01s, 2. Su Yuping (Chn), 3. Trecia Roberts (Tha); Long jump: 1. J.J. Shoba (Ind) 6.50m, 2. Anastasia Juraleva (Uzb), 3. Yelena Kochsheyeva (Kaz); Discus: 1. Li Yan Feng (Chn) 64.34m, 2. Neelam J. Singh (Ind) 63.99, 3. Xu Shao Yang (Chn); Shot put: 1. Li Mei Ju (Chn) 18.47m, 2. Zhang Gui Rong (Sin), 3. Du Xian Hui (Sin). — AP