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Amit Ray sets new meet record in 200m

NEW DELHI: Amit Ray set a new meet record in the men's 200m sprint, winning the race in 21.4 seconds in the 65th Delhi State annual athletics championship at the Nehru Stadium here on Friday. Ray bettered Surender Singh's (21.5s) mark by 0.1 second.

In the girl's under-20 category, Mukesh Beniwal set a new meet record by over one metre. Mukesh achieved a distance of 12.31 metres, albeit through a newly introduced lesser weight iron ball, besting Monica Joon's (11.05m) record.

The results: Men: 200m: 1. Amit Ray 21.4s NMR (old 21.5), 2. Arun Goel 21.9, 3. Ashok Kumar 22.7. 1,500m: 1. Arun Kumar 4:05.4, 2. Devinder Kumar 4:06.8, 3. Brijesh Singh 4:10.0.

Long jump: 1. Anil Sharma 6.57m, 2. Vinod 6.56, 3. Sandeep 6.44. High jump: 1. Sarabjeet Singh 1.90m, 2. Lalit Kumar 1.85.

Boys: Under-20: 200m: 1. Rajesh 22.5s, 2. Manander Singh 22.9, 3. Manoj Kumar 23.3. 1,500m: 1. Sunny Roshan 4:18.1, 2. Naveen 4:20.0, 3. Amit Bhati 4:20.1.

Long jump: 1. Rinku Singh 6.68m, 2. Vijay Kumar 6.40, 3. Binod 6.21. High jump: 1. Mohan Lal 1.65m, 2. Ankit Gaba 1.60, 3. Kabir Tomar 1.55.

Under-18: 200m: 1. Harbir Singh 22.4s, 2. Sandeep 22.7, 3. Deepak Choudhary 23.2. 1,500m: 1. Ravinder Kumar 3:56.4, 2. Sanjeev 4:11.6, 3. Surinder 4:18.9.

Long jump: 1. Pradeep Bhati 6.75m, 2. Ankit Gaba 6.41, 3. Sharushan 6.30. Shot put: 1. Ashwani Solanki 16.79m, 2. Shiv Kumar 16.70, 3. Kashish 14.84. Javelin: 1. Rohit 60.89m, 2. Ramesh 56.10, 3. Arun Kumar 50.43.

Under-16: 2,000m: 1. Rohit 6:02.8, 2. Sahil 6:08.2, 3. Amar Kaushik 6:11.9.

Long jump: 1. Rinku Kumar 6.27m, 2. Pardeep 5.95, 3. Naresh 5.83. High jump: 1. Sachin 1.70m, 2. Rinku Kumar 1.63, 3. Sandeep 1.55. Shot put: 1. Sanjeev Rathi 15.30m, Naveen Rathi 13.40, 3. Ajay Pal Singh 13.07.

Women: 1,500m: 1. Sushma 4:56.4, 2. Reena 5:09.1, 3. Sunita 5:09.7. High jump: 1. Amrita Bist 1.56m, 2. Meenakshi 1.20, 3. Deepati 1.20.

Girls: Under-20: 1,500m: 1. Jyoti 5:25.6, 2. Bhavan 6:27.9, 3. Lalitha 7:25.6. 200m: 1. Nidhi Mathur 26.0s, 2. Ritu 26.4, 3. Sonam Sood 28.0. Shot put: 1. Mukesh Beniwal 12.31m NMR (old 11.05), 2. Puneeta 9.00, 3. Charvi Mehta 8.42.

Hammer: 1. Richa Malhotra 32.52m, 2. Savita Singh 23.28, 3. Savita Aggarwal 17.53.

Under-18: 1,500m: 1. Khatoon Banu 5:39.3, 2. Seema 5:50.0, 3. Vedika Prasad 6:24.0. 200m: 1. Priyanka Pawar 26.1s, 2. Prachi Roy 27.3, 3. Sanjana 29.0.

High jump: 1. Tanya Sharma 1.23m, 2. Prachi Goyal 1.15, 3. Mukta Satya 1.10. Shot put: 1. Priyanka Bhanot 11.12m, 2. Nikitamatoo 8.63, 3. Monika Verma 7.85. Hammer: 1. Kanika 38.22m, 2. Sheetu Suri 19.46, 3. Babita 13.50.

Under-16: 2,000m: 1. Anu Yadav 7:33.4, 2. Priyanka Priyadarshini 8:26.2, 3. Rhea Shroa 8:26.6. Discus: 1. Ankita Julka 37.55m, 2. Anu Chaudhary 22.42, 3. Shivika Suri 21.90. Javelin: 1. Diksha 21.88m, 2. Prerna Singh 17.21, 3. Jayati Varma 16.33.

Chopra, Bhanot re-elected

Raj Chopra and Lalit Bhanot were re-elected unanimously as President and Secretary respectively of the Delhi Olympic Association (DOA) at its annual general meeting here on Friday.

The other office-bearers: Kuldeep Vats (Senior Vice President), K. D. Gautam, Raj Kumar Richie, Sat Pal, Jas Ram and Krishna Kumar (vice presidents); Mrs Sudershan Pathak (Treasurer); Harish Sharma (Sr. Joint Secretary); Sunny Joshua, Hukam Singh, Raj Kumar, Naresh Sharma, H. S. Bedi and Suresh Sharma (joint secretaries).

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