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Kerala continues its domination

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VIJAYAWADA: The Kerala athletes continued their domination on day two by erasing three meet records in the Reliance 23rd junior National athletic championship at Indira Gandhi Municipal Stadium here on Sunday.

Kerala u-18 hurdler K.V. Sajitha bettered G. Jena’s (Orissa) timing by clocking 1:04.24 seconds in the 400 metres, while Tintu Luka eclipsed West Bengal’s Jhuma Khatun record by clocking 2:09.92 seconds in the 800 metres event in the u-20 segment. Shejil Verghese added more lustre with his 52.51 seconds timing in the 400m hurdles event thus bettering P. Shankar’s (52.75s) endeavour at Shimoga in 2003.

Jithin Paul paid a heavy price for his lethargy in the 400m hurdles event as he cleared the hurdles in the last 80 meters in a more relaxed manner. He lost the opportunity of bettering Shejil Verghese’s record by just two seconds.

However, the most thrilling event of the day was the 4x100 relay in the u-20 boys’ segment in which Tamil Nadu’s Hemant Kirulkar emerged as the star performer. Kerala athletes were well in front till the first three legs but Hemant’s brilliant burst in the final leg spoiled Kerala’s party.

The results:

Boys:

Under-20: 200m: 1. Abdul Nazeeb Qureshi (AP) 22:28s, 2. Maninder Singh (Pun), 3. A. Prem Kumar (TN); 800m: 1. Prakash Varma (Del) 1:53.30s, 2. P. Trinadh (AP) 3. A.V. Aneesh (Ker); 400m hurdles: 1. Shejil Verghese (Ker) 52.51s (NMR), 2. T. Balamurugan (TN), 3. Sunil Kumar (Har); 10,000m walk: 1. Amrit Kumar (Pun) 48:40.34s, 2. K. Rabi Chandra (Man), 3. D. Singh (Man); 4x100m relay: 1. TN 42.64s, 2. Kerala, 3. A.P.; Javelin: Krishnan Tripathi (UP) 69.79m, 2. S. Singh (Raj), 3. Gurmeet Singh (Pun). Discus throw: 1. V. Kumar (Guj) 52.78m, 2. Naveen Kumar (Har), 3. Rahul (Har); Long jump: 1. Md. Ibrar (Man) 7.30m, 2. B. Singh (Har), 3. R.S. Bijill (TN); Pole vault: A.K. Yadav (UP) 4.20m, 2. S. Stephen (Ker), 3. K. Rajesh (TN).

Under-18: 800m: 1. Pankaj Dimri (Utt) 1:59.26s, 2. S. Mohindra (Del), 3. B. Kondalu (AP); 400m hurdles: 1. Jithin Paul (Ker) 53.16s, 2. S. Burh (Ori), 3. D. Mahanta (Ori); 10,000m walk: Neeraj Vats (Har) 47:08.04s, 2. D.R. Kanojia (Ukd), 3. V. Prakash (Utt); Triple jump: 1. Sandeep Oraon (Jhar) 14.16m, 2. R. Babu (Ker), 3. Raj Kumar (Har).

Girls:

Under-20: 200m: 1. A. Santhini (Ker) 25.36s, 2. Anchu (Ker), Asima Bag (WB); 800m: 1. Tintu Luka (Ker) 2:09.92s (NMR), 2. B. E. Indira (Kar), 3. Manpreet Kaur (Pun). 400m hurdles: 1. Sonia (Ker) 1:03.87s, 2. R. Ramya (TN), 3. Neeti (Bih); 3,000m: Reshma Dalvi (Mah) 10:46.82s, 2. V. Prabhavathi (AP), 3. R. Mala (TN).

10,000m walk: Kavita Dalal (Har) 58:35.51s, 2. Remya Rajan (Ker) 3. Rani Yadav (UP); 4x100m relay: 1. Kerala 48.33s, 2. Tamil Nadu, 3. WB; Hammer throw: 1. Manju Bala (Raj) 48.63m, 2. Meenakshi (Har), 3. Gunjan Singh (UP); Triple jump: 1. Mayookha (Ker) 12.87m, 2. R. Aruna (TN), 3. Annamma (Ker).