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A rich haul for Indians

BANGKOK: Running without the injured Manjeet Kaur, the Indian women’s 4x400m relay team clocked a creditable 3:32.55 while winning the event in the opening leg of the Asian Grand Prix series at the Thammasat University Stadium here on Monday.

This was India’s best time in two years in a designated meet for Olympic qualifying purposes, though this timing in itself will not ensure it a place in the top 16 of the world in order to make the ‘cut’. It will need two better timings or at least one in the next two meets if it has to nurse hopes of making it to Beijing.

The bad news for the Indian team was Germany pushed itself into the top-16 list on Sunday with its sixth-place finish in the European Cup in Annecy, France, with a timing of 3:27.31 that pushed China down to the 17th and India 19th in current rankings.

Incidentally, China finished behind the Indian quartet of Satti Geetha, Mandeep Kaur, M. R. Poovamma and Chitra Soman in 3:35.76.

Seven gold medals

India had a rich haul of medals, seven gold, six silver and six bronze. Long jumper Anju George, battling winds, managed just two legal jumps, her first (6.40) and last (6.41) committing four fouls in between.

The results: Men: 100m: ‘A’: Liang Jiahong (Chn) 10.56, 2. Ali Sooli Abdullah (Omn) 10.60,3. Amir Piyaho (Iri) 10.60; ‘B’ race: Suryo Agung Wibowo (Ina) 10.42, 2. Xing Yanah (Chn) 10.43, 3. Ranpati Dewage Umanga (Sri) 10.55, 4. Shameer Mon (Ind) 10.62. 400m: 1. Prasanna Amarasekara (Sri) 46.89, 2. Rohita Pushpakumara (Sri) 47.19, 3. K. M. Binu (Ind) 47.31. 1500m: 1. Sandeep Karan Singh (Ind) 3:51.32, 2. Naresh Yadav (Ind) 3:51.61, 3. Yu Zhiyang (Chn) 3:57.10. 3000m: 1. Kashinath Aswale (Ind) 8:09.97, 2. Ajay Kumar Patel (Ind) 8:09.97, 3. Julius Semona (Phi) 8:28.43. 110m hurdles: 1. Yin Jing (Chn) 13.70, 2. Xie Wenjun (Chn) 13.91, 3. Wan Sofian Rayzam Shah (Mas) 13.95. High jump: 1. Wang Chen (Chn) 2.19, 2. Hari Sankar Roy (Ind) 2.16, 3. Suchart Dinghaklang (Tha) 2.13; eq. 4. Benedict Starli (Ind) 2.09. Triple jump: 1. Roman Valiyev (Kaz) 16.93, 2. Renjith Maheswary (Ind) 16.53, 3. Yevgeniy Ektov (Kaz) 16.50, 4. Amarjeet Singh (Ind) 16.49. Shot put: 1. Satyendra Kumar Singh (Ind) 18.42, 2. Grigoriy Kamulya (Uzb) 18.22, 3. Om Prakash (Ind) 17.77. Javelin: 1. Qin Qiang (Chn) 76.98, 2. Mahdi Ravaei (Iri) 72.70, 3. Kashinath Naik (Ind) 72.66, 6. Anil Singh (Ind) 67.92. 4x100m relay: 1. China 39.76, 2. Oman 40.05, 3. India 40.13. 4x400m: 1. India 3:07.28, 2. Sri Lanka 3:10.91, 3. Thailand 3:13.54.

Women: 100m: ‘A’ race: 1. Guzel Khubbieva (Uzb) 11.44, 2. Chen Jie (Chn) 11.81, 3. H. M. Jyothi (Ind) 12.09, 5. Mandeep Kaur (Ind) 12.27; ‘B’ race: Vu Thi Huong (Vie) 11.54, 2. Sanrat Nongnuch (Tha) 11.71, 3. Jintara Seangdee (Tha) 11.73. 400m: 1. Mandeep Kaur (Ind) 51.94, 2. Marina Maslenko (Kaz) 52.43, 3. Chandrika Subashini Rasnayake (Sri) 53.99. 1500m: 1. Truong Thanh Hang (Vie) 4:14.55, 2. O. P. Jaisha (Ind) 4:16.97, 3. Svetlana Lukasheva (Kaz) 4:17.82, 5. Priyanka Singh Patel (Ind) 4:26.06. High jump: 1. Anna Ustinova (Kaz) 1.91, 2. Yeketerina Yevseyeva (Kaz) 1.91, 3. Bui Thi Nhung (Vie) 1.89, eq. 4. Sahana Kumari (Ind) 1.83. Long jump: 1. Anju B. George (Ind) 6.41, 2. Dinara Relayeva (Kaz) 6.35, 3. Zhang Lan (Chn) 6.29, 6. M. A. Prajusha (Ind) 6.04. Triple jump: Irina Litvenko (Kaz) 14.33, 2. Xiu Tingting (Chn) 13.94, 3. Yelena Parfyonova (Kaz) 13.85; 7. Mayookha Johny (Ind) 11.46. Shot put: 1. Li Ling (Chn) 18.86, 2. Zhang Guirong (Sin) 16.80, 3. Iolanta Ulyeva (Kaz) 16.36. Discus: 1. Li Yanfeng (Chn) 61.38, 2. Harwant Kaur (Ind) 60.78, 3. Sun Taifeng (Chn) 59.37; 4. Seema Antil (Ind) 58.13, 5. Krishna Poonia (Ind) 57.57. 4x100m relay: 1. Thailand 44.48, 2. China 44.53, 3. India 46.06. 4x400m relay: 1. India 3:32.55, 2. China 3:35.76, 3. Thailand 3:40.14.