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Anoop emerges fastest boy of the meet

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Manisha, Gayathry Govindharaj steal the show; Kerala continues gold hunt

— PHOTO: M.A. SRIRAM

UNSTOPPABLE: Kerala’s P.K. Anoop is all smiles after winning the boys’ under-20 100m race at the junior National athletic championship in Mysore on Friday.

MYSORE: Two Tamil Nadu girls — T. Manisha in the under-16 and Gayathry Govindharaj — hogged the limelight towards the closing moments of the third day of the junior National athletic championship.

The Chamundi Vihar stadium here for the second day in succession was engulfed in darkness, when the events dragged on on a day when Kerala’s P.K. Anoop emerged the ‘fastest boy’ of the meet.

Orissa’s Ranjita Mahant with a 12.28 second effort in the 100 metres for girls’ under-16 was the fastest amongst the girls as Srabani Nanda (Orissa - girls under-18) with 12.30 seconds and Sayali Dravid (Maharashtra) in the girls’ under 20 had a much slower time. Sayali was timed at 12.52 seconds.

T. Manisha had won the discus gold, but went one better in the javelin throw with a new National record of 37.42 metres, which erased Alpesh’s earlier mark of 3.31m.

Gayathry, who set a National mark in the 100m hurdles, equalled the triple jump national mark for under-18 girls, held by statemate L. Revathy with a leap of 12.78 metres.

Kerala continued its gold hunt, winning seven gold, five silver and five bronze medals for the day for a three-day haul of 16-14-12 tally. Anoop clocked 10.87 seconds to push back the challenge from Karnataka’s G.N. Bopanna (1.10 seconds) and teammate K. Shereef (11.15 seconds).

Karnataka too picked up a handful of medals with M. Arshad in the under-18 triple jump, Srishti Sunil girls’ under-14 high jump and K.C. Shruthi (1500m for girls under-18) all accounting for gold.

The results:

Boys: Under-20: 100m: 1. P.K. Anoop (Ker) 10.87 secs, 2. G.N. Bopanna (Kar), 3. K. Shereef (Ker); 1500m: 1. Ajit Kumar (Jhd) 4:02.71 secs, 2. Dandu Soren (Ori), 3. Chandrakant Manwadkar (Mah); Hammer throw: 1. Ejaj Ahmed (UP) 65.08 mts, 2. Chandrodaya N. Singh (UP), 3. Shankar (Guj).

Under-18: 100m: 1. Manish (Har) 11.11 secs, 2. T. Blessen (Ker), 3. Jony Makkar (Har); 1500m: 1. Somra Oraon (Jhd) 4:04.78 secs, 2. C. K. Ranjit (Mah), 3. Binod Oroan (Cgh); 10,000m walk: 1. L Sanahal Singh (Man) 48:27.59 secs, 2. Deepak Kumar (Guj), 3. Mahinder Kumar Pal (UP); Hammer throw: 1. Amit Gill (Har) 64.62 mts, 2. N. Shankar (TN), 3. Mulayam Singh Yadav (UP); Triple jump: 1. M. Arshad (Kar) 14.61 mts, 2. M. Vigneshwar (TN), 3. Ankit Sharma (MP). Under-16: 100m: 1.M Teja Kumar (Pun) 11.42 secs, 2. P. Donaldo (TN), 3. O.S. Sujith (Ker); 1500m: 1.Yerram Naidu (AP) 4:14.11 secs, 2. Jai Singh Samad (Jhd), 3. Krishna Pratap (Mah); Discus throw: 1. Dushyant Dangi (Har) 49.51 mts, 2. Vikas (Har), 3. Shakti Singh (UP); 5000m walk: 1. Littish Joseph (Ker) 23:59.86 secs, 2. Kuldeep (Har), 3. Ram Kumar Yadav (MP).

Under-14: High jump: 1. A. Mathavan (TN) 1.68 mts, 2. P. Sathish (AP), 3. Ankit Bora (Jkd); Triathlon: 1. S.K. Rakibul (WB) 2215 pts, 2. Praveen Chauhan (MP), 3. P. Siva (AP).

Girls: Under-20: 100m: 1.Sayali Dravid (Mah) 12.52 secs, 2. C. Shilpa (Ker), 3. S. Radhika (TN); 1500m: 1. S.R. Bindhu (Ker) 4:42.03 secs, 2. Indira B E (Kar), 3. Karthika Mohanan (Ker).

Under-18: 100m: 1. Srabani Nanda (Ori) 12.30 secs, 2. Shimna Baby (Ker), 3. Shanti (AP); 1500m: 1. Shruthi K C (Kar) 4:47.41 secs, 2. Sobha V V (Ker), 3. Ritu Dinkar (UP); 5000m walk: 1. K.M. Meeshma (Ker) 26:27.80 secs, 2. Khushbir Kaur (Pun), 3. P. Renuka (Ker); Shot put: 1. Pinki Dey (WB) 12.33 mts, 2. A. Sindhuja (TN), 3. V. Vasumathi (TN); Triple jump: 1.G. Gayathry (TN) 12.78 mts (equalled National Record. (Revathi, TN), 2. Joyline Lobo (Kar), 3. Uma Uthamman (Ker).

Under-16: 100m: 1.Ranjita Mahant (Ori) 12.28 seconds, 2. Nirupama Sunderraj (Kar), 3. G. Monika (AP); 1500m: 1. Resin George (Ker) 4:57.57 secs, 2. Alishika Agarwal (Jhd), 3. Anita (Ukd); 3000m walk: 1. P.A. Priya (Ker) 16:38.42 secs, 2. K. Onibala Chanu (Man), 3. V.A. Archana (Ker); Javelin throw: 1. T. Manisha (TN) 37.42 mts (National record; Old: 36.31 (Aplesh, Har, 2002), 2. Komal Patel (UP), 3. Komaldeep (Har).

Under-14: High jump: 1. Shrishti Sunil (Kar) 1.48 mts, 2. Nikita Kochrekar (Mah), 3. Tanjila Khatun (WB).

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