Harishankar Roy (IND) (© Ram. Murali Krishnan)
Athletes from Kerala dominated the four day National inter-state senior athletic championships which concluded here at the Tatya Tope Stadium on Thursday (20 Sep) evening.
Kerala topped the medals tally with 11 gold, 9 silver and an equal number of bronze medals. Spearheading the champion-state’s success were its middle distance runners.
Kerala’s O.P. Jaisha, the Asian Indoor Games gold medallist in 2005, running in her major competition after a nine months lay-off after the last year’s Asian Games in Doha where she got a bronze in 5000m, easily overcame stiff competition from her training partners in the 5000m and 1500m.
Sreedharan Preeja, the reigning South Asian Games gold medallist in 10,000m, had remained unbeaten on home-soil throughout this season till Jaisha (16:21.06) pushed her into second spot on the opening day’s 5000m. In the 1500m, Jaisha inflicted a defeat on Sinimol Paulose, another athlete of Kerala origin who preferred to run for Jharkhand here. Paulose, the Asian championship silver medallist at Amman who has virtually ruled the metric mile sweeping the entire Asian GP series this year took the initial lead, but could not match the “burst” finish of Jaisha (4:14.71).
Jaisha along with her team-mate Chatholi Hamza, the winner of men’s 1500m, were adjudged as the best female and male athletes of the championships. Hamza, the regional south asian games champ, ran the second fastest time in his career- 3:40.40.
Bengal’s Harishankar Roy (21), another athlete who had opted for Jharkhand colours, sailed over 2.22m for a new championship record. Although 3cm short of his personal best and national record (2.25m) he set while winning a silver medal in the Asian All-stars athletic meet at Singapore three years ago, Roy is getting ready for the Asian Indoor Games slated to be held in Macau, later this year.
The only national record of the meet came from walker Babubhai Panocha of Gujarat. He walked to 20,000m in a time of 1:25:09.36 for the achievement.
Ram. Murali Krishnan for the IAAF
Results:
MEN
100m (18):
1. S. Arunjith (Kerala) 10.76; 2. Jagdish Basak (Assam) 10.78; 3. B.G. Nagaraj (Jharkhand) 10.79;
200m (20):
1. B.G. Nagaraj (Jhar) 21.51; 2. S. Arunjith (Ker) 21.53; 3. Ajay Kumar (Haryana) 21.69;
400m (19):
1. Mohd. Naseem (Chattisgarh) 46.94; 2. Virendra Kumar Pankaj (Uttar Pradesh) 46.99; 3. S.K. Mortaja (Jhar) 47.02;
800m (18):
1. Sajeesh Joseph (Ker) 1:48.93; 2. R. Rajeev (Ker) 1:49.36; 3. Prakash Varma (Delhi) 1:51.50;
1500m (19):
1. C. Hamza (Ker) 3:40.40; 2. Sajeesh Joseph (Ker) 3:44.50; 3. Ravinder (Del) 3:47.06;
5000m (17):
1. Surender Singh (Uttarakhand) 13:55.71; 2. Kashinath Aswale (Jhar) 14:05.76; 3. Sunil Kumar (Jhar) 14:14.34;
10,000m (20):
1. Surender Singh (Utk) 29:06.17; 2. Kashinath Aswale (Jhar) 29:42.23; 3. Sandeep Batham (Del) 30:08.04;
3000m Steeplechase (19):
1. Om Prakash (Madhya Pradesh) 8:58.43; 2. Ilam Singh (Jhar) 9:00.29; 3. Bhagwan Diwakar Giri (Jhar) 9:18.63;
110m Hurdles (19) [+0.4]:
1. Naunidh Singh (Punjab) 14.23; 2. Manjunath Godi (Jhar) 14.29; 3. Rohit Haval (Jhar) 14.46;
400m Hurdles (20):
1. Joseph G. Abraham (Ker) 51.03; 2. Patlavath Shankar (Andhra Pradesh) 51.47; 3. Shejil Verghese (Ker) 51.91;
High Jump (20):
1. Harishankar Roy (Jhar) 2.22; 2. Vinodkumar Chauhan (Gujarat) 2.14; 3. B. Elankumaran (Tamil Nadu) 2.11;
Pole Vault (19):
1. Gajanan Upadhya (Jhar) 5.05; 2. Naveen Kumar (Har) 4.70; 3. K.P. Bimin (Ker) 4.70;
Long Jump (19):
1. Shamsher Pratap Singh (Pun) 7.45; 2. Pushpinder Singh (Uttar Pradesh) 7.24; 3. Bharatinder Singh (Har) 7.22;
Triple Jump (18):
1. Amarjeet Singh (Jhar) 16.36; 2. Renjith Maheshwary (Ker) 16.35; 3. Saurabh Singh (UP) 15.54;
Shot Put (17):
1. Satyendra Kumar (Jhar) 17.94; 2. Om Prakash (Har) 17.83; 3. Amit Tyagi (Guj) 16.30;
Discus Throw (20):
1. Simranjit Singh (Pun) 49.60; 2. Amardeep Singh (Pun) 49.35; 3. Rambir (Jhar) 48.94;
Hammer Throw (18):
1. Nirbhay Singh (UP) 63.46; 2. Harinder Singh (Pun) 62.06; 3. Yogesh Kumar (Maharashtra) 61.89;
Javelin Throw (19):
1. Om Narain (Har) 73.76; 2. Arunkumar Patel (UP) 71.64; 3. Anil Kumar (Har) 71.57;
Decathlon (20):
1. P.J. Vinod (Ker) 6833; 2. Bhupinder Singh (Jhar) 6618; 3. Vinod Kumar (Del) 6241;
20,000m Walk (18):
1. Babubhai Panocha (Guj) 1:25:09.36 (National Record); 2. P.S. Jalan (Ker) 1:27:14.06; 3. Sumendro Singh (MP) 1:30:49.53;
4x100m Relay (20):
1. Tamil Nadu 41.70; 2. Jharkhand 41.71; 3. Kerala 41.78;
4x400m Relay (20):
1. Chattisgarh 3:15.98; 2. Uttar Pradesh 3:16.12; 3. Tamil Nadu 3:16.38;
WOMEN
100m (18) [+0.6]:
1. Poonam Tomar (Del) 11.85; 2. Ranjita Roy (West Bengal) 12.15; 3. G.D. Gowramma (Karnataka) 12.20;
200m (20):
1. K. Kasthuri (TN) 25.10; 2. Ranjita Roy (WB) 25.11; 3. B. Bindhu (Ker) 25.39;
400m (19):
1. Sutapa Das (WB) 55.61; 2. Pooja Jakhar (Del) 55.66; 3. Sabina Khatun (WB) 56.55;
800m (18):
1. A.Vijila (Ker) 2:06.61; 2. Sinimol Paulose (Jhar) 2:06.99; 3. Tintu Luka (Ker) 2:09.19;
1,500m (19):
1. O.P. Jaisha (Ker) 4:15.71; 2. Sinimol Paulose (Jhar) 4:16.22; 3. S.R. Bindhu (Ker) 4:31.00;
5000m (17):
1. O.P. Jaisha (Ker) 16:21.06; 2. Preeja Sreedharan (Ker) 16:25.31; 3. Kavita Raut (Mah) 16:27.77;
10,000m (20):
1. Kavita Raut (Mah) 34:23.80; 2. Preeja Sreedharan (Ker) 34:24.57; 3. Preethi L. Rao (Jhar) 37:16.10;
3000m Steeplechase (20):
1. Kiran Tiwari (Utk) 11:36.68; 2. Geeta Rani (Del) 11:40.47; (Sudha Singh-DNF)
100m Hurdles (19) [+0.6]:
1. Poonam Bojanna (Karn) 14.28; 2. J.J. Shobha (AP) 15.00; 3. Kranti Maurya (UP) 16.42;
400m Hurdles (20):
1. Pooja Jakhar (Del) 61.11; 2. Sutapa Das (WB) 61.97; 3. Shalin Joseph (Ker) 62.17;
High Jump (17):
1. Sahana Kumari (Jhar) 1.79; 2. Maryan C. Thariyan (Del) 1.76; 3. Kavya Muthanna (Karn) 1.70;
Pole Vault (18):
1. V.S. Surekha (TN) 3.70; 2. Chetna Solanki (Jhar) 3.60; 3. Madhushini Devi (Jhar) 3.40;
Long Jump (20):
1. M.A. Prajusha (Ker) 6.22; 2. Reshmi Bose (Ker) 6.18; 3. Mayookha Johny (Ker) 6.14;
Triple Jump (19):
1. Mayookha Johny (Ker) 12.99; 2. M.A. Prajusha (Ker) 12.87; 3. Tessymol Joseph (Ker) 12.70;
Shot Put (20):
1. Saroj Sihag (Har) 15.24; 2. Seema Antil (Har) 14.44; 3. Neelam (Har) 13.16;
Discus Throw (17):
1. Saroj Sihag (Har) 52.37; 2. Seema Antil (Har) 52.08; 3. Baljit Kaur (Punjab) 46.93;
Hammer Throw (19):
1. Phoolpati Jakhar (Har) 50.62; 2. Vipin Kumari (Del) 49.57; 3. Sukanya Mishra (UP) 46.82;
Javelin Throw (19):
1. Sanjo Devi (HP) 43.65; 2. Sonu (Har) 42.72; 3. Aplesh Kumari (Har) 41.86;
Heptathlon (18):
1. G.G. Pramila (Jhar) 5374; 2. M.P. Sinimol (Ker) 4968 (only two competitors!).
20,000m Walk (19):
1. Y. Bala Devi (WB) 1:49:13.19; 2. W. Lamngambi Devi (Manipur) 2:01:47.85; 3. Ibemcha Devi (Mani) 2:02:42.42;
4x400m Relay (20):
1. Kerala 3:46.04; 2. Jharkhand 3:51.65; 3. West Bengal 4:02.20.
(Note: Women’s 4x100m relay cancelled due to lack of entries)
