B’minton: Saruni bags a double

The Results: Athletics: (All finals):-

3000m race: 1st. Geeta Rai (Azm),2nd Archana Pal (Lko),3rd Dimple Singh (Gorakhpur);

100m race: 1st Sheetal Yadav (Brly),2nd Albeena Khan (Lko),3rd Priyanka Maurya (Lko);

100m hurdles: 1st Arti Kushwaha (Alg),2nd Saroj (Mrzp),3rd Kiran Singh (Azm);

Discus throw: 1st Shailja Yadav (Alld),2nd Ambey Yadav (Alld),3rd Savita Yadav (Vns);

400m race: 1st Chinta Yadav (Lko),2nd Preenu Yadav (Lko),3rd Monika Singh (Brly);

High jump: 1st Kulwanti (Azm),2nd Ankita Patel (Vns),3rd Sugandha (Mbd);

Javelin throw: 1st Arti Maurya (Alld),2nd Alka Singh (Vns),3rd Gunja Devi (Vns);

4x100m race: 1st Lucknow,2nd Varanasi,3rd Bareilly.

Badminton: Singles semi-finals: Saruni Sharma (Lko) beat Pragya Singh (Knp) 21-15,21-10; Pragya Rai (Lko) beat Mini Sharma (Agra) 21-11,11-9; Doubles semi-finals: Pragya Rai & Saruni Sharma (Lko) beat Rupali Shukla & Pragya Singh (Knp) 21-8,21-16; Asha Gaur & Swati Gupta (Fzd) beat Shweta Singh & Vaibhav Swaroop (Lko) 21-16,21-8;

Singles final: Saruni Sharma (Lko) beat Pragya Rai (Lko) 12-21,21-8,21-19;

Doubles final: Pragya Rai & Saruni Sharma (Lko) beat Asha Gaur & Swati Gupta (Fzd) 21-14,21-16.

Meeting

A delegation of the ‘NIS Sports Coach Association UP’ met Director Sports (UP) Dr Hari Om and apprised him of the problems being faced by coaches on contract basis being given honorarium. Talking to The Indian Express,the Director Sports said,“They requested for an increase in the honorarium being given to the coaches and I told them that the matter is already under consideration. As far as the demand for posting coaches in their own districts is concerned,I apprised them that it was already being followed unless and until somebody from another district is found more worthy for imparting coaching.”

The head of the delegation Farhat Ali Khan informed that there is nobody in Rampur to provide hockey coaching and Farhat was told that the Directorate had sent coaches to look after a hockey camp there but they did not join duty there. So,the Directorate will be sending a hockey coach to Rampur soon. As far as the matter of the regularisation of the jobs of these coaches was concerned,the delegation was told that it “was not possible due to technical reasons,” Dr Hari Om further added.