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MUMBAI, April 16: Banta Singh of Punjab won the shot put gold medal in the over-80 category with a throw of 7.12 metres at the opening day o...

MUMBAI, April 16: Banta Singh of Punjab won the shot put gold medal in the over-80 category with a throw of 7.12 metres at the opening day of the 20th National Veteran8217;s Athletic Championship at the Dadoji Kandeo Stadium, Thane.

Ramchandra L Renute of Maharashtra won the gold in the 5 kilometres walk in the over-80 category. Daya Chand of Haryana won the silver and P Gangadharan of Andhra Pradesh won the bronze medal in the same category. Punjab won five gold, one silver and four bronze in the men8217;s category while Haryana won two gold, three silver and two bronze.

Results men8217;s

Over-35: 200m Balbir Singh Chandigarh 24.7 sec, Maguni Tarah Orissa, Pargat Singh Pun; 5 km walk: Ram Nivas Goa 27.43s, S Mukherjee Assam, Ranbir Singh Haryana; High jump: Dilbagh Singh Haryana 1.65m, P Nagaraj TN, Tara Padabanik WB. Over-40: 200m: Pravin Punt CRSB 25.2s, P K Baliar Singh Orissa, C P Verma Chandigarh; 5 km walk: Ashok Chakraborty WB 29:37.1, Vijaya Das Kerala, Lalit KatharAssam. Over-45: 200m: SN Raju Kerala 25.2s, Parameshwar Jana WB, Veer Pal Singh UP. Over-50: 200m: H S Pisal Mah 26.1s, N Prabhakar Joglekar Kar, D Teyaseelan TN. Over-55: 200m: Chand Shekar Del 26.4s, K K Chako Ker, Domnic Savio Mah. Over-65: High jump: Munshi Ram Haryana 1.3m, P L Sharma Del, Gopal P Phadke Mah; Shot Put: Karnail Singh Pun 10.39m, D S Bajwa UP, Basanta Datta WB. Above 70; 1. B D Singh Bihar, 36: 16:5 sec, 2. CH Nawang Singh Manipur, 3. Chimanlal F Kharva Gujarat High jump: 1. John Deviasir Tamil Nadu, 1.20 mts, 2. Antony Palocoran TN, 3. BV Subbaiah AP; Shot put: 1. K Naryana Swamy Karnatka, 9.44 mts, 2. Dharam Singh Punjab, 3. N Govind Swamy AP. Over-75: 5 km walk: 1. Ramchandra L Renuse Maharastra, 36: 19.6 sec, 2. Daya Chand Haryana, 3. P Gangadharan Pillia AP; High jump: 1. Surajban Joshi Rajasthan, 7.11 mts, 2. B Seetaramiah AP, 3. KL Shivashankar Karnataka. Over-80: 5km walk: 1. Gian Singh Hoonjan Punjab, 39:54.8 sec,2. K Atchaiah AP, 3. D Gopalakrishnan TN; Shot put: Banta Singh Punjab, 48:03.7 sec, 2. A Venkat Reddy AP, 3. Tarlok Singh Punjab. Over-85: 5 km walk: 1. Mowa Singh Punjab, 48:03.7 sec, 2. Ram Murtikawa Jamp;K, 3. K T Thomas Kerala. Over-90: 5 km walk: 1. P Kondal Rao AP, 48:34.6 Over-105: Shot put: Baba Joginder Singh Punjab, 5.35 mts

Women

Over-40: 200m: Anita S Kulkarni Mah 30.6s, Prochi Mehta WB, B Devi Bihar; 5km walk: M N Rajamgopi Kerala 34:22.1s, B G Tara Kar, Chandralekha Har; Long Jummp: Deepali Bannerjee CRSB 4.36m, Kalindi K Agashe Mah, VK Thankamma Ker. Over-45: 200m K N Minakshi Ker 32.6s, Anne Gonsalves Mah, Sova Roy WB; Long Jump: Subrata Debnath CRSB 3.81m, P Sasikala TN, A Memcha Devi Manipur; Shot Put: Subrata Debnath CRSB 9.18m, Ana Figuera Goa, Patrica Tanner TN.

Over-50: 200m Norma Cardoza Goa 37.3s, T K Kunju Kunjamma Ker, Malanik C Hajarika Assam; Long Jump: Bainaba Beevi Ker 3.18m, A Nazeen Beevi Ker,Malanik C Hajarika Assam. Over-55: 200mm: B Topno Bihar 35.3s, Shalini Datar Guj, C D Elcy Ker; Long Jump: B Topno Bihar 3.45m, M Prema TN, T Nirmala AP. Over-60: Long Jump: S Neelavathy TN 2.7m; Shot Put: Om Pati Haryana 8.65m, Nirmala Krishna AP, Vibhava M Mehta Mah. Over-65: 200m: Daisy Victor TN 38.5s NMR, Noyon Devi Manipur, M Rupobati Devi Manipur; 5 km walk: P Noyon Devi Manipur, S Sanahanbi Devi Manipur, Kusum V Jagalpure Mah; Long Jump: Phoolwati Haryana 2.39m, Anjali Chakraborty WB, K Kamala Laxmi Ker.