Harbans sets national mark

NOVEMBER 24: Harbans Kaur broke her own national shot put record of 17.06 metres with a throw of 17.43 metres in the Bristol Masters athlet...

NOVEMBER 24: Harbans Kaur broke her own national shot put record of 17.06 metres with a throw of 17.43 metres in the Bristol Masters athletic meet at Priyadarshini Park today.

Amandeep Kaur and Surinder Jeet Kaur finished second and third respectively. Harbans pocketed Rs 10,000 as bonus for her efforts, apart from the Rs 5000 she won for taking top spot.

SAF Games silver medallist Paramjit Singh ran his third sub-47 400 metre race with a timing of 46.97 seconds. The Punjab policeman — having recovered from an injury that kept him out of training for a couple of months — was followed by Lijo David and Siddharth Basak.

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Unbeaten for the past two seasons and beaten only by Rajeev Balakrishnan in recent times, Delhi’s Amit Khanna finished third in the 100 metre sprint. Anil Kumar topped in 10.8 seconds with Manoj Kumar taking second spot.

Maharashtra’s Rachita Mistry took the 100 metre gold in 11.69 seconds to make it three in a row following her success in the Bangalore National Games and the Federation Cup.

Results

Men’s 100m: Anil Kumar 10.8s (PP), Manoj Kumar (SSCB), Amit Khanna ; 110 hurdles: Sahib Singh (PP) 14.81; Ugmaram (SSCB), Jagjit Singh (PP); 400m: Paramjit Singh (AAFI) 46.97, Lijo David (AAFI), Siddharth Basak; 400m hurdles: Anil Kumar (Services) 52.2; Saheb Singh (PP), K Satish Kumar (IB); 1500m: Bahadur Prasad (RSCB) 3:49:87, Satish Kumar (SSCB), Kulwant Rai (PP); 5000m: Gulab Chand (RSCB) 14:31:34, T A Shaivanand (RSCB), Amrish Kumar (SSCB); High jump: Umed Singh (SSCB) 2.02m, M Lawrence (SSCB), K M Bhoopiah (SSCB) 1.99m; Long jump: B S Vinod (Kerala) 7.39m, D Sanjeev Kumar (Kerala), H Jayachandran (TN); Shot put: Shakti Singh (RSCB) 17.71m, Mukesh Singh (CRPF), Jogesh Yadav; Discuss throw: Anil Kumar (TELCO) 57.6m, Shakti Singh (RSCB), Ajit Bahaduria (Tisco); Hammer throw: Virendra Poonia (RSCB) 65.54m, Pramod Tiwari (Customs), Gurenira Singh (PP).

Women’s 100m: Rachita Mistry (Rlys) 11.69, Vasanti G (Kar), Disney Lewis (Mah); 400m: Rosa Kutty (AAFI) 53.10s, Jyoti Sikdar (AAFI), M K Asha (AAFI); 800m: Rosa Kutty (AAFI) 2.02.26, Jyoti Sikdar (AAFI), K Beenamol (AAFI); 3000m: Sunita Rani (AAFI) 9:51:82, Satyabama (RSCB), Sushma Chalke (Mah); Long jump: Anju Markose 5.85m, Lekha Thomas, Bobby Aloysius; Shot put: Harbans Kaur (AAFI) 17.43m, Amandeep Kaur (PP), Surinder Jeet Kaur (PP); Discuss throw: Sugan Yadav (RSCB) 54.52m, Neelam J Singh (RSCB), Swren Kaur (PP).

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