Paramjit anchors 4215;400 gold

CALCUTTA, NOV 5: Paramjit Singh was at it again, today. After breaking Milkha Singh's 38-year-old record in 400m yesterday, Paramjit anchore...

CALCUTTA, NOV 5: Paramjit Singh was at it again, today. After breaking Milkha Singh8217;s 38-year-old record in 400m yesterday, Paramjit anchored the Amateur Athletics Federation of India8217;s 4215;400 metres relay team to create another national record at the Salt Lake Stadium.

More importantly, the quartets of Lijjo David, Ramachandran, Jata Shankar and Paramjit Singh timed under the AAFI set target to qualify for the Bangkok Asiad.

The AAFI team timed 3:04.91 seconds as against the target of 3:05.00 seconds. The previous national record of 3:06.09 seconds was created at the Asian Track and Field meet in Fukuoka earlier this year by the same team.

That apart, assistant sub inspector of Punjab Police Sahib Singh left no doubts about who is best in 400m hurdles for men. He bettered that mark today.

The women8217;s 4x400m relay team, sans PT Usha, too qualified for the Asiad with a better-than-target time of 3:38.08 seconds.The target was kept at 3:37.76 seconds.

Amit Khanna of FCI won the re-run 100 metres formen with a timing of 10.64 seconds.

Results all finals

Men8217;s: 100m: Amit Khanna FCI 10.64s; Ajay Raj Singh Pol 10.81s; R Kishan LIC 11.02s. 200m: Ajay Raj Singh Pol 21.46s; R Kishan LIC 21.62; Anand Menezes Rly 21.72s. 800m: Manoj Lal Rly 1:49.74s; Anil Mathew Rly 1:49.92s; Hardyal Singh Pol 1:51.04s. 10,000m: Shankar TN 30:11.6s; Anil Kumar SPSB 30:12.6s; Hawa Singh Del 30:33.6s. 400m hurdles: Sahib Singh Pol 50.43s; Mandeep Singh Rly 51.79s; Sheeshpal Rly 52.71s. 4x400m: AAFI 3:04.91s; Railways 3:12.70; Services 3;14.71s. Triple jump: Prem Chand Singh Pol 15.63m; Venkaiah Ser 15.46m; Sheikh Moihdeen TN 15.40m. Pole vault: Ramdhari Ser 4.75m; VV Geesh Kumar Pol 4.70m; Jitender Kumar Rly 4.60m. Hammer throw: Virender Poonia Rly 65.28m; BRH Prasad Pol 65.18m; Pramod Tewari UP 63.80. Javelin: Jagdish Singh Pol 76.36m; Ramandeep Singh Pol 72.534m; Darshan Lal UP 70.02. 20km walk:Sudhir Nandyal Rly 1::33.26s; Sitaram Ser 1:34:27s; Sekhar Ser 1:38:15s. Decathlon: Jagdeesh Rly 6804p; Dharampal Singh Pol 6713p; Rakesh Rawat Ser 6258p.

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Women8217;s: 200m: Vinita Tripathy Bih 23.81s; Saraswati Dey Rly 24.57s; Solaimathi Rly 24.83s. 4x400m: AAFI 3:37.08s; Railways 3:49.86; Police 3:50.70s. 400m hurdles: Lissamha Joseph LIC 59.93s; CG Saroja Rly 1:00.69; Beenamma Joseph Pol 1:01.45s. 1500m: Sunita Rani Rly 4:18.24s; Geeta Manral Pol 4:21.21s; M.A. Molly Rly 4:31.28s; Heptathlon: G.G. Promila Rly 5705p; Soma Biswas Rly 5162p; P Udayalaxmi AP 4100p.