MUMBAI, OCT 7: Sanjay K Rai became the first Indian to leapt over eight feet twice. TC Yohanan's National record of 8.07 did not look in any danger until Rai's final leap. With the wind behind him, Rai took off the board and landed 8.02 metres away, becoming the first Indian to leap over the eight-metre barrier twice.Yohanan's effort came in the 1972 Teheran Asian Games. Rai, who has leapt 8.0 metres during the Federation Cup in August at Bangalore, did his personal best.That was the only performance that drew interest as the final Circuit meet in the Indian calender ended undramatically.With the season already over and the athletes finding no motivation, there were no personal bests, so forget about a national record.There were some double winners - Shakti Singh, yes he participated, won the shot and discus gold, and Anil Kumar and PT Usha winning the sprints.Shakti won the shot and discus gold with some metres to spare (19.13). Jagveer Singh (17.76) was second. He threw the disc to 57.68metres with Kamalpreet Singh taking silver at 55.44.Anil Kumar had to powered to the 100 metres gold with Thirwagnan Durai being pushed to silver. The timing was a poor 10.67 with Durai being 0.03 seconds slower.Usha had no challenge in the sprints with Rachita Mistry out with injury.The only race with some interest was the men's 3000 metres. Gojen Singh found the pace too slow and bolted after five laps. Gulab Chand caught up two laps later and won in a canter.With Sunita Rani, she must have never seen her challengers - Moly Biju and C Latha - while winning 1,500 metres.RESULTSMen: 100: Anil Kumar 10.67; Thirwagnan Durai 10.70; Anand Menezes 10.90. 200: Anil 21.35; Menezes 21.60; Ramachandran 21.74. 400: Ramachandran 46.75; Lijo David 47.73; Jata Shankar 47.72. 3000: Gulab Chand 8:17.38; Gojen Singh 8:18.95; Harish Tiwari 8:21.77. Long Jump: Sanjay Rai 8.02m; Satish 7.29m; Amit Saha 7.26. Shot Put: Shakti Singh 19.13m; Jagveer Singh 17.76;Avtar Singh 17.32. Discus: Shakti 57.68; Kamalpreet Singh 55.44; Ajit Bahaduria 55.17. Javelin: Ramandeep Singh 76.16; Brahma Dubey 73.36; Satbeen Singh 73.18. Hammer: Pramod Tiwari 65.28; Virendra Punia 64.93; Shudeep Singh 63.57.Women 100: PT Usha 11.95; Saraswati Dey 12.14; Anuradha Biswal 12.53. 200: Usha 23.68; Vinitha Tripathi 24.24; Saraswati 24.77. 400: KM Beenamol 53.28; Jincy Philip 55.80; Debi Bose 56.78. 1500: Sunita Rani 4:24.13; Moly Biju 4:38.32; C latha 5:00.85. Discus: Neelam J Singh 56.60; Sugan Yadav 53.71; Harjeet Kaur 53.49.
