Rai sets long jump record

CALCUTTA, Oct 3: East Zone's Sanjay Kumar Rai created a new National mark in the long jump event of boys' under-20 on the first day of the ...

CALCUTTA, Oct 3: East Zone8217;s Sanjay Kumar Rai created a new National mark in the long jump event of boys8217; under-20 on the first day of the ninth Inter-Zonal Junior Athletic Championships at the Salt Lake Stadium, here today. The 18-year-old Rai cleared 7.64 metres breaking his own mark of 7.53 which he had set in 1996.

However, Rai found another of his national records in under-18 age group being erased, when Praveen G Kumar of South Zone created a new record in the triple jump with 14.53 metres.

For the 16-year-old Praveen, this is his best effort yet. Another SAI youngster Sunil Kumar Azad, also of East Zone, equalled his National record of 2.05 metres in the high jump of under-20 for boys. Azad, however, was not too satisfied as he claims to have done much better than that in practice. The third National record of the day was created by S Geetha of South Zone in the 100 metres of under-16 for girls.

RESULTS All finals:

Boys: Under-20: 100m: Ajay Singh NZ 10.75 secs; Arup Chatterjee EZ 10.97; Chandramohan T. SZ 11.19. 10000m: Aman Saini NZ 31:44.39; PK Mishra NZ 31:55.15; Ganpati Bhusnur WZ 32:10.17. Long Jump: Sanjay Rai EZ 7.64 mts; Rafiqal Islam EZ 7.20; Nitul Bora EZ 7.00. High Jump: Sunil Kr Azad EZ 2.05 mtrs; Karthikeyan D SZ 2.00; Sanjay Kumar NZ 1.95. Shoot Put: Navpreet Singh NZ 16.59 mtrs; Paramdeep Singh NZ 16.49; Kulwinder Singh NZ 15.27.

Under-18: 100m: Senthil Kumar SZ 11.28 secs; Iswar Chandra Pradhan EZ 11.43; Amit Singh NZ 11.48. 800m: Puran Masi NZ 1.58.78 secs; Navneet NZ 1.58.90; C. Murthy SZ 1.59.01. Tripple Jump: Praveen Kumar SZ 14.53 mtrs; Gurmeet Singh NZ 14.34; Unnikrishnan M.SZ 14.31. Javelin: F. Ansari EZ 61.50 mtrs; Y.B. Singh 57.50; Pawan NZ 53.38. Hammer Throw: Varinder Singh NZ 58.08 mtrs; Laikh Ahmed WZ 51.50; Malay Ranjan Paty EZ 49.40.

Under-16: 100m: Jijith Domenic SZ 11.36; W. Balan SZ 11.40; Chandra Kumar Mahato EZ 11.55. 800m: M.R. Rathis SZ 1.59.88; Jagminder NZ 2.00.02; N. Sonamani Singh EZ 2.00.89. Javelin: Rupandra Singh NZ 61.14 mtrs; N. Somendra Singh EZ 57.50; Jitender Kumar EZ 53.90.

Girls: Under-20: 100m: V. Pandeshwari SZ 11.92 secs; Vinitha Tripathi NZ 12.06; Saraswati Dey EZ 12.21. 3000m: Sunita Rani NZ 9:37.18 secs; Madhuri Gurnule WZ 10.08.66; Geeta NZ 10.43.64. Long Jump: Jibimal Abraham SZ 6.00 mtrs; J.C. Joseph SZ 5.86; Sapna D8217;Souza WZ 5.72.Under-18: 100m: Maheshwari SZ 12.82; Sukumari SZ 12.96; Rinku Sadhukaan EZ 12.98. 800m: Shova S. Rao SZ 2:19.89 secs; Chhaoba Chanu EZ 2:25.54; R.K. Noni Bala EZ 2:27.47. Javelin: Namita Dhingia EZ 33.60; J. Bijaylakshmi SZ 33.10; Manishi Bhilwaydikar WZ 32.10.

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Under-16: 100m: S. Geetha SZ 12.38 secs; M Sri Durga SZ 13.15; Sarathi Burman EZ 13.26. 800m: Manya Lal SZ 2:25.25 secs; Abane E Kujur EZ 2;26.50; Gurkiral Pal Kaur NZ 2:27. 05.