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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.
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.
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.
