Railway dominance continues, bag 14 gold

Thrower Shakti Singh, who put up a rather dismal performance in the Sydney Olympics, continued to disappoint as he was pushed to the second position in the men8217;s discus throw with policeman Krishna Kumar Sharma claiming the gold with a throw of 54.54m.

Shakti Singh, who had to be content with a silver medal in the shot put event on Monday, managed a throw of 53.60m well behind his own meet record of 57.70m.

With eight more gold medals in their kitty on Tuesday, Railways have boosted their overall gold tally to 14 and were on course for retaining both the men8217;s and women8217;s team championships.

Police have a total of six gold medals so far while Life Insurance Corporation LIC have picked up four gold after the first two days competitions.

J Clifford of Karnataka secured the gold in the men8217;s 200m clocking 21.55 sec while Raj Pal of Haryana had to be content with the silver medal with a timing of 21.79 sec.

Railwayman Lijo David, who was expected to do much better in the event, finished a rather poor third with a timing of 21.82 sec.

Bala Debi began the medal hunt for the Railways by pocketing the gold in the gruelling women8217;s 10-km walk with a timing of 55:14.7 sec while Debi Dey added one more gold in their kitty by finishing first in the women8217;s 100 M Hurdles clocking 14.09 sec.

In the women8217;s shot put event, Surinderjeet Kaur of Police won the gold medal by hurling the iron ball to a distance of 15.14m while Railway8217;s N Latha took the silver with a throw of 15.04m.

Reena Das did the Railways proud by claiming the coveted gold medal in the gruelling women8217;s 10,000m run with a timing of 38:58.77 sec leaving her opponents well behind in what turned out to be a rather easy race for her.In the women8217;s 800m event, policewoman Indrajit Kaur took the gold with a timing of 2:09.04 sec while Kuldip Kumar of Railways finished first in the men8217;s 1500m event clocking 3:51.28 sec.

The meet, however, has lost much of its glamour with several top Sydney-returned athletes like Paramjeet Singh, Rachita Mistry, Rosa Kutty, Bahadur Prasad, P Balakrishnan, Ajay Raj Singh and Anil Kumar opting out at the last minute.

Results

Women10-km walk:
Y Bala Debi Rlys 55:14.7 sec, Roni Bali Rlys 55:51.5s, Pramjit Kaur Rlys 56:38.7s; 100m hurdles: Debi Dey Rlys 14.09s, GG Pramila Rlys 14.20s, B Poonam Kar 14.40s; 10,000m: Reena Das Rlys 38:58.77s, Madhuri Gurnula LIC 39:01.84s, Pashotleima Devi Manipur 39:37.74s; Shot put: Surinderjeet Kaur Police 15.14m, N Latha Rlys 15.04m, Seema Antil Police 14.41m; Triple Jump: Manisha Dey Rlys 13.22m, Shilpa Sequeira Kar 12.50m; Kalpana Das Rlys 12.43m; 800m: Indrajit Kaur Police 2:09.04s, C Latha TN 2:09.30s; Romola Devi Police 2:09.67s; 100m: Saraswati Dey Rlys 11.91s, Vinita Tripathi LIC 12.06s, Mukti Saha WB 12.06s;

Men: 200m:
J Clifford Kar 21.55s, Raj Pal Haryana 21.79s, Lijo David Rlys 21.82s; Discus Throw: Krishna Kumar Sharma Police 54.54m, Shakti Singh Rlys 53.60m, Deo Kumar Roy Bihar 52.85m; 3000m steeple chase: Arun D8217;Souza Rlys 9:03.93s, Rajesh Kumar Services 9:05.45s, Sudhir Kumar Services 9:13.07s; Decathlon: Kulvinder Singh Services 6766 pts, Sibimon Augustin Services 6584 pts, Pradeep Alok Railways 6579 pts; High jump: KR Roshan LIC 2.13 metre, Arumugam Pillai Rlys 2.10, Ombir Singh Del 2.05; 4x100m relay: Railways 41.22s, Karnataka 42.29s, West Bengal 42.96 sec.