Sunita Rani picks up second gold

IMPHAL, FEB 19: Sunita Rani of Punjab picked up her second gold of the fifth National Games, winning the 1,500m finishing way ahead of M ...

IMPHAL, FEB 19: Sunita Rani of Punjab picked up her second gold of the fifth National Games, winning the 1,500m finishing way ahead of M A Molly of Kerala in the athletics event today. Sunita, a double medallist at the Bangkok Asian Games, won comfortably in four minutes 21.45 seconds, with Molly a distant second in 4:34.21s.

Rosa Kutty was there at the start line, but she pulled out within 10 metres saying she was concentrating on the 4x400m. Kutty has already won two gold, in the 400m and 800m. Sunita felt the race would have been closer if Rosa had competed fully.

There were more cheers for Manipur8217;s Gojen Singh, who also collected his second gold medal of the Games. Gojen added the 5000m gold to his 10,000m triumph, running the last 200m virtually alone, so far ahead was he. Gojen clocked 14:28.06s and Bihar8217;s Sanjay Gonde was second, more than half a There were two Games records today with Manipur8217;s Y Bala Devi setting the first in the 10 Km walk for women in 51 minutes 56.0 seconds, well ahead ofPunjab8217;s Paramjit Kaur, who timed 52:04.0. Jasmin Kaur, also of Punjab was third.

The second Games record came in the 110m hurdles for men where Punjab8217;s Jagjit Singh clocked 14.59s, which bettered Linesh Pathak8217;s record of 14.84s. Tamil Nadu8217;s Jaya Kumar timed 14.79s and T Rajesh Kumar of Kerala was third in 14.83s.

The TN 4 x 100m relay team missed a Games record by a small margin. The quartet Jayakumar, T Durai, Rajesh and Jaychandran clocked 41.17s while Services took the silver and Delhi the bronze. The women8217;s sprint relay gold went to Tamil Nadu with Bengal second.

Results

Men

5,000m: 1. Gojen Singh Man 14:28.06s, 2. Sanjay Gonde Bih 15:01.0s, 3. Aman Saini Bih 15:08.80s;

110m hurdles: Jagjit Singh Pun 14.59s, 2. Jay Kumar TN 14.79s, 3. T Rajesh Kumar Ker 14.83s;

4 x 100m: 1. TN 41.17s, 2. Services 41.37s, 3. Delhi 41.38s.

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Pole vault: 1. Ramdhari Singh Ser 4.70m, 2. Geesh Kumar Ker 4.60m, 3. Samsher Singh Har 4.60m;

Triplejump: 1. D Venkaiah Ser 15.48m, 2. Robert George Bih 15.47m, 3. Rajesh TN 15.31m;

Shot put: 1. Yogesh Del 17.75m, 2. Jaivir Singh Ser 16.69m, 3. Kulwinder Singh Pun 16.60m;

Discus: 1. Anil Kumar Del 50.58m, 2. Deo Kumar Singh Bih 49.26m, 3. Vipin Kumar UP 48.52m.

Women

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1500m: Sunita Rani Pun 4:21.45, MA Molly Ker 4:34.21, Geeta Manral Delhi 4:37.24;

10km walk: Y Bala Devi Mani 51.56 min New Games record: PR: 53.27 by Chitra Dhillon Pun in 1994; Paramjit Kaur Pun 52.04 BMR, Jasmin Kaur Pun 54.03 min.