Date:26/08/2005 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2005/08/26/stories/2005082611572000.htm

Sport - Athletics

Shyam Sunder leaps to new mark

Priyanka Bhanot sets new meet record in discus throw event

NEW DELHI: : Shyam Sunder leapt to a new meet record in the men's triple jump, bettering the old mark by nine centimetres on the opening day of the 65th Delhi State annual athletics championships at the Nehru Stadium here on Thursday. Sunder jumped 14.99 metres, much ahead of the field.

New mark

Priyanka Bhanot, in the girls' under-18 category, set a new meet record in discus throw event. Priyanka hurled the disc to 42.60 metres to best Monica Joon's mark of 40.30m.

Sourabh wins

In the men's under-20 category, shot putter Sourabh Vij achieved a distance of 20.20m, with a new lesser weight iron ball.

The results:

Men: 100m: 1. Arun Goel 10.8s, 2. Varun Sabarwal 11.0, 3. Sunil Kumar 11.2. 800m: 1. Devender 1:59.9, 2. Parth Goswami 2:00.4, 3. Arun Kumar 2:01.1. 5000m: 1. Basant Tirkey 15:42.6, 2. Devender Kumar 15:54.4, 3. Dharam Vir 16:01.1. Triple jump: 1. Shyam Sunder 14.99m NMR (old 14.90), 2. Sarabjeet Singh 14.25, 3. Vijay Lohia 14.14.

Boys: Under-20: 100m: 1. Kadar Khan 10.9s, 2. Munander Singh 11.0, 3. Rajeev 11.2.

800m: 1. Naveen 2:01.4, 2. Amit Bhati 2:02.4, 3. Kuldeep Kumar 2:03.1.

5000m: 1. Manoj Kumar 16:07.4, 2. Narinder Singh 16:39.8, 3. Abhishek 16:51.4. Shot put: 1. Sourabh Vij 20.20m, 2. Om Prakash 19.08, 3. Kulvinder 18.43.

Javelin: 1. Shivraj Singh 63.50m, 2. Harminder Singh 61.18, 3. Durgesh 57.14.

Under-18: 100m: 1. Harbir Singh 10.9s, 2. Sandeep 11.0, 3. Deepak Choudhary 11.5.

800m: 1. Vikas 2:05.5, 2. Parvesh 2:05.8, 3. Nitin Kumar 2:07.6. Discus: 1. Sunil Kumar 48.29m, 2. Sushant 42.51.

Under-16: 100m: 1. Bhoovan 11.74s, 2. Pardeep 11.82, 3. Rahul Singh 11.92.

800m: 1. Rohit 2:03.1, 2. Shahil 2:03.3, 3. Sandeep 2:03.4. Discus: 1. Naveen Rathi 40.39m, 2. Ashish Mathur 38.19, 3. Sanjeev Rathi 37.35.

Women: 800m: 1. Sushma 2:16.9, 2. Suman 2:27.8.

5000m: 1. Reena 19:44.8, 2. Sunita 20:53.1, 3. Monika 22:43.5.

Girls:

Under-20: 100m: 1. Nidhi Mathur 12.6s, .2. Sumeria Rana 13.05, 3. Sonam Soga 13.3.

800m: 1. Jyoti Bist 2:40.3, 2. Saraswati 2:47.1, 3. Bhavana 2:55.7. 5000m: 1. Anita 20:02.0, 2. Lalita 27:52.8.

Discus: 1. Monica Joon 41.12m, 2. Mukesh Beniwal 37.43, 3. Puneeta 28.80.

Javelin: 1. Parvesh 40.52m, 2. Charvi Mehta 26.49, 3. Monika 22.36.

Under-18: 100m: 1. Priyanka 12.5s, 2. Prachi Roy 12.9, 3. Sanjana Chopra 13.5. 800m: 1. Navjot Kaur 3:11.3, 2. Lisa M. Boye 3:12.6, 3. Bhavana Tanwar 3:16.1. Discus: 1. Priyanka Bhanot 42.60m NMR (old 40.30), 2. Nirita Mattoo 21.81, 3. Nidhi 16.25. Javelin: 1. Bhawana Tanwar 24.59m, 2. Gunjan Dua 23.68, 3. Sayena Ahmad 21.52.

Under-16: 100m: 1. Neha Nissar 13.2s, 2. Tania Joshi 13.3, 3. Deepika Pal 13.7. 800m: 1. Neha 2:29.4, 2. Alka 2:30.1, 3. Anu Yadav 2:31.2.