Date:07/09/2006 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2006/09/07/stories/2006090711272000.htm

Sport - Athletics

Deepmala, Ram set meet records

NEW DELHI: Ram Niwas and L. Deepmala Devi set meet records in decathlon and women's 20km walk respectively on the second day of the 72nd all-India Railways athletics championships at the Nehru Stadium here on Wednesday.

Ram Niwas of North Western compiled 6867 points to better his own record of 6836 set last year. Deepmala of Eastern clocked 1:43.49 against her own mark of 1:46.58 recorded last year.

The results: Men: 400m: 1. Sunil Kumar (WR) 48.10, 2. Srikant Padhi (SECR) 48.20, 3. Ganesan (SR) 48.82. 110m hurdles: 1. Muthusamy (SR) 14.57, 2. Rohi H. (SWR) 14.58, 3. Manjunath Godi (SWR) 14.91. Long jump: 1. Rajesh R. (WR) 7.67, 2. Sarvana Kumar (SR) 7.51, 3. A. K. Shani (SECR) 7.43. Discus: 1. A. P. Singh (SECR) 49.67, 2. Suresh Kumar (WR) 47.55, 3. Rajesh Dahia (WR) 45.97. Decathlon: 1.Ram Niwas (NWR) 6867 (NMR, previous 6836), 2. Chandrasekhar (SR) 6643, 3. P. Raju (SR) 6307. 4x100m relay: 1. Southern Railway 41.33, 2. Western Railway 41.49, 3. South Western Railway 41.81. 20km walk: 1. Sree Ram (SCR) 1:41:52, 2. R. Ramesh (WR) 1:42:04, 3. Sumit Kumar (SR) 1:42:71.

Women: 400m: 1. Pinki Paramanik (ER) 52.96, 2. Pavitra Choudhari (WR) 55.96, 3. Anbu Vimala (SR) 56.20. 3000m steeplechase: 1. Kamlesh Baghel (SER) 11:34.09, 2. Manjula L. (SWR) 11:42.42, 3. Chaina Bhattacharya (ER) 11:59.16. 100m hurdles: 1. Soma Biswas (ER) 14.05, 2. Shankari (SR) 14.46, 3. Semi Sebastian (SR) 15.03. Shot put: 1. Chaitali Paul (ER) 13.83, 2. Saraswathy (SR) 13.63, 3. Archana Mondal (ER) 13.13. High jump: 1. Susmita Singha Roy (ER) 1.73, 2. Sahna Kumari (SWR) 1.73, 3. Tessymol Joseph (CR) 1.71. 20km walk: 1. L. Deepmala Devi (ER) 1:43:49 (NMR, previous 1:46:58), 2. Y. Bala Devi (ER) 1:59:36, 3. S. Pavtani (SCR) 2:03:37. — Special Correspondent