Date:13/10/2006 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2006/10/13/stories/2006101311872000.htm

Sport - Athletics

Dagar sets National record in hammer

Principal Correspondent

ALLAHABAD: Harmender Singh Dagar set a new National record in the boys' under-16 hammer throw with a throw of 67.10m in the 18th National inter-zone athletics championship here on Thursday.

Athletes belonging to Haryana are competing under the AFI banner owing to the differences between the warring factions there.

The results:

Boys: Under-20: 400m: 1. D. Bharatha Reddy (AP) 48.99s, 2. S. Prakash Varma (Del) 49.19, 3. Gurvinderpal Singh (Raj) 49.22; 5000m: 1. Sandeep Kumar (MP) 15:26.39s, 2. Shabbir Patel (Mah) 15:43.49, 3. Devender Kumar (AFI) 16:05.77; 110m hurdles: 1. Tejas Karkhanis (Mah) 15.52s, 2. Sachin Kumar (UP) 15.53, 3. Tanika Roy (Ben) 15.55; Triple jump: 1. Manoj Kumar (AFI) 14.82m, 2. Abhishajkh Rathor (Bih) 14.77, 3. Anuj Bora (Asm) 14.53; Shot put: 1. Ashwini Solanki (Del) 16.65m, 2. Sharad Chaudhary (UP) 16.19, 3. Samarjeet Singh (Raj) 15.53; Hammer: 1. Joginder (AFI) 65.43m, 2. Dharamveer (UP) 61.20, 3. Prashant Chavan (Mah) 52.65.

Under-18: 400m: 1. Jaspal Singh (Raj) 49.83s, 2. Sandeep (Del) 50.78, 3. Kuldeep Singh (UP) 50.98; 5000m: 1. Naresh Malik (Har) 16:13.15s, 2. Sandeep Kalgude (Mah) 16:13.35, 3. Avadesh Kumar Pal (Mah) 16:14.76; 110m hurdles: 1. L. Rajiv Gandhi (TN) 15.28s, 2. Gurinder Singh (Pun) 15.49, 3. Suman Mondal (Ben) 15.62; Triple jump: 1. Rustam Khan (UP) 14.40m, 2. R. Manikandan (TN) 14.29, 3. Dhiraj Mishra (Mah) 14.24; Shot put: 1. Sanjeev Rathi (Del) 17.88m, 2. Kashish Khanna (Chd) 16.87, 3. Hardeep Singh (Mah) 14.88.

Under-16: 400m: 1. Asish Mondal (Ben) 50.70s, 2. Vinod Kumar Sharma (UP) 50.82, 3. Gulabsingh Vasave (Mah) 51.72; 100m hurdles: 1. T. Balakrishna Reddy (AP) 14.37s, 2. Subhas Barman (Ben) 14.38, 3. Ramshankar Bharati (Mah) 14.53; Shot put: 1. Jasdeep Singh (Pun) 15.03m, 2. Gulsher Ali Ahmed (UP) 14.80, 3. N. Shankar (TN) 14.60; Hammer: 1. Harmender Singh Dagar (UP) 67.10m NR (old: 59.36m), 2. Shaqeel Khan (UP) 59.81, 3. N. Shankar (TN) 51.29; Medley relay: 1. West Bengal 2:01.68s NMR (old 2:03.42), 2. Maharashtra 2:04.08, 3. Tripura 2:09.32, 5000m walk: 1. Gaurav Rathi (UP) 24:44.1, 2. Rajdeep Lamba (Raj) 24:45.3, 3. Deep Kumar Yadav (MP) 24:46.1.

Girls: Under-20: 400m: 1. Sabina Khatun (Ben) 56.86s, 2. A.C. Ashwini (Jhar) 57.57, 3. Sunita (AFI) 58.32; 3000m: 1. Reshma Dalvi (Mah) 10:45.85s, 2. Sushila Singh (UP) 11:00.78, 3. Manjula Patil (Mah) 11:08.45; 100m hurdles: 1. Shishira Hegde (Mah) 16.20s, 2. Safina Khatun (Ben) 16.63, 3. Kranti (UP) 16.64; Triple jump: 1. Poonam Gill (AFI) 11.50m, 2. Singu Tudu (Jhar) 10.43, 3. Sumita Saha (Ben) 10.39; Pole vault: 1. Babli Mitra (Ben) 3.00m, 2. Haritha Chandran (Ker) 2.50; Shot put: 1. Neelam Jakhar (AFI) 12.85m, 2. Aplesh Yadav (AFI) 12.48, 3. Suparna Ghosh (Ben) 11.02; Hammer: 1. Seema Jakhar (AFI) 47.40m NMR (old 46.87m), 2. Bhateri (AFI) 46.43, 3. N. Sandhyarani Devi (Man) 39.00.

Under-18: 400m: 1. Juana Murmu (Ori) 57.86s, 2. Swetha Sagar (Kar) 58.25, 3. Soniyaka (Ker) 58.67; 3000m: 1. Savita (AFI) 10:13.68s, 2. V. Prabhavathi (AP) 10:17.25, 3. Rekha Patel (UP) 10:55.25; 100m hurdles: 1. R. Vigneswari (TN) 15.37s, 2. Kanchan Ojha (Jhar) 16.21, 3. Mita Sinha (Ben) 17.57; Triple jump: 1. Sibani Bhumij (Ben) 11.73m, 2. Raksha Singh (UP) 11.13, 3. Pankaja Kolhe (Mah) 11.08; 5000m walk: 1. Rani Yadav (UP) 29:00.6s, 2. S. Varalaxmi (AP) 29:01.1, 3. Dipalee Uthale (Mah) 31:47.5.

Under-16: 400m: 1. Nilima Basu (Ben) 59.42s, 2. Debashree Majumdar (Ben) 59.80, 3. Neha Nisar (Del) 1:02.05; 100m hurdles: 1. Deepika Varakhe (Mah) 16.63s, 2. Srabani Nanda (Ori) 16.85, 3. Salma Khatun (Ben) 17.34; Shot put: 1. Subhra Ghosh (Ben) 10.73m, 2. Pinki Dey (Ben) 10.65, 3. Ambey Yadav (UP) 10.62, Medley relay: 1. West Bengal `A' 2:21.67s, 2. Orissa `A' 2:24.63, 3. Tamil Nadu 2:25.72; 3000m walk: 1. Mamta (AFI) 16:17.8s, 2. Sujata Patankar (Mah) 16:40.7, 3. Th. Ranji Tabi Devi (Man) 18:38.3.