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Friday, Sep 08, 2006

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Rajeev sets new meet mark

NEW DELHI: R. Rajeev clocked a career-best 1:49.56 while posting a meet record in the men's 800 metres on the concluding day of the 72nd all-India Railways athletics championships at the Nehru Stadium here on Thursday.

Junior Sajeesh Joseph who came behind Rajeev also clocked a personal best of 1:50.17 providing a keen finish in the two-lap event. The old mark of 1:50.0 stood in the name of K. G. Manojlal since 1999.

A. Aravind, who won the `best male athlete' award, completed the sprint double winning the 200 metres in 21.24 seconds. In the process, the Southern athlete bettered R. Gnanasekharan's 1978 mark of 21.2 seconds (hand-timed).

The results:

Men: 200m: 1. A. Aravind (SR) 21.24 (NMR, previous 21.2, hand-timed), 2. Vishal Sxaena (NR) 21.52, 3. B. G. Nagraj (WR) 21.53; 800m: 1. Rajeev R. (WR) 1:49.56 (NMR, previous 1:50.0), 2. Sajeesh Joseph (SR) 1:54.17, 3. Sunil Kumar (WR) 1:54.70; 5000m: 1. Sunil Kumar (SR) 14:26.80, 2. Santosh Kumar (WR) 14:27.64, 3. Kashinath Aswale (WR) 14:4.00; 3000m steeplechase: 1. Bhagwan Diwakar (NWR) 9:18.83, 2. Sachin Patil (CR) 9:32.20, 3. C. D. Basavraj (WR) 9:35.44; Triple jump: 1. Vinod Raj (SR) 15.98, 2. Naveen K. (WR) 15.21, 3. Surender Yadav (NWR) 14.74; Hammer: 1, Madhu Kumar (WR) 61.10, 2. Pargat Singh (RCF) 59.60, 3. Laique Ahmed (NR) 55.97; Javelin: 1. Gajinder Kumar (NR) 76.93, 2. Avtar Singh Gill (NCR) 69.49, 3. Ankit Kumar (SECR) 66.10; 4x400m relay: 1. Western 3:16.99, 2. Southern 3:18.50, 3. North Western 3:25.79.

Team championship: 1. Southern Railway 117 pts, 2. Western Railway 114.

Women: 200m: 1. Babita Singh (CR) 24.55, 2. Ranita Roy (ER) 24.61, 3. Rakhi Saha (ER) 24.67; 800m: 1. Pinki Paramanik (ER) 2:04.77, 2. Sutapa Das (ER) 2:09.65, 3. B. Venkatalakshmi (ECR) 2:10.26; 5000m: 1. O. P. Jaisha (SR) 16:42.00, 2. Preeja Sreedharan (SR) 16:50.55, 3. Kavita Raut (CR) 16:57.82; Discus: 1. Archana Mondal (ER) 43.99, 2. Manmeet Bains (WR) 40.04, 3. Sivanagini (SCR) 37.42; Triple jump: 1. Manisha Dey (ER) 13.29 (NMR, previous 13.13), 2. Salamma Antony (WR) 12.82, 3. Kalpana Das (ER) 12.80; Heptathlon: 1. Soma Biswas (ER) 4987, 2. Susmita Singha Roy (ER) 4958, 3. C. Dayalani (SWR) 4086; 4x400m relay: 1. Eastern 3:46.84, 2. Western 3:47.25, 3. Southern 3:48.36.

Team championship: 1. Eastern 144.5 pts, 2. Southern 99.5.

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