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Shamsher Partap and Mayookha declared the best

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CHIDAMBARAM: Shamsher Partap Singh of Guru Nanak Dev and Mayookha Johny of Kannur were adjudged best athletes in the men’s and women’s sections respectively at the 68th all-India inter-University athletics championship, which concluded at the Annamalai University here on Thursday.

University of Madras won the team championship in the men’s section. But the result of the women’s team championship has been withheld due to the controversy surrounding the participation of banned athlete Jasmin Joseph of Mahatma Gandhi University (Kottayam) in 4x400m relay heats.

The results: Men: 200m: M. Vijayakumar (Madras), 22.19s, 2. Audul Najeeb Qureshi (Kakatiya), 3. Mohammed Anees (Mahatama Gandhi); 110m hurdles: 1. Amandeep Singh (Guru Nanak Dev), 15.22s, 2. Bikramjeet (Kurukshetra), 3. Nibu George (Mahatma Gandhi); 4x100m relay: 1. Madras, 42.23s, 2. Mangalore, 42.60s, 3. Calicut, 42.91s; 4x400m relay: 1. Mangalore, 3:19.05s, 2. Mahatma Gandhi, 3. GNDU; 20-km walk: 1. Kaviraj Mardamootoo (LNIPE), 1:42:01.19s, 2. Hari Ram Yadav (VBS Purvanchal), 3. Y. Khamba (Manipur); Half marathon: 1. Siddappa. Shivanur (Karnatak), 2. Pawar Anil (Pune), 3. Vishrammeena (Rajasthan); Triple jump: 1. V. Deepan Kumar (Madras), 15.58m, 2. Abhishek Kumar Rathaur (Veer Kunwar Singh), 3. Anoop Thomas (Mahatma Gandhi); Pole vault: 1. Bineesh Jacob (Mahatma Gandhi), 4.40m, 2. Suresh (Maharishi Dayanand), 3. Lakshman Singh Yadav (Dr. RML Avadh); Discus: 1. Harpreet (Maharishi Dayanand), 50.97m, 2. Rashpal Singh (GNDU), 3. Puneet (Maharishi Dayanand); Pole vault: 1. Bineesh Jacob (Mahatma Gandhi), 4.40m, 2. Suresh (Maharashi Dayanand), 3. Lakshman Singh Yadav (Dr. RML Avadh); Hammer: 1. Amit Kr. Panwar (Ch. Charan Singh), 57.71m, 2. Nahid Khan (MJP Rohilkhand), 3. Gurpreet Singh (Panjab). Team champions: University of Madras.

Women: 200m: 1. I. Mandeep Kaur (Punjabi), 25.23s, 2. B. Bindhu (Kannur), 3. V. Santhini (Calicut); 100m hurdles: 1. C.T. Raji (Kerala), 14.46s, 2. Shreemapriyadarshini (Mangalore), 3. Navpreet Kaur (Punjabi); Long jump: 1. Mayookha Johny (Kannur), 6.22m, NMR, 2. S.B. Akshaya (Karnatak), 3. P. Lakshmi (Anna); High jump: 1. P. Divya Priya (Anna), 1.69m, 2. Kavya Muttanna (Visvesvaraya), 3. N.K. Siji (Kannur); Pole vault: 1. Sitharah T. lllath (Mahatma Gandhi), 2.90m, 2. R. Remya (Mahatma Gandhi), 3. K. Sajitha (TNPE & SU); Hammer throw: 1. Manjubala (Bikaner), 53.05m, NMR, 2. Anitha Abraham (Mahatma Gandhi ), 3. Mantro (Bikaner); Shot put: 1. Hardeep Kaur (Panjab), 14.08m, 2. Aplesh (Kurukshetra), 3. Neelam (Kurukshetra); 4x100 relay: 1. Kannur, 47.63s, 2. Mahatma Gandhi, 3. Kerala; Heptathlon: 1. Navpreet Kaur (Punjabi), 4548 points, 2. Shreemapriyadarshini (Mangalore), 3. P.J. Asha (Mahatma Gandhi).