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Kalaimani, Ismail win golds

Coimbatore: F. Ismail of PSG College of Technology and R. Kalaimani of Kumaraguru College of Technology added a gold each to their kitty in the Anna University Zone-7 athletic meet for men and women at the Coimbatore Institute of Technology grounds here on Wednesday.

Ismail clinched the men’s hammer throw gold with a distance of 28.14m, and Kalaimani timed 24:51.6s for the top prize in the women’s 5000m.

The results: Men: 5000m: 1. T. Karthi (Vellalar CE, Erd) 18:20.2s, 2. R. Navin Kumar (IRTT, Erd), 3. S. Sekar (Kongu EC). Javelin: 1. I. Guru Prasad (CIT) 48.01m, 2. S. Arjunan (SNS), 3. R. Gowtham Shankar (SRIT). 400m: 1. T. Ranjith (Kongu EC) 53.8s, 2. M. Karthik (Ramakrishna EC), 3. M.S. Somasundar (Bannari Amman IT). 110m hurdles: 1. M.S. Somasundar 18.2s, 2. V. Shiva Sagar (Sri Ramakrishna IT), 3. R. Gowtham (SNS). Hammer throw: 1. F. Ismail (PSG Tech) 28.14m, 2. G. Arasukumar (PSG Tech), 3. B. Brucelee Solomon (SRIT). Decathlon: 1. R. Rajesh (Ramakrishna IT) 3590 pts, 2. M. Arun Chakravarthy (Christian College), 3. A.P. Alagu Shanmugam (Sri Krishna CE). 4x100m: 1. Sri Ramakrishna EC, 2. Dr. Mahalingam, 3. Bannari Amman IT.

Women: 5000m: 1. R. Kalaimani (KCT) 24:51.6s, 2. S. Poongodi (Vellalar CE), 3. A. Poongodi (Sri Ramakrishna EC). Discus throw: 1. J.M. Manju (Sri Ramakrishna EC) 22.40m, 2. Mahalakshmi (PSG Tech), 3. Akila Murugesan (Kongu EC). High jump: 1. R. Yamuna (SREC), 2. R. Sindhu (KCT), 3. V. Petchithai (SREC). 400m: 1. M. Thenmozhi (Kongu EC), 2. P. Devi (Bannari Amman), 3. N. Deepika (Christian CE). 4x100m: 1. Kongu EC, 2. PSG Tech, 3. Erode Sengunthar EC.