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Bopanna emerges fastest

Special Correspondent

BANGALORE: G.N. Bopanna of Bangalore SC won the under-20 100m race in the Karnataka State junior athletics championship at the M.G. Stadium in Tumkur on Tuesday.

Bopanna who was pushed to the third spot in the recent Dussera Games at Mysore bounced back with a 10.9 seconds effort but neither Vikas nor Praveen Kumar, who had won the top two positions then, was in contention here.

Belgaum’s Muthappa D. Yadav claimed a golden double winning the boys under-20 hammer throw (40.70m) and javelin throw (51.04m).

The results (Winners only): Boys: U-20: 100m: G.N. Bopanna (BSC) 10.9s; 5000m: Basavaraj Thirumala Koppa (DYSS, B’lore) 16:30.8s; Hammer throw: Muthappa D. Yadav (Belgaum) 40.70m; 10km walk: Dinesh Kumar (SAI, B’lore) 52:41.8s; Triple jump: Avin Kumar (Alva’s, Moodbidri) 13.55m; 110m hurdles: Pundalik M. Lamani (SAi Dharwad) 15.7s; 400m: Imtiaz Ahmed (DYSS. B’lore) 52.1s; Javelin throw: Muthappa D. Yadav (Belgaum) 51.04m; Discuss throw: Sheetal Kumar (Youngsters SC) 42.30m; 4x100m relay: DYSS, Bangalore 45.8s.

U-18: 100m: K.M. Aiyappa (BSC) 11.1s; 5000m: Devanna Naik (Alva’s) 16:42.7s; Hammer throw: Muzakkir Mohd. Khader (YSC) 45.80m; Triple jump: Arshad M. (DYSS, B’lore) 14.35m; 110m hurdles: M.K. Sumanth (DYSS, B’lore) 15.2s; Shot put: Ashton Coelho (DK) 15.32m; 400m: Akash B. Rao (DK) 50.1s.

U-16: 100m: Chand Pasha (Bellary) 11.5s; Medley relay: Bijapur 2:10.6s; 400m: Gokul Khanna S.V. (SAI Dharwad) 53.3s; 5000m: Chethan R. (Mandya) 28:22.6s; Hammer throw: Rickson Rodrigues (DK) 37m; Long jump: Mohammed Yasin (SAI Dharwad) 6.01m; Javelin throw: Raviraj (Udupi) 48.49m; 100m hurdles: B. Durga Vijay (SS Chandargi) 14.7s; Shot put: B. Anil Kumar (Chiradurga) 12.46m.

U-14: Triathlon: P.S. Santosh (SS Chandargi) 1376 points; 600m: Muthappa Nandeshwar (Bagalkote) 1:38.7s; High jump: T.S. Ruthvik (Bethany’s) 1.49m.

Girls: U-20: 5000m: Thippavva S. Sanakki (DYSS, Mysore) 19:35.2s; 100m hurdles: Namitha S. Rai (Alva’s) 17s; Discus throw: Vaghdevi (DK) 31.75m; 400m: Swetha Sagar (SAI, B’lore) 1:01.1s; 4x100m relay: SAI Bangalore 53.6s.

U-18: 400m: Shruthi T.R. (SAI, Adichunchunagiri) 59.3s; 5000m walk: Drakshayani (Dharwad) 37:49.5s; 100m hurdles: Bhavya Mandanna (Indo German) 16.8s; 100m: Moulya B.V. (Alva’s) 12.9s.

U-16: 400m: Reena George (SS Vidyanagar) 1:00.6s; 100m hurdles: Arpitha (SS Vidyanagar) 16.4s; Discus throw: Preethi Prabhakar (DK) 28.48m; Shot put: Nisha U. (SAI Madikeri) 9.12m.

U-14: High jump: Shrishti Sunil (Indo German) 1.40m; 600m: K.A. Archana (SAI Madikeri) 1:55.6s; Triathlon: Praneetha Pradeep (BSC) 1476 points; Long jump: G.B. Deeksha (DYSS, B’lore) 4.78m.