Anas wins 400m gold

May 07, 2017 10:03 pm | Updated May 08, 2017 07:03 am IST - Patiala

Muhammed Anas won the men’s 400 metres gold, clocking 45.89s in the Indian Grand Prix at the Netaji Institute of Sports Complex here on Sunday.

It was not Anas’ best performance as he had clocked 45.69 when he won the third leg of the Asian Grand Prix recently in Chinese Taipei.

Devender Singh won the men’s javelin with an impressive throw of 84.57 metres.

In women’s 400m, M.R. Poovamma pipped Debashree Mazumdar for gold.

The results: Men: 100m: 1. Mohammed Sadath 10.87; 2. R. Anesh 10.95; 3. Saroj Kumar Jena 12.31; 400m: 1. Muhammed Anas 45.89; 2. Arokia Rajiv 46.85; 3. Sachin Roby 47.38; 800m: 1. Ajay Kumar Saroj 1:49.71; 2. Sajeesh Joseph 1:51.33; 3. Arun Kumar 1:52.14; 5000m: 1. G. Lakshmanan 14:15.64; 2. Md. Yunus 14:29.86; 3. Kalidas Hirave 14:38.03; Triple jump: 1. Arpinder Singh 16.35; 2. AV Rakesh Babu 15.95; 3. Deepankar 15.24; Shot put: 1. Omprakash Singh 19.14; 2. Jasdeep Singh 18.78; Javelin: 1. Devender Singh 84.57; 2. Samarjeet Singh 76.85; 3. Rajender Singh 76.30.

Women:100m: 1. Merlin Joseph 10.88; 2. Reena George 11.99; 3. Manvir Kaur 12.48; 400m: 1. M.R. Poovamma 53.48; 2. Debashree Mazumdar 54.08; 3. Sarita Ben Gaya 54.20; 5000m: 1. L. Suriya 16:21.03. 100m hurdles: 1. Purnima Hembram 13.85; 2. KV Sajitha 14.37; 3. Liksy Joseph 14.84; Triple jump: 1. NV Sheena 12.91; 2. G. Karthika 12.68; 3. Niharika Vashisht 12.54. Javelin: 1. Annu Rani 59.26; 2. K. Rashmi 51.10; 3. Priyanka 47.69.

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