Danghi-Shashi Kumar duo clinches gold

February 19, 2012 11:42 pm | Updated 11:42 pm IST - HYDERABAD:

Sprinting home: Andhra Pradesh's Shashi Kumar (in the front) and S. S. Dangi won the lightweight men's double scull gold. Photo: G. Ramakrishna

Sprinting home: Andhra Pradesh's Shashi Kumar (in the front) and S. S. Dangi won the lightweight men's double scull gold. Photo: G. Ramakrishna

S.S. Danghi and Shashi Kumar of Andhra Pradesh won the 500m light weight men's double scull gold clocked in 1:32.10 seconds at the 31st Open National rowing championship, which concluded here on Sunday.

This was the maiden gold in senior Nationals for the pair of Danghi and Shashi. Vikas Singh and Vikram Singh of Services (1:32.51) and Anil Kumar and Karambir Singh of Delhi (1:33.95) came second and third

The results (all finals):Men: Coxless pair: 1. Kapil Sharma & Davinder Singh (SSCB) 1:29.83; 2. Jagtar Singh & Rampal (Utk); 3. Maninder Singh & Md. Azad (CERA) and Tejesh Shinde & Gurpreet Singh (Mah).

Single scull: 1. G. Mahesh (Man) 1:40.32; 2. Satyawan (CERA); 3. Anuj Kumar Singh (AP). Light-weight double scull: 1. S.S. Dangi & Shashi Kumar (AP) 1:32.10; 2. Vikas Singh & Vikram Singh (SSCB); 3. Anil Kumar & Karambir Singh (Del).

Coxless four: 1. SSCB (Rajesh Kumar, Munesh Kumar, Anil Kumar, Ranjit Singh) 1:23.35; 2. Uttarakhand (Shahib Singh, Bikker Singh, Jagtar Singh, Rampal); 3. CERA (Yasin Khan, Vikal Sarve, P. Lava Kumar, Naveen Kumar).

500m: Women: Double scull: 1. Ch. Priya Devi & Th. Chaoba Devi (Man) 1:42.00; 2. Thara Kurian & Dittymol Varghese (Ker); 3. M. Amusana Devi & Meena Madhuri Toppo (Ori). Coxless pair: 1. Pratima Puhana & Sanjukta Dung Dung (Ori) 1:48.82; 2. Nitya Joseph & Anjali Raj (Ker); 3. A. Surbala Devi & Kh. Sunita Devi (Man). Single scull: 1. N. Laxmi Devi (Man) 1:56.80; 2. Dittymol Varghese (Ker); 3. Monalisa Chanu (MP).

Coxless four: 1. Orissa (Mamata Jena, Pratima Puhana, Ashmita Kujur, Alma Lakra) 1:44.49; 2. Kerala (K.S. Shanimol, Tinu Chacko, M.T. Nimmy, Chippy Kurian); 3. Manipur (S. Zingraphy, Kh. Sunita Devi, A. Surbala Devi, Kh. Debala Devi).

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