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December 28,2011: BCDAAA has announced BCDAAA Sub Junior Team for
Maharashtra Sub Junior Athletics Championship to be held at Sangli
on 17-18 Jan 2012. Click here
to view team members |
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BCDAAA Sub Junior Athletics Championship 2011- 24 Dec- PDP Ground,
Mumbai
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Mumbai: Maharashtra Sub Junior Athletics Championship has been
postponed till January 14, 2012. In view of this BCDAAA will
organise BCDAAA Sub Junior Athletics Championship on 24th December
at PDP Ground. BCDAAA Sub Junior Athletic team will be selected
from the championship. Click here to view
Entry form
and List of
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Maharashtra State under 14 Athletics Championship will be held at
Jalgaon on 30 Sept. & 1st Oct. 2011.
Click here for
detail program. All team Managers & Coaches Meeting will be
held at Shri Shivaji Maharaj Jilha Krida Sankul Jalgaon. on 30
Sept. 2011 at 4.00 pm. Your lodging arrangement made at Stadium
only. you can book your return Reservation on 1st Oct. after 2.00
PM. organizer will provide only un-furnished lodging so athletes
to bring bed sheets & other things with them. Maharashtra State
Athletics Asso. will provide 30th Sept. Dinner & 1st Oct.
Breakfast & Lunch & Evening Tea.
For Ranchi National Meet
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BCDAAA has selected athletes for the Maharashtra Athletics
Championship for under14, 16 and 18 years age group.
Click here to view selected
athletes. Those Selected athletes must submit following
details: First Name, Fathers Name, Surname and date of Birth proof
original ( municipality certificate or SSC/ HSC passing
certificate) to be handed over to Mr Bhimaji More name of the
school or college and your standard to homiyarm@gmail.com
Any athlete who wish to drop out, please inform the Hon Jt
Secretary or Mr Bhimaji More at 98702 10566. Reporting time is one
day prior at 2:00 pm at the venue. Mr Bhimaji More will give the
details of the location of the stadium .
10th Std and 12th
Std students please note that 25 marks for participation in the
State Meet is under consideration by the State Education Board,
who are planning a new policy. The State Athletic Association and
the District Athletic Association is not responsible if the
students do not get the marks. |
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51st National Open Athletics Championship
Kolkata 10-13 Sept
2011
Final Results |
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23rd National Interzone Junior Athletics Championship
Bhopal 2-4 Sept
2011
Final Results |
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Maharastra State Senior and under 20 years Boys and Girls
Championship will be held at Pune on August 26 - 28, 2011. BCDAAA
has seleted 35 member team. Click
here for the list of team members. All the selected athletes
are requested to contact Bhimaji More ( 98702 10566 ) the Coach of
the Bombay City Team. The leave letters for your organisation can
also be collected from Bhimaji More. |
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Maharashtra State Athletic Association is organising an Inter Club Invitational Athletic Championship at Pune for Schools, Clubs, Colleges and Institution which are affiliated to the District Association. This Championship will be be held at Balewadi on 27th to 28th July 2011 for under 14 and under 16 years Boys and Girls and on 30th july to 1st August for under 18 and 20 years for Boys and Girls This Championship is to select the Maharashtra State Team for the West Zone Athletic Championship which is to be held at Pune from 11th to 13th August 2011. The Entry fee for this championship is Rs. 100/- per event. In this championship no participation certificate will be given. This Championship will not be taken into account for the 25 grace marks given for participation in the State Meet for Xth and XIIth Std.. You are requested to download the form and email the entries directly to nstclubmeet@gmail.com. Take a printout of the entries and get it counter signed by the district secretary.
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44th Bombay City District Annual
Athletic Championships 2011
Priyadarshini Park, Napeansea
Road on
July 9 & 10, 2011
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51st National Senior Interstate Athletics Championship 2011
11-
14 June, Bangalore
Schedule
Results :
Day 1 ~ Day 2 ~
Day 3 ~
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Kerala - overall champions in Senior Inter-State championships
Bangalore, 14 June 2011 : Kerala become overall champions in the
National Senior Inter-State Athletics Championships which
concluded at Sree Kanteerava Stadium here on Tuesday evening.
Kerala State also won the men’s and women’s team title and
garnered a total 13 gold, 7 silver and an equal number of bronze
medals for the overall honours.
Sudha Singh eclipsed
steeple meet mark
Asian Games gold medallist Sudha Singh (Uttar
Pradesh) ran a solo race in women’s 3,000m steeplechase. Former
national record-holder and defending champion O.P. Jaisha (Punjab)
expected to provide her the required challenge. However Sudha
increased her pace after three laps and the gap between the two
started widening thereafter. With no one to push her in the final
phase of the race Sudha slowed down and thus missed an opportunity
to improve her national record of 9:55.67 which she set while
winning the Asiad at Guangzhou last year. However she had the
satisfaction of posting a new meet mark in 10:01.24. Her teammate
Priyanka Singh Patel was second in 10:21.37 while a tired Jaisha
finished third in 10:25.10.
Amritpal annexed long jump gold
A galaxy of the country’s star jumpers, including national record
holder Amritpal Singh, made the line-up. Ankit Sharma, who had a
triumphant return after winning the prestigious Barrientos
memorial meet at Havana (Cuba) two weeks ago, made a big leap of
7.74m on his opening try. It for However his one jump was enough
to bring the silver medal to him. Amritpal, started with a paltry
7.33m went on to register 7.81m on his second try and thus pockets
the gold. Haryana’s Sudhir managed to make a podium finish with
7.70m.
Tintu made a glorious return
The country’s
leading middle distance runner Tintu Luka returns to track on a
big stage after a lay-off of eight months. Naturally everyone
anticipated a good race from her and she did not disappoint the
audience. In her usual style she led the race right from the
beginning and clocked a moderate 2:05.32 at the end. State-mate
S.R. Bindu made it a 1-2 for Kerala, exactly five seconds later.
Kerala got another gold medal in this event through
Sajeesh Joseph as he prevents Ghamanda Ram taking a double in the
men’s race. The Rajasthan runner recently garnered three silver
medals in the Asian Grand Prix series in China and hence a
pre-race favourite to win the event. However he was a wee bit
earlier shown the victory sign and thus lost to Sajeesh at the
post. Sajeesh won the event in 1:47.34, three-hundredths of a
second faster than that of Ghamanda Ram, and adjudged the “best
athlete” among men. The honour in women’s division also went to
another Keralite--long jumper Mayookha Johny.
Kashinath,
Joseph made the hosts happier
Commonwealth Games bronze
medallist Kashinath Naik hurled the spear to 73.77m to win the
men’s javelin throw. A spirited crowd cheered him all the way to
victory.
Earlier in men’s 200m, local star M.G. Joseph ran
the race of his life to edge fancied Manikanda Arumugam of Tamil
Nadu to win in 21.82 secs. Andhra Pradesh’s K. Mrudula (24.93s)
was the winner in the women’s division.
Tamil Nadu’s
Surendhar and Kerala girl M.M. Anchu had overcome the barriers to
win the high hurdles races for men and women respectively.
Surendhar timed 14.62 secs for his victory from Krish Beethovan,
another TN athlete running under Manipur colours here, in men’s
110m hurdles. Anchu was too good to her TN rival Kalaivani as she
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Satinder and Sapinder take 400m Hurdles for Punjab
Bangalore,
13 June 2011: Punjab athletes Satinder Singh and Sapinder Kaur
ruled the 400m hurdles for men and women with modest clocking of
51.13 secs and 1:00.56 respectively on the penultimate day of
National Senior Inter-State Athletics Championships at Sree
Kanteerava Stadium here on Monday.
The men’s line-up also
included national record holder and Asian Games gold medallist
Joseph Abraham of Kerala. Joseph, who normally move forward in the
last 200m, made a late surge this evening and thus allowed the
Punjab hurdler take the gold. Abraham finished second in 51.41
secs while his state-mate Avin A. Thomas collects the bronze at
51.89s.
With an injured Ashwini Akkunji, the reigning Asiad
gold medallist in women’s division, decided to stay away, the
women’s race become an open affair. Former national champion
Sapinder Kaur quickly cashed in the opportunity to win the race
comfortably from another Kerala athlete M.S. Darshana and her
teammate K.A. Soniya, who finished third.
Prajusha wins
triple jump
After a notable win in long jump on the opening
day, national record holder Mayookha Johny decided to skip the
women’s triple jump in order to preserve her energy for the big
stage in Japan at the Asian championships. Although it made her
compatriot M.A. Prajusha’s work easy, the Kerala girl made serious
efforts to make the event lively.
Prajusha delivered her
season’s best jump of 13.53m on her third try-out today. Shradha
Ghule of Maharashtra, the Commonwealth Youth Games champion, was
second with 12.80m while Kerala girl Amitha Baby completes the
podium with a 12.61m effort. It was indeed a consolation effort
for the Maharashtrian who missed a medal in the long jump earlier.
In men’s hammer throw. Harvinder Singh outclassed his Uttar
Pradesh teammate Chandrodaya Narayan Singh for the top spot.
Harvinder sent the ball and chain to 66.21m while Chandrodaya’s
best mark of the day measured to 63.44m.
Kavita wins 5K
thriller
Surya Loganathan, the thin Tamil Nadu runner, did the
front running. Preeja Sreedharan and Kavita Raut, who finished
ahead of Surya in the 10000m, simply followed her till the last
lap. When the runners approached the home-straight they started
sprinting towards the post. Things could have been different if
Preeja and Kavita made their “move” earlier. But the TN girl shows
a fighting spirit and gave a trying moment for the country’s top
two distance queens. While Kavita was able to overcome the
challenge, Preeja gave up the waning moments and thus allowed
Surya to take the second place. “We really do not have an
intention to run a fast race. We just returned to practice after a
lay-off. Our main objective is to win a medal at the continental
meet in Japan” was the reaction of Kavita after the race.
Asian junior champion Suresh Kumar Patel made an all out effort to
win the men’s 5000m, clocking a career best 14:11.47.
Delhi
thrower Saurabh Vij won the shot put by tossing the iron ball to
18.99m. The women’s pole vault witnessed a see-saw battle between
local girl Khyathi and Kerala’s Remya. Both scaled an identical
3.40m but Remya got the gold medal on ‘count-back’.
A
rain-marred men’s high jump event was won by Jithin Thomas, who
represents Maharashtra here. Two Tamil Nadu jumpers Lakshmanan
Yogaraj and Nikhil Chittarasu also cleared an identical 2.10m, but
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 Bharatinder
Singh sets national mark in decathlon
Bangalore, 12 June
2011
The second day of the National Senior Inter-State
Athletics Championships at Sree Kanteerava Stadium witnessed the
first national record of the meet as Bharatinder Singh of Haryana
tabulated 7658 points to better Jora Singh’s five year old mark of
7502 pts.
Arpinder upsets Renjith in triple jump
Triple jumper Arpinder Singh was the cynosure of all eyes as the
18-year-old Punjab athlete upsets national record holder Renjith
Maheswary for the second time in four months this year. Arpinder,
the Asian junior silver medallist, delivered a stupendous
performance as he won the National Games at Ranchi this February
with an incredible 16.62m. Following it he toured to China for the
Asian Grand Prix series last month and is in top form on the
Sunday evening.
Renjith, who changed his domicile from
Kerala to Tamil Nadu, was unlucky on the other hand as he could
manage only 15.96m this evening. Arpinder landed at 16.32m for the
gold while Maharashtra’s Bipin Dev took the bronze with a jump of
15.86m.
Ramachandran posts new mark in steeplechase
Tamil Nadu got its second gold through Army runner Ramadas
Ramachandran. Running a tactical race, Ramachandran made a gallant
effort to win the event with a personal best and new meet record
time of 8:42.58. Manipur’s Sanjit Luwang (8:44.26) and Haryana
athlete Jaiveer (8:45.16) have made a desperate effort to catch
him but the TN runner was yards away before they fill the gap.
O.P. Jaisha, running under Punjab colours, once again
triumphant in the women’s 1500m. Originally hails from Kerala,
Jaisha was too good for others as the 28-year-old pulled away in
style for a determined win the metric mile from her junior
compatriots Jhuma Khatun of Jharkhand and S.R. Bindu from Kerala.
Although her timing today (4:21.32) was 10 secs slower than her
personal best, it was quite enough for the top spot this evening.
In the men’s race, Ghamanda Ram gave his second best effort
(3:48.12) for the victory. The Rajasthan runner is on a come-back
trail and is one of the best 800m runners in the country. He set
his best mark of 3:46.67 for 1500m, six years ago at Jamshedpur.
Pranjal Gogoi, representing Maharashtra, and Haryana runner
Sandeep were the next two finishers in this race.
Sameer,
Priya fastest
As expected Kerala sprinters Sameer Mon and
P.K. Priya took the 100m crown for men and women divisions
clocking 10.58 and 11.97 secs respectively.
Asian games
gold medallist hurdler A.C. Ashwini brought cheer to the
home-crowd as she easily put aside her opposition to win the 400m
run in 52.82 secs. Recovering from an injury Ashwini showed
courage and dedication as she made a brilliant run to push the
fancied Mandeep Kaur of Punjab and Jauna Murmu of Orissa to minor
placings. S.K. Mortaza proved his mettle to take the men’s race in
47.05 secs.
Earlier in the morning, national record holder
Deepmala Devi (Jharkhand) won the women’s 20000m walk with a
modest time of 1 hr. 47 min. 19.29 secs. The men’s title went to
Madhya Pradesh’s Maniram Patel in 1 hr. 29 min. 35 secs.
The men’s pole vault event, which concluded late yesterday
evening, was won by K.P. Bimin of Kerala. He scaled 4.95m to push
his nearest rival N. Vadivelu of Tamil Nadu who did 4.90m.
Punjab got the third gold of the day through Commonwealth silver
medallist Harwant Kaur as she won the women’s discus throw from
Krishna Poonia of Rajasthan. Harwant set out the disc to 58.78m as
Krishna quit the competition early after a customary 55.45m. “She
is just recovered from the injury and need some rest before the
big event like the Asian championships” was her husband-cum-coach
Virender Poonia’s reaction while asking about her performance
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Bangalore, 11 June 2011: Mayookha bettered meet mark in long jump
The opening day’s proceedings in National Senior Inter-State
Athletics Championships witnessed a shower of blessings from the
sky as the meet was inaugurated by R. Ashok, the Hon’ble Minister
for Home and Transport, Government of Karnataka, on Saturday
evening.
Of the seven finals on the card, two events caught
the eyes of the spectators, both from women’s division in long
jump and 10000m.
Mayookha Johny, who recently become the
first Indian woman to cross the 14m mark in triple jump, was back
in action at the long jump pit. Her state-mate from Kerala, M.A.
Prajusha, add colour to the contest as the duo promised to provide
an exciting contest from the beginning. Mayookha, who had an
incredible 6.64m while winning last year’s Asian All-Stars
Athletics Meet at New Delhi, was trying to attain the World
championship qualifying norm of 6.65m here. She started her
campaign with a 6.63m opening jump, which eventually bettered Anju
Bobby George’s five year old meet mark by 10 cm, and fetch her
gold medal today. Compatriot Prajusha was second with 6.47m while
Delhi’s Shalu Chaudhry took the bronze in 6.24m.
It
was only the second competition in this event for Mayookha this
year, who earlier become the National Games champion with a modest
6.26m jump at Ranchi this February. “I feel very good. I wanted to
forget the bitter memories of not winning a major medal last
season” Mayookha told after the event. She was sixth at the
Commonwealth Games and seventh in the Asian Games last year. It
was the second time she missed the World’s qualifying mark in long
jump, but optimistic about making it at the Asian championship in
Kobe, next month. Mayookha is going for a double as she takes part
in triple jump on Monday.
A sweat revenge for Preeja
In yet another exciting contest, Preeja Sreedharan pips
training partner Kavita Raut from Maharashtra in the 10,000m for
women. The Kerala girl avenged her defeat to Kavita at the
national games. Kavita had a golden double at Ranchi. Preeja is
the national record holder in both 5000 and 10000m run. She
clocked 34:33.48 for the evening’s win while Kavita was just 0.16
secs slower for the silver medal. Tamil Nadu runner Surya
Loganathan was a distant third in 35:27.18.
Tamil Nadu got
its first gold of the day through javelin thrower S. Saraswathy.
She outclassed the fancied Suman Devi. Saraswathy sent the spear
to 52m while Suman’s best of the day measured to 48.95m only.
With the country’s top rung discus thrower Vikas Gowda is busy
competing at the elite meets in the United States, young Delhi boy
Arjun annexed the men’s crown with a modest 53.56m. Arjun was the
Asian Youth Games champion in this event. Two days ago at Chula
Vista, California, Vikas hurled the discus to a season’s best
64.91m, which was just 5 cm short of his national mark he sets
four years ago.
Rajasthan’s Manju Bala had the top honours
in women’s hammer throw. Her 55.94m throw outclassed the 54.88m
mark registered by the leading Kerala thrower Anitha Abraham.
Rajasthan got the second gold of the day as distance runner Kheta
Ram become the newest champion in men’s 10000m with a time of
29:20.35. Uttar Pradesh junior Suresh Kumar Patel was a close
second in 29:25.42. |
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June 6, 2011: 44th Bombay City District Annual Athletic
Championships 2011 will be held at Priyadarshini Park, Napeansea
Road on July 9 & 10, 2011.
This is for Boys and girls Age
group under 14 years, under 16 years, under 18 years, under 20
years and for Men and Women.
This championship will serve
as a selection for the Junior Zonal Maharashtra Selection trials
which is to be held on August 1-3, 2011 and Senior State
Championship to be held on August 26 - 28, 2011.
Last date
for submitting the entries is on July 4, 2011. Entries can be
submitted at PDP to Homiyar Sir or Jay Sir or you can call Bhima
Sir to come and accept the entries. Or email your entries at
bombayathletics@gmail.com
Athletes who are in Xth STD and
XIIth STD desiring to avail the Govt scheme of 25 marks for
participation in the State Meet should compulsorily send their
entries from their school / colleges only.
Click here to view
List of Events and an
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 Asian
Grand Prix-III : Mayookha made it with a big leap
Wujiang, China – 29 May 2011: Her quest for a medal in the Asian
Grand Prix series ended with a smile as Mayookha Johny produced a
big leap of 14.02m to make it the podium in the third and final
leg of Asian Grand Prix series here this evening.
Mayookha,
an ONGC employee, who had a disappointing season last year after
improving Anju George’s national record in triple jump by just 1
cm during the national inter-state championship at Patiala, since
lost the record to her Kerala state-mate M.A. Prajusha at the
Commonwealth Games in New Delhi. She had two identical 13.71m
jumps, which was 1 cm short of Prajusha’s best, in the first two
legs of the Asian Grand Prix at Jiaxing and Kunshan while finished
fourth and fifth respectively.
But a determined Mayookha
bouncing back with a record 13.97m leap in her first try-out of
the evening which ensured a medal for her at Wujiang. She lost
rhythm in her next four attempts leaving no mark behind as each
time she overstepped the take-off board. However her sixth and
final jump was perfect and she had become the first Indian woman
to go beyond the magical 14m mark by registered her personal best
14.02m.
China’s Xie Limei, who started with a disappointing
11.94 in her first jump, went on to win the gold in this event
with a performance of 14.16m. Her teammate Li Yanmei, the winner
of first leg in the Asian GP, claimed the silver with 14.05m.
Seema Antil made it to podium for the third successive time with
yet another bronze medal in discus throw. Her sixth round throw of
51.45m, the best out of three meetings, put her in to third place
again. Chinese duo Yang Fei (59.45m) and Lin Xiaojing (56.16m)
have taken the gold and silver medals in this event.
Iranian Sajad Moradi made a clean sweep of wins in all the three
legs of Asian GP in 800m in a time of 1:49.27. Indians Ghamanda
Ram (1:49.45) and Sajeesh Joseph (1:49.74) garnered the other
medals today. It was indeed a good improvement for Sajeesh who
finished fourth in the previous leg at Kunshan.
Other
Indian results are—Sameer Mon (100m, 6th, 10.83s), Kunhu Muhammed
(400m, 6th, 48.25s), Harishankar Roy (High jump, 8th, 2.05m),
Jithin Thomas (High jump, 10th, 2m), Maha Singh (Long jump, 7th,
7.35m), Arpinder Singh (Triple jump, 7th, 16.10m), Vikas Punia
(Discus throw, 6th, 50.92m) among men, Devashree Majumdar (400m,
5th, 57.38s) and Suman Devi (Javelin throw, 5th, 48.67m) among
women. Ram. Murali Krishnan for BCDAAA |
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National Youth Athletics Championship 2011
May 27-29,
Ranchi
Results : Day 1
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Day 3 |
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National Youth Championships : Navtejdeep’s big toss put
him on top; Sunanda adjudged best among girls
Ranchi, 29 May 2011:Shot putters used to bring glory to the
country in big stage and Navtejdeep Singh is expected to join the
big list sooner. The 16-year-old from Punjab tossed the iron ball
to a record distance of 19.34m and thus ensured an entry in the
national team for World Youth Championships. Delhi boy Sanjeev,
who finished second here with a throw of 18.37m, also surpassed
the qualifying mark of 17.60m. Navtejdeep’s performance brought
him the Best Athlete title among the boys in the 8th National
Youth Championships which concluded at the Birsa Munda Athletics
Stadium here on Sunday evening.
Sunanda Sarkar of Bihar,
who won the fastest girl title by winning the 100m on the opening
day, lost the 200m to Tamil Nadu’s Archana Suseendran this
evening. However she had the satisfaction of taking the Best
Athlete title for girls. Haryana sprinter Jatin Jain won the boys
200m race.
Durgesh Kumar Pal, the ace Maharashtrian
hurdler, who ranked second in the World last year with an
incredible silver medal winning 50.81 secs at the inaugural Youth
Olympic Games in Singapore last year went on to post a meet mark
in boys 400m hurdles clocking 51.49 secs. He is a definitive medal
prospect for the country in the forthcoming World meet at France.
Distance runner Indrajeet Patel, another athlete represented
India at Singapore in last August, had a comfortable win over
3000m. However his time this evening (8:26.55) was more than 11
seconds slower than what he achieved at YOG (8:15.02). Patel’s
teammate from Uttar Pradesh, hammer thrower Ali Ahmed, was another
easy victor in his respective event with a mark of 63.32m. Ali
already assured the Lille qualification with a throw of 64.34m
while winning the youth boys’ gold during the national junior
championships at Bangalore in last December.
As expected
the boys’ triple jump event witnessed a keen contest between Tamil
Nadu jumper Mohammed Salahuddin, son of former national champion
and SAF Games winner Mohammed Nizammuddin, and Haryana lad Sandeep
Singh. At the end of the day Sandeep emerged as a winner with his
15.33m hop, step and jump while Salahuddin settled with a silver
medal by jumping 9 cm lesser. Both the jumpers improved the meet
mark and also made the Youth Worlds grade.
Haryana walker
Kuldeep has improved his own meet mark in 10000m race walk with a
new time of 45:45.60. Four other walkers who finished behind
Kuldeep also bettered the previous record. Haryana adjudged the
overall champions of the above meet with Kerala finished
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National Youth Championships (day-2)
Haryana
boys Sandeep, Naveen and Kundan set record victories
Ranchi, 28 May 2011: Athletes from
northern Indian states had a field day today as boys and girls
from Punjab and Haryana won most of the medals at stake on the
second day of 8th National Youth Athletics championships here at
Birsa Munda Athletics Stadium.
Punjab’s
Navjeet Kaur proved she is a cut above the rest by wresting the
discus throw title with a remarkable 44.20m. She could not better
her state-mate Prabhjot Kaur’s record (45.08m) set in Madurai two
years ago. However Navjeet achieved the qualifying standard for
the World Youth Championships to be held at Lille-Metropole in
July. Her nearest rival Suman Devi of Haryana was almost 10m
behind!
Haryana athlete Sandeep ran a splendid
400m in a record time of 47.65 secs while his state-mate Kundan
eclipsed another mark in pole vault by scaled 4.41m. Sandeep made
the world qualifier but Kundan was unlucky this time. Another
athlete from the state eclipsed the record in javelin throw for
boys. Naveen Kumar led a 1-2 for Haryana by hurling the spear to a
record distance of 70.02m. His colleague Abhishek followed suit
with a 68.05 throw.
Southern state
of Tamil Nadu alo had some cheer as Anburaja won the boys’ long
jump with a 7.28m leap, 13 cm above the basic qualifying limit for
the World meet. Bengal girl Priyanka Mondal won the 400m in
57.20s, as also her teammate Shipu Mondal in triple jump (12.11m).
Uttarakhand’s Harish Koranga ran a well
calculated 1500m to win the event in a noteworthy 3:57.95 from
favourite Andhra runner Yerram Naidu who finished second in
3:58.04. Kerala star M.D. Thara collected a double by adding the
1500m gold to her 3000m title which she won yesterday. However she
was second time unlucky for not making the Youth Worlds grade.
Earlier in the morning Punjab’s Shanthi
Kumari walked to gold in a record time of 26:45.41 in 5000m. ( Ram
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National Youth Athletics : Jijin
Vijayan and Sunanda Sarkar emerged fastest
Ranchi, 27 May
2011: Kerala’s Jijin Vijayan and Bihar’s Sunanda Sarkar outclassed
their opposition to emerge the fastest boy and girl in the 8th
National Youth Championships which begun at Birsa Munda Athletics
Stadium here on Friday. As much as 394 athletes from across the
country are taking part in this three day meet which is being
served as the “selection trials” for the young aspirants looking
forward to take part in the World Youth Championships at Lille,
France, in July this year. Both Jijin (11.23 secs) and Sunanda
(12.31 secs) have dipped under the qualifying norms fixed by the
International Association of Athletics Federations for the World
meet. But the selection of the national team will be announced
only after the selection committee meets at Delhi in next month.
Haryana lad Sachin pushed favourite
Sikanderjit Singh of Punjab to second place in discus throw.
Sachin’s effort (53.32m) was 32 cm above the qualifying standard.
However Sikander, who throw the disc to 52.26m today, have already
achieved the norm while taking the youth (under-18) title during
the Junior Nationals at Bangalore in last December with a fine
performance of 54.14m. The IAAF’s qualifying period runs from 1st
January 2010 to 20th June 2011.
Hosts
Jharkhand have something to cheer as Amit Kumar Singh clocked a
superlative 14.33 secs to win the 110m hurdles. Amit missed the
meet mark by just two-hundredths of a second but had the
satisfaction of making the Lille qualifier as well as winning the
gold here in front of his home-crowd. Other notable winner of the
day was distance runner M.D. Thara from Kerala. The national
cross-country champion lacks competition and thus missed an
opportunity to set a meet mark. Her time of 10:16.93 was almost 10
seconds faster than her nearest rival Meena Kumari of Haryana
(10:27.77). Thara’s teammate Jessy Joseph won the 800m in 2:15.85.
The boys’ 800m
was a close affair with Mandeep Goyat of Maharashtra breach the
tape first in 1:58.46. Uttar Pradesh’s Radhey Shyam pips local
runner Ravi Pratap Singh at the post 1:58.72 to 1:58.73 for the
second place. Punjab’s Ketki Sethi won the girls shot put with a
heave measured to 12.18m while U.P. girl Nisha Yadav sent the ball
and chain to 39.72m for the gold in hammer throw. In the boys’
high jump, Delhi’s Rahul and Haritesh Kumar of Uttar Pradesh
cleared an identical height of 2m, but the former adjudged winner
on count-back. Ram. Murali Krishnan for BCDAAA |
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Indian athletes repeat their show with improved marks
Kunshan, China – 26 May 2011: On the medal count they only
duplicated what they did in the first leg at Jiaxing four days
ago. But on the performance front they improved a lot at the
second leg of Asian Grand Prix series here on Thursday evening.
Ghamanda Ram and Seema Antil retained the same position by
winning the silver and bronze medals in men’s 800m and women’s
discus throw events respectively. The ONGC runner clocked a decent
1:48.17 for his second place finish behind Iranian Sajad Moradi
(1:47.95), the best half-miler in the continent in recent times.
Ironically the same time difference – 0.22 secs – separates the
first two. Chian’s Yang Xiaofei was third at 1:48.37.
Seema Antil hurled the disc to 50.64m, better than the 49.77m
throw from previous leg, to retain the bronze medal. Chinese
throwers occupied the first two spots once again with Yang Fei
(59.26m) and Lin Xiaojing (53.55m) extends their medal streaks.
Time and again Triple jumper Mayookha Johny was unlucky.
She replicated with yet another 13.71m jump, the same distance she
registered at Jiaxing, but was down to fifth place as a fine array
of jumpers led by eventual winner Xie Limei of China (14.06m) and
Uzbek athletes Aleksandra Kotlyarova (14.00m) and Anastasiya
Juravlova (13.95m) made it to the podium. Another chinese Li
Yanmei was fourth at 13.85m.
Sameer Mon (8th in 100m –
10.90 secs), Kunhu Muhammed (7th in 400m – 48.27 secs),
Harishankar Roy (7th in High Jump – 2.10m), Jithin Thomas (10th in
High Jump – 2.05m), Maha Singh (4th in Long Jump – 7.48m),
Arpinder Singh (7th in Triple Jump – 16.16m), Vikas Punia (6th in
Discus Throw – 49.33m) among men and Suman Devi (6th in women’s
javelin throw – 49.01m) among the women were the other Indian
athletes who continue to trail in their respective events. Ram.
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Asian Grand Prix ~ 1st leg
Jiaxiang, China – 22 May 2011 :
Middle distance star Ghamanda Ram and discus thrower Seema Antil
brought India two medals in the first leg of the Asian Grand Prix
series which was held in the Chinese town of Jiaxiang on Sunday
evening.
In a slow but calculated race reigning Asian
Games gold medalist Sadjad Moradi of Iran won the men’s 800m in a
moderate time of 1:50.47. Ghamanda Ram was just a fraction of
second (0.22s) slower for the silver medal. A former services
athlete, Ghamanda Ram joined ONGC recently and made a come back at
the national scene with back to back victories in the India GP
series earlier this month at Patiala. Local runner Yang Xiaofei
took the bronze in 1:50.84. The second Indian in the fray, Sajeesh
Joseph, finished fifth with a time of 1:51.62.
Seema Antil
hurled the disc to 49.77m for the bronze behind China’s Yang Fei
(58.01m) and Lin Xiaojing (51.52m) in the women’s division. Among
other Indians the outstanding performer of the day was triple
jumper Mayookha Johny. She registered a personal best 13.71m,
which was just 1 cm short of M.A. Prajusha’s national mark set
during the Commonwealth Games at New Delhi last October, and
missed out a chance to make the podium by finished fourth. The
Chinese were 1-2 here too with Li Yanmei (13.98m) and Xie Limei
(13.93m) taking the top spots with Uzbekistan’s Aleksandra
Kotlyarova take home the bronze medal in 13.80m.
Bibin Dev
(fifth in triple jump with 16.19m) and Mahan Singh (sixth in long
jump with 7.35m) among men and Suman Devi (fifth in javelin throw
with 45.93m) in women’s division were the other Indian performers
of the day. China’s Chen Qiang (10.38 secs) was the fastest man
while the honour went to veteran Guzel Khubbieva of Uzbekistan in
11.46 secs.Ram. Murali Krishnan for BCDAAA |
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All India Police Athletics Championship
2011- Rohtak
Final Results |
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Patiala, 7 May 2011: Ghamanda Ram of ONGC who once was so close to
break legandary Sriram Singh's decades old record in 800m but then
various injuries and illnesses put him far from that record.
Bravehearted Ghamanda didn't lose hope and stick to regular
training as a results his performance graph started to rise again
in the past four years. Today's he ran almost solo run and set
season's leading time of 1:47.59sec, his best since 2007 in the
2nd leg of Indian Grand Prix held at Patiala.
Shamsher Pratap Singh registered identical 7.77m in the long jump
to remain unbeaten in the Indian Grand Prix.
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BCDAAA
Athletic Team for Maharashtra State Senior and Under 18 athletics
Championship 2011. |
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May 3, 2011: Maharastra State Under 18 yrs. (Boys/Girls) and
Senior (Men/Women) Athletic Trials will be held on 11 and 12 May
2011 at Shri Shiv Chhatrapati Krida Nagri, Balewadi, Pune
organised by M A A.
The Nationals Youth Athletics
Championship (Under 18 ) years will be held at Ranchi from 27 to
29 May 2011.The National Inter State for Seniors will be held at
Bangalore from 11 to 14 June, 2011. The cut off date for under 18
years is 10 July.
Bombay City athletes who wish to
participate in the above mentioned trials should submit their full
names, their events and their date of along with their performance
at the last state meet or the latest performance to Homiyar Mistry
or to Bhimaji More latest by 5th May 2011. No selection trials
will be conducted for the above mentioned trials.
Please
note that Athletes who have achieved first three positions in the
last edition of state meet or athletes whose latest performance is
better than the first three state finishers will only be
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Indian Grand Prix-I
Gurmeet
improved national walk record
Patiala
(Punjab), 3 May 2011:The first leg of the Indian Grand Prix which
held at Netaji Subhas National Institute of Sports grounds here on
Tuesday evening marked the season opener for 2011 in Indian
athletics. Notwithstanding the fact that the National Games held
at Ranchi just over two months ago has delivered quite a good
performances in athletics, every track buff in the country paid
more attention on the happenings at Moti Bagh today as they proved
to be an assessment trials for the Indian campers who are training
at this elite institute for the past several weeks.
As much as
sixteen events (eight each for men and women) were on the cards
for the evening’s proceedings. However the men’s 20000m Race Walk,
a non-GP event, held earlier on the day grabbed everyone’s
attention as the 26 year old Gurmeet Singh, representing
Jharkhand, has posted his official national mark in this event
with a splendid time of 1 hour 20 minutes and 35 seconds.
Gurmeet’s time eclipsed the national record of 1:23:06 (20km walk)
held by Babubhai Panocha since 2009.
Earlier this year, Gurmeet equaled
Panocha’s world championship performance while winning the
all-india inter-railways’ meet at Chennai. Traveled under trying
conditions during the Tsunami hit days at Japan, Gurmeet finished
seventh in this year’s Asian race walking championship at Nomi
City clocking a modest 1:25:43. A jubilant Gurmeet vowed to secure
a medal in this year’s Asian athletics championships at Kobe
coming July.
The continental meet also much
important for him as it is one of the competitions approved by the
International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) to
achieve qualifying standard for the ensuing World Championships at
Daegu (Korea) this August and the Olympic Games at London next
year.
Fresh from his victory in this year’s
Punjab Games at Chandigarh, Shamsher Pratap Singh snatched the
long jump gold with an excellent 7.77m leap. At Chandigarh in two
months ago he registered a personal best 7.84m. His state-mate
Maha Singh could manage only 7.46m for silver while Haryana’s
Bharat Inder Singh settled with a bronze medal with a jump of
7.30m.
Some track events, including the men’s
100m, were held as ‘time-trial’. In the men’s sprint race,
Maharashtra’s Krishna Kumar Rane clocked 10.66 secs to secure the
top spot among the contestants. Army lad Hemant Kirulkar (10.74s)
and Uttar Pradesh’s Vishal Saxena (10.86s) clocked the next two
bests. National Games gold medalist Sameer Mon clocked only a
paltry 10.87 secs and hence finished outside the podium.
Similarly the men’s 400m also ran as
‘time-trial’ in which S.K. Mortaza (West Bengal) clocked 47.71
secs to become top among the 15 athletes who took part in this
event.
With some of the country’s top-rung
athletes stayed away, 18-year-old Andhra Pradesh junior Mounika
Gaddam sizzled through women’s 100m to come home at 12.12 secs.
Punjab girl Mandeep Kaur (12.35s) and Karanataka’s Rebacca Jose
(12.43s) finished behind her.
As expected
Mandeep Kaur was best among the women’s quarter-milers as she
timed 55.97 secs for the gold in 400m.
Army’s Jithin Thomas (2.10m) and
Rajasthan’s Vikas Poonia (49.21m) have won the men’s high jump and
discus throw events respectively.
Mayookha wins
triple jump
Returning to
her favourite venue, triple jumper Mayookha Johny of ONGC
delivered her second best ever performance with a hop, step and
jump of 13.65m in a small field of three athletes. Hails from
Kerala, Mayookha posted a national mark of 13.68m while winning
the national inter-state championships here in last August but
could not do well at theCommonwealth Games following an injury.
However her performance today was highly commendable as virtually
there was no competition for her this evening.
Shradha Ghule
of Maharashtra, the reigning Commonwealth Youth Games champion,
landed at 12.39m for silver while an unheralded Shalu Chaudhry of
Delhi got the bronze in 11.64m.
As the
delightful trio of Indian discus throwers (Krishna Poonia, Harwant
Kaur and Seema Antil) abstained in the first leg, Punjab’s
Amanpreet Kaur got the top honour by set out the disc to 45.79m.
In the javelin throw, UP girl Suman Devi was once again a topper
by hurling the spear to 47.60m.
The men’s 800m
saw the return of Ghamanda Ram, a former services runner now
running under ONGC banner, clocked 1:48.87 for the victory.
The
second leg of the Indian Grand Prix will be held at the same venue
on May 7. (Ram. Murali Krishnan for BCDAAA)
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