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Records fall like nine pins

Principal Correspondent

Bangalore: It rained records in the 67th all-India inter-university athletics championships at the Sree Kanteerava Stadium here on Sunday. The record-spree, which yielded nine new meet records, commenced with the half marathon, early in the morning.

The results: Men: 400m: 1. Bharatha Reddy (ANU), 47.10s NMR, Old: 47.20, P.S. Primesh (MGU), 2001; 2. Mohammed Naseem (MGU), 47.70; 3. Sukh Pal Singh (GNDU), 47.98.

Half marathon: 1. Gurunath Kalyani (Mangalore), 1:10:00 NMR, Old: 1:12:35, Rajindar Singh (GNDU), 2004; 2. Visram Meena (Rajasthan), 1:10:10 BMR; 3. Narayan Bhoyar (Nagpur), 1:10:20 BMR.

Pole vault: 1. N. Vadivelu (Annamalai), 4.75m NMR, Old: 4.60, Bemin (MGU), 2005; 2. Dig Vijay (MDU), 4.50; 3. Miler Bertrand Russel (Annamalai), 4.30.

Javelin Throw: 1. Bikramjit Singh (Panjabi), 73.39 NMR, Old: 70.00, Gajendra Kumar (CCSU), 2003; 2. Vipin Khasana (Delhi), 72.57 BMR; 3. Sharath Raj (Karnatak), 71.68 BMR.

4x100m relay: 1. Kerala, 41.29s NMR, Old: 41.80, Calicut, 2004; 2. Calicut, 42.18; 3. Delhi, 42.33.

Decathlon: 1. Baljit Singh (GNDU), 6025pts; 2. Manjinder Singh (GNDU), 5964; 3. Amandeep Singh (Panjabi), 5934.

Women: 400m: 1. Jasmin Joseph (MGU), 54.88s NMR, Old: 55.12, Sunitha Dahiya (MDU), 1999; 2. K. Mrudula (Osmania), 55.81; 3. G. Harathi (Osmania), 56.14.

Half marathon: 1. Jamsheena Ashraf (Calicut), 1:27:20s NMR, Old: 1:29:9, Jishi Joseph (MGU); 2. T.T. Namsheela (Calicut), 1:27:30 BMR; 3. Sunita Pal (SMU), 1:27:40 BMR.

Triple jump: 1. Mayookha Johny (Kannur), 12.93m NMR, Old: 12.79, Salaman Antony (MGU), 2005; 2. Alka Chikily (Kerala), 12.81 BMR; 3. Tincy Mathew (Kerala), 12.47.

4x100m relay: 1. Kannur, 46.92s NMR, Old: 47.02, MG, 2000; 2. MG, 47.18; 3. Kerala, 47.67.

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