Shaili, Usaid of UP win gold medal in National Inter-State Athletics championship

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Kanpur: Rising long jumpers Shaili Singh and

Usaid

Khan of Uttar Pradesh stole the limelight on the second day of 60th Fast and UP National Inter-State Athletics championship held in Patiala on Saturday.

Gurindervir Singh (Punjab) set ablaze the athletics track in the Netaji Subhas National Institute of Sports with a new meet record time of 10.27 seconds as he won the men’s 100 m. S Dhanalakshmi (Tamil Nadu) confirmed his growing stature as India’s premier woman sprinter by handing Dutee Chand another defeat in the final.

Preparing for the World Junior Athletics championships to be held in Kenya in August, Shaili Singh leapt to the career’s best distance of 6.48m in the Punjabi University facility to be among the world’s top ranked junior jumpers this year.

According to PK Srivastava, honorary general secretary, Athletic Association, Shaili Singh of Jhansi is being trained at Anju Bobby George Academy Bangalore under supervision of Bobby George. The girl is no. 1 in the world ranking.

The 20-year-old Gurindervir Singh, who has held sway in the sprints in the recent times, was quickly off the blocks, found the pace and the momentum to leave his team-mate Lovepreet Singh and the national record holder Amiya Kumar Mallick (Odisha ) fighting for the lesser medals.

With Hima Das pulling up injured after finishing third in heats in the morning, the women’s race was expected to be a clash featuring Dhanalakshmi and her more experienced team-mates Dutee Chand and Archana Suseendran as well as Sri Lanka’s Amasha de Silva. Dhanalakshmi powered away to a good victory in 11.52 seconds.

Uttar Pradesh’s 19-year-old Usaid Khan won the gruelling decathlon competition with an all-round effort that fetched him 6893 points. He improved on his showing in the Federation Cup in March when he had a 6820-point haul. S Gokul (Kerala) kept Gurlal Singh (Punjab) at bay in the race for the silver medal. The results (finals) are:

Men--100m: 1. Gurindervir Singh (Punjab) 10.27 seconds (New Meet Record. Old: 10.32, Krishna Kumar Rane, Lucknow, 2014); 2. Lovepreet Singh (Punjab) 10.47; 3. Amiya Kumar Mallick (Odisha) 10.49. 400m Hurdles: 1. MP Jabir (Kerala) 49.78 seconds; 2. K Sathish (Tamil Nadu) 51.90; 3. Pravin Kumar (Tamil Nadu) 52.77. High Jump: 1. Tejaswin Shankar (Delhi) 2.20m; 2. Geo Jos (Kerala) 2.15; 3. T Aromal (Kerala) 2.1 Hammer Throw: 1. Damneet Singh (Punjab) 62.03m; 2. Niraj Kumar (Rajasthan) 60.28; 3. Ravi (Haryana) 57.92. Decathlon: 1. Usaid Khan (Uttar Pradesh) 6893 points 2. S Gokul (Kerala) 6680; 3. Gurlal Singh (Punjab) 6428.

Women--100m: 1. S Dhanalakshmi (Tamil Nadu) 11.52 seconds; 2. Amasha de Silva (Sri Lanka) 11.59; 3. Archana Suseendran (Tamil Nadu) 11.60. 400m Hurdles: 1. VK Salini (Kerala) 1:01.63; 2. Khushdeep Kaur (Punjab) 1:04.52; 3. Nirmal Punia (Haryana) 1:05.68 Long Jump: 1. Shaili Singh (Uttar Pradesh) 6.48m; 2. A Sherin (Tamil Nadu) 6.26; 3. Renu (Haryana) 6.17. Shot put: 1. Manpreet Kaur (Punjab) 16.95m; 2. Srishti Vig (Delhi) 15.96; 3. Kiran Baliyan (Uttar Pradesh) 15.75.