Arpinder, Dutee fail to qualify for Worlds

PATIALA: Asian Games gold medallist triple jumper Arpinder Singh's rusty run continued as his attempt of 16.35m during the Indian Grand Prix-VI on Thursday failed to secure the World Championship qualifying standard of 16.95m. Kerala's Karthik Unnikrishnan produced a surprise victory over the Punjab athlete with an effort of 16.69m on his final attempt.


The 24-year-old went close to matching his 16.80m effort in the National Inter-State Athletics Championships in Lucknow last week while Arpinder was unable to go past the 16.35m that he managed on his second attempt on Thursday, some distance short of the 16.83m that he delivered in winning at Lucknow.

In women's 100m dash, Odisha's Dutee Chand managed to clinch the gold by clocking 11.43 seconds but that wasn't enough for her either to qualify for the September 27-October 6 World Championships in Doha. Kerala's MV Jilna (11.77) and Madhya Pradesh's Indu Prasad (12.56) took the silver and bronze, respectively.

In other events, Haryana's Inderjeet Singh took the gold in men's shot put event with a throw of 198.53m, while Punjab's Jasdeep Singh Dhillon (18.10) and Devinder Singh (17.44) settled for the silver and bronze, respectively. Among the women,

West Bengal

's Abha Khatua (16.01m) outsmarted Punjab's Navjeet Kaur Dhillon (15.71) to take the gold. Assam's Tunlai Narzary (13.54) settled for the bronze medal.

In men's javelin throw, Haryana's Rajender bagged the gold with an effort of 78.67m followed by Punjab's

Davinder Singh

(78.37) and Haryana's Yashvir Singh (76.19). Among the women, Sharmila Kumari of Haryana picked the gold with a throw of 50.40m while Uttar Pradesh's KM Saloni (46.78) took the silver.