Poovamma misses berth in Worlds by a whisker

Karnataka's MR Poovamma came up with a personal best of 52.75 secs in the 400m but that was not enough as she missed the World Championships qualification by 0.04 seconds on the second day of the Senior Federation Cup athletics in Patiala on Wednesday. Her previous best was 52.94 set at the Asian GP in Bangkok last year.
The 22-year-old from Mangalore staved off a strong challenge from Kerala's Anu Mariam Jose (53.88).Anju Thomas came third in 55.14.
Results: Men: 100m: 1. Siddanth Thingalaya (ONGC, 10.55s), 2. Shameer Mon (10.61), 3. M Manikanand Raj (AP, 10.63).
400m: 1. Arokiarajiv (TN, 46.57s), 2. Kunhu Mohammed (Army, 46.83), 3. Bibin Mathew (Jha, 46.94)
800m: 1. Manjeet Singh (ONGC, 1:48.48s), 2. Sajeesh Joseph (Ker, 1:49.03), 3. Jinson Johnson (Ker, 1:49.60)
5000m: 1. Nitender Singh (Utk, 13:55.28s), 2. Kheta Ram (Raj, 13:55.38), 3. Md Yunus (Mah, 13:55.62)
20km walk: 1. Babu Bhai Panucha (Guj, 1:24:36), 2. Kuldeep (Har, 1:24:47), 3. Sandeep Kumar (Har, 1:26:07)
High jump: 1. Nikhil Chittarasu (TN, 2.19m), 2. Jithin C Thomas (Ker, 2.13), 3. Surajit Kumar Singh (Jha, 2.10)
Triple jump: 1. Arpinder Singh (ONGC, 16.84m), 2. Renjith Maheswary (TN, 16.65), 3. Rakesh Babu (Navy, 15.96)
Discus throw: 1. Arjun (Tata Motors, 56.78m), 2. Dharmaraj Yadav (UP, 53.50), 3. Vikas Punia (Raj, 53.33)
Women: 100m: 1. Merlin K Joseph (Ker, 11.75s), 2. Srabani Nanda (Odi, 11.89), 3. Asha Roy (11.90)
400m: 1. MR Pooovamma (ONGC, 52.75s), 2. Anu Mariam Jose (Ker, 53.88), 3. Anju Thomas (Ker, 55.14)
1500m: 1. Jhuma Khatoon (Jha, 4:31.01s), 2. Sinimole Paulose (ONGC, 4:31.53), 3. Pratima Tadu (Asm, 4:31.53)
10,000m: 1. Kavita Raut (ONGC, 35:30.21s), 2. Lalita Babar (Mah, 35:35.08), 3. Monika Athre (Mah, 35:44.80)
20-km walk: 1. Kushbir Kaur (ONGC, 1:38:03), 2. Rani Yadav (UP, 1:42:26), 3. Ranjana Gupta (MP, 1:44:33)
High jump: 1. Sahana Kumari (Kar, 1.84m), 2. Siji NK (Ker, 1.75), 3. Tintu ND (Ker, 1.70)
Long jump: 1. Mayookha Johny (ONGC, 6.16m), 2. Neena V (Jha, 5.98m), 3. Kaushalya (Har, 5.95)
Javelin throw: 1. Mukash Kumari (Har, 52.69m), 2. Annu Rani (ONGC, 49.15), 3. Rupinder Kaur (Pun, 49.10)
Shot put: 1. Neha Singh (MP, 13.63m), 2. Manpreet Kaur (Pun, 13.36), 3. Harkirat Kaur (Pun, 13.30).