Hari Shankar Roy stole the show on the final day of the National inter-state athletic meet here, sailing past 2.22 metres to win the gold in high jump.
Bengal man Roy, now representing Jharkhand, bettered his own meet record of 2.18 to finish ahead of Gujarat’s Vinodkumar Chauhan.
Joseph Abraham, the favourite in the 400M hurdles, lived up to his billing, claiming the gold in 51.03 seconds.
In the men’s 10,000 metres, Surender Singh set a meet mark of 29:06.17 to complete a double while in the corresponding women’s event, Kavita Raut upset Preeja Sreedharan for the gold.
Results:
Men: 200M: B G Nagraj (Jharkhand, 21.51 seconds) 1; Arunjith S (Kerala, 21.53) 2; Ajay Kumar (Haryana, 21.69) 3.
10000M: Surender Singh (Uttarakhand, 29:06.17 seconds) NMR 1. OR: Madan Singh, Delhi, 1993, 29:26.00; Kashinath Aswale (Jharkhand, 29:42.23) 2; Sandeep Batham (Delhi, 30:08.04) 3.
400M hurdles: Joseph G Abraham (Kerala, 51.03 seconds) 1; Patlavath Shankar (Andhra Pradesh, 51.47) 2; Sheji Verghese (Kerala, 51.91) 3. High Jump: Hari Shankar Roy (Jharkhand, 2.22M) NMR 1. OR: 2.18, Hari Shankar Roy, 2004; Vinodkumar Chauhan (Gujarat, 2.14M) 2; B Elangumaran (Tamilnadu, 2.11M) 3.
Discus throw: Simarjit Singh (Punjab, 49.60 metres) 1; Amardeep Singh (Punjab, 49.35) 2; Rambir (Jharkhand, 48.94) 3.
Decathlon: P J Vinod (Kerala, 6833 points) 1; Bhupendra Singh (Jharkhand, 6618) 2; Vinoth Kumar (Delhi, 6241) 3.
4x100M relay: Tamil Nadu 41.70 seconds, 1; Jharkhand 41.71, 2; Kerala 41.78, 3.
4x400M relay: Chhattisgarh 3:15.98, 1; Uttar Pradesh 3:16.12, 2; Tamil Nadu 3:16.38, 3.
Women: 200M: K Kasthuri (Tamil Nadu, 25.11 seconds) 1; Ranjita Roy (West Bengal, 25.11) 2; Bindhu B (Kerala, 25.39) 3.
10000M: Kavita Raut (Maharashtra, 34:23.80, NMR) 1. OR: L Aruna Devi, 2000, 34:30.20); Preeja Sreedharan (Kerala, 34:24.57) 2; Preethi L Rao (Jharkhand, 37:16.10) 3.
400M hurdles: Pooja Jakhar (Delhi, 1:01.11 seconds) 1; Sutapa Das (West Bengal, 1:01.97) 2; Shalin Joseph (Kerala, 1:02.17) 3.
3000M steeplechase: Kiran Tiwari (Uttarakhand, 11:36.68) 1; Geeta Rani (Delhi, 11:40.47) 2.
Shot put: Saroj Sihag (Haryana, 15.24M) 1; Seema Antil (Haryana, 14.44M) 2; Neelam (Haryana, 13.16M) 3.
Long jump: Prajusha M A (Kerala, 6.22 metres) 1; Reshmi Bose (Kerala, 6.18) 2; Mayookha Johny (Kerala, 6.14) 3.
4x100M relay: Kerala 3:46.04, 1; Jharkhand 3:51.65, 2; West Bengal 4:02.20, 3.
