Jagseer leaps to gold; Ramya sparkles
India’s Jagseer Singh and Ramya N S hogged the limelight by winning gold medals in athletics events on the fourth day of the International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports (IWAS) Games 2009 at the Sree Kanteerava stadium here on Friday.
Jagseer leapt to a distance of 6.70 metres to clinch the long jump gold in the F-46 class. The 23-year-old thus successfully defended the title which he won two years back at the IWAS Games in Chinese Taipei.
Ramya took the gold in the women’s shot put event for F-46 class where she found a distance of 9.50 metres.
Hosts Rajendra Rawat pocketed the individual gold in the golf event and his team-mate Gaurav Dutta bagged the bronze. Indian team comprising of Dutta, Rawat and Rakesh Sharma also took the gold in the team event.
Results:
Men: 800M: T-46: Nouioua Samir (Alg) 1:55.23, 1. Wheelchair (T-54): Yanfeng Cui (Chn) 1:44.27, 1. Wheelchair (T-54): Cui Yangfeng (Chn) 1:44.27, 1. Long jump: F-46: Jagseer Singh (Ind) 6.70, 1; Huseyn Hasanov (Aze) 6.63, 2; Fadhil Al-Dabbagh (Irq) 6.56, 3. F-44: Rehm Markus (Ger) 6.75, 1. F-42: Czyz Wojtek (Ger) 6.72, 1. Discus: F-46: Maamar Meskine (Alg) 42.75, 1; Davendra (Ind) 36.93, 2; Che Soh Hisham (Mal) 30.22, 3. Wheelchair (F-56): Stiak Josef (Cze) 36.80, 1; Ivanov Alexey (Rus) 28.81, 2; Gopalappa V (Ind) 21.14, 3.
Wheelchair (F-51 & F-53): Apinis Aigars (Lat, 19.34) 1035 points, 1. Javelin throw: Wheelchair (F-58): Yimbanchang Sakchai (Tha) 41.63, 1. Women: 200M: T-44: Katrin Green (Ger) 28.33, 1. Wheelchair (T-54): Lisha Huang (Chn) 29.74, 1. Shot put (F-44): Jin Yajuan (Chn) 12.57, 1. F-46: Ramya N S (Ind) 9.50, 1; Khamsuk Supidsara (Tha) 8.64, 2; Rachel Sentau Batricia (Mal) 7.50, 3. F-42: Zhong Yongyuan (Chn) 8.65, 1. Wheelchair (F-56): Martina Willing (Ger) 8.17, 1.
Swimming: Men: 200 IM: SM-6: Qing Xu (Chn) 2:56.69, 1; Raghavendra Anavekar (Ind) 3:23.36, 2; Prajim R (Tha) 3:58.54, 3. SM-7: Huaqiang Yang (Chn) 2:53.01, 1. SM-8: Jiachao Wang (Chn) 2:31.45, 1. SM-9: Prashantha Karmakar (Ind) 2:38.77, 1; Sachin Verma (Ind) 2:54.65, 2; James B (RSA) 3:02.57, 3. SM-10: Furong Lin (Chn) 2:27.84, 1. 150M IM: SM-4: Sanit Songnok (Tha) 3:01.21, 1. SM-3: Somchai D (Tha) 3:14.76, 1.
Women: 200M IM: SM-6: Patricia Scasnarova (Slv) 5:42.73, 1; SM-8: Xiaoqin Jin (Chn) 3:05.18, 1. Zhenxing He (Chn) 2:55.50, 1. SM-10: Jimin Wu (Chn) 2:56.06, 1; Kanchan Chaudhari (Ind) 3:12.05, 2.
Powerlifting: Men: 82.5kg: Xiaofei Gu (Chn) 212.5, 1; Jabbar J (Irq) 180, 2; Joao Batista (Bra) 167.5, 3. 90kg: Somsak K (Tha) 185, 1; Sachin Chaudary (Ind) 180, 2; Jose Silva (Bra) 170, 3. 75 kg: Rajinder Singh Rahelu (Ind) 182, 1; Alexsander Santos (Bra) 175, 2; Bhushan Kasekar (Ind) 175, 3. Golf: Individual event: Rajendra Rawat (Ind) 1; Gaurav Dutta (Ind) 3. Team event: India (Rawat, Rakesh Sharma, Dutta), 1.
Badminton (all Indian winners, first round): Men: BMSTU-4: J Satyam bt Pung Wai Hwa Kevin (Sin) 21-6, 21-13; T Sanjeevaiah bt Ram Prasad Kharel (Nep) 21-5, 21-5. BMSTU-5: K Gopinath bt Arjun Sapkota 21-10 (retired); Dvas Raghuram bt Gautam Sujan (Nep) 21-2, 21-2.
