<p>L Suriya caused the first major shock of the 52nd National Senior Open Athletic Championship that kicked off here at the Jawaharlal Nehru stadium on Monday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The Railways athlete produced a fine performance in the women’s 10000M, upsetting Asian Games champion Preeja Sreedharan with a timing of 35 minutes and 18.2 seconds to win the gold.<br /><br />Preeja took silver with a 35:19.4 effort, LIC’s Monika Athare won the bronze after clocking 35:25.5.<br /><br />Preeja did the front running in the initial stages before letting Monika take charge for a few laps. Preeja did regain the lead when the race entered the final phase. However, a gritty Suriya powered home in the last 200 metres to win the race.<br /><br />With Commonwealth Games champion and London Olympics finalist Krishna Poonia staying away from the meet, the discus throw event was wide open. Pramila of Railways cashed in, notching up a mediocre throw of 49.08 metres to emerge victorious.<br /><br />Rajasthan’s Kumari took silver a further 2.03 metres behind while Navjeet Kaur Dhillon of ONGC finished third with an effort of 46.45 metres.<br /><br />Inderjeet Patel won the men’s 10000 metres with a timing of 29:42.76 with Services’ Kheta Ram (29.44.00) finishing second and ONGC’s Suresh Kumar (29:44.73) taking the third spot.<br /><br />Men: 10000M: Inderjeet Patel (ONGC) 29:42.76, 1; Kheta Ram (Services) 29:44.00, 2; Suresh Kumar (ONGC) 29:44.73, 3.<br /><br />Women: 10000M: L Suriya (Railways) 35:18.2, 1; Preeja Sreedharan (Railways) 35:19.4, 2; Monika Athare (LIC) 35:25.5, 3.<br /><br />Long jump: Shraddha Ghule (Maharashtra) 6.36 metres, 1; S Delphin Rani (LIC) 6.32, 2; Susan K Joy (Railways) 5.99, 3. Discus: Pramila (Railways) 49.08 metres, 1; Praveen Kumari (Rajasthan) 47.05, 2; Navjeet Kaur Dhillon (ONGC) 46.45, 3.<br /><br />Javelin throw: Annu Rani (UP) 49.58, 1; S Saraswathy (Railways) 48.66, 2; Aarti Maurya (UP) 46.48, 3.<br /></p>
<p>L Suriya caused the first major shock of the 52nd National Senior Open Athletic Championship that kicked off here at the Jawaharlal Nehru stadium on Monday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The Railways athlete produced a fine performance in the women’s 10000M, upsetting Asian Games champion Preeja Sreedharan with a timing of 35 minutes and 18.2 seconds to win the gold.<br /><br />Preeja took silver with a 35:19.4 effort, LIC’s Monika Athare won the bronze after clocking 35:25.5.<br /><br />Preeja did the front running in the initial stages before letting Monika take charge for a few laps. Preeja did regain the lead when the race entered the final phase. However, a gritty Suriya powered home in the last 200 metres to win the race.<br /><br />With Commonwealth Games champion and London Olympics finalist Krishna Poonia staying away from the meet, the discus throw event was wide open. Pramila of Railways cashed in, notching up a mediocre throw of 49.08 metres to emerge victorious.<br /><br />Rajasthan’s Kumari took silver a further 2.03 metres behind while Navjeet Kaur Dhillon of ONGC finished third with an effort of 46.45 metres.<br /><br />Inderjeet Patel won the men’s 10000 metres with a timing of 29:42.76 with Services’ Kheta Ram (29.44.00) finishing second and ONGC’s Suresh Kumar (29:44.73) taking the third spot.<br /><br />Men: 10000M: Inderjeet Patel (ONGC) 29:42.76, 1; Kheta Ram (Services) 29:44.00, 2; Suresh Kumar (ONGC) 29:44.73, 3.<br /><br />Women: 10000M: L Suriya (Railways) 35:18.2, 1; Preeja Sreedharan (Railways) 35:19.4, 2; Monika Athare (LIC) 35:25.5, 3.<br /><br />Long jump: Shraddha Ghule (Maharashtra) 6.36 metres, 1; S Delphin Rani (LIC) 6.32, 2; Susan K Joy (Railways) 5.99, 3. Discus: Pramila (Railways) 49.08 metres, 1; Praveen Kumari (Rajasthan) 47.05, 2; Navjeet Kaur Dhillon (ONGC) 46.45, 3.<br /><br />Javelin throw: Annu Rani (UP) 49.58, 1; S Saraswathy (Railways) 48.66, 2; Aarti Maurya (UP) 46.48, 3.<br /></p>