<p>Railways’s Abraham broke Sahib Singh’s 11-year-old meet record of 50.43 seconds, clocking 50.26. But the time was way outside his national record of 49.51 which he set in 2007.<br /><br />“I’m very happy to have beaten the meet record,” said Abraham, “I am really in good shape and I know that I have to give at least my personal best to win the gold at the Asian Championships (in November),” he added. <br /><br />His teammates Avin A Thomas and Satinder Singh won the silver and bronze medals respectively.<br /><br />V S Surekha of Railways also established a meet record in the women's pole vault, bettering her own record of 3.95 metres with a leap of 4.00 metres. Surekha tried to break her national record of 4.08 metres but failed three times at 4.10.<br /><br />Surekha’s husband Renjith M, who has been struggling for form of late, bounced back with a 16.68M leap to win the triple jump. His effort bettered the meet mark of 16.53 set by Amarjeet Singh in 2007. Amarjeet won the silver this time with a 16.22M effort.<br /><br /><br />Results: Men: 400M hurdles: Joseph G Abraham (Railways) 50.26 seconds, 1; Avin A Thomas (Railways) 50.70, 2; Satinder Singh (Railways) 51.52, 3. <br />3000M Steeplechase: Elam Singh (Services) 8:53.26, 1; Om Prakash (Services) 8:53.56, 2; Jal Bir Singh (Services) 9:06.11, 3. <br />TripleJump: Renjith M (Railways) 16.68 metres, 1; Amarjeet Singh (Railways) 16.22, 2; Saurabh Singh (Police) 15.37, 3. <br />Hammer Throw: Madhu Kumar (Railways) 63.14 metres, 1; Harvinder Singh Dagar (UP) 62.22, 2; Nirbhay Singh (Services) 61.46, 3.<br />Women: 400M: Manjit Kaur (Punjab) 53.62 seconds, 1; Tintu Luka (Kerala) 54.15, 2; K Soujanya (AP) 54.54, 3. 400M hurdles: Harpreet Kaur (Railways) 1:00.56 minutes, 1; Darshana MS (Kerala) 1:01.38, 2; Shiji John C (Railways) 1:01.61, 3. <br />3000M Steeplechase: Kiran Tiwari (Railways) 10::39:04, 1; Remeswari MV (Kerala) 11::39:84, 2; Wahida Rehman (Police) 12::01:36, 3. <br />High jump: Kavya Muthanna (Jharkhand) 1.75 metres, 1; KC Chandana (Karnataka) 1.70, 2. Sahana Kumari (Railways) 1.70, 3. Pole Vault: VS Surekha (Railways) 4.00 metres, 1; Madhusini Devi (Railways) 3.50, 2; Tapsi Nandi (Railways) 3.30, 3.<br />20000M walk: Rani Yadav (UP) 1::44:37, 1; Sandhya KJ (Police) 1::45:08, 2; L Deepmala Devi (Railways) 1::48:12, 3.</p>
<p>Railways’s Abraham broke Sahib Singh’s 11-year-old meet record of 50.43 seconds, clocking 50.26. But the time was way outside his national record of 49.51 which he set in 2007.<br /><br />“I’m very happy to have beaten the meet record,” said Abraham, “I am really in good shape and I know that I have to give at least my personal best to win the gold at the Asian Championships (in November),” he added. <br /><br />His teammates Avin A Thomas and Satinder Singh won the silver and bronze medals respectively.<br /><br />V S Surekha of Railways also established a meet record in the women's pole vault, bettering her own record of 3.95 metres with a leap of 4.00 metres. Surekha tried to break her national record of 4.08 metres but failed three times at 4.10.<br /><br />Surekha’s husband Renjith M, who has been struggling for form of late, bounced back with a 16.68M leap to win the triple jump. His effort bettered the meet mark of 16.53 set by Amarjeet Singh in 2007. Amarjeet won the silver this time with a 16.22M effort.<br /><br /><br />Results: Men: 400M hurdles: Joseph G Abraham (Railways) 50.26 seconds, 1; Avin A Thomas (Railways) 50.70, 2; Satinder Singh (Railways) 51.52, 3. <br />3000M Steeplechase: Elam Singh (Services) 8:53.26, 1; Om Prakash (Services) 8:53.56, 2; Jal Bir Singh (Services) 9:06.11, 3. <br />TripleJump: Renjith M (Railways) 16.68 metres, 1; Amarjeet Singh (Railways) 16.22, 2; Saurabh Singh (Police) 15.37, 3. <br />Hammer Throw: Madhu Kumar (Railways) 63.14 metres, 1; Harvinder Singh Dagar (UP) 62.22, 2; Nirbhay Singh (Services) 61.46, 3.<br />Women: 400M: Manjit Kaur (Punjab) 53.62 seconds, 1; Tintu Luka (Kerala) 54.15, 2; K Soujanya (AP) 54.54, 3. 400M hurdles: Harpreet Kaur (Railways) 1:00.56 minutes, 1; Darshana MS (Kerala) 1:01.38, 2; Shiji John C (Railways) 1:01.61, 3. <br />3000M Steeplechase: Kiran Tiwari (Railways) 10::39:04, 1; Remeswari MV (Kerala) 11::39:84, 2; Wahida Rehman (Police) 12::01:36, 3. <br />High jump: Kavya Muthanna (Jharkhand) 1.75 metres, 1; KC Chandana (Karnataka) 1.70, 2. Sahana Kumari (Railways) 1.70, 3. Pole Vault: VS Surekha (Railways) 4.00 metres, 1; Madhusini Devi (Railways) 3.50, 2; Tapsi Nandi (Railways) 3.30, 3.<br />20000M walk: Rani Yadav (UP) 1::44:37, 1; Sandhya KJ (Police) 1::45:08, 2; L Deepmala Devi (Railways) 1::48:12, 3.</p>
