Poonia, Tintu steal limelight

Athletics: Mortaza, Maheswary disappoint

Krishna won her third straight gold with an effort of 59.94 metres while Tintu, who had missed the second leg in Bangalore due to illness, won the 800 metres, defeating Margarita Matsko of Kazakhstan, the winner at Pune and Bangalore.

Triple jumper Renjith Maheswary and one-lap runner S K Mortaza failed to make it three in a row, settling for silver medals in their respective events. Nelson Stone of Papua New Guinea won the 400M in 47.01 with Mortaza timing 47.29.

Renjith leapt to 16.60 metres to come second behind China’s Wu Bo, the bronze winner at Bangalore.Talented Tintu, a trainee of legendary P T Usha, built up a big lead at the end of the first lap and then seemed to be gasping for breath at the home turn. It was a struggle to the tape but the Indian managed to keep out her rivals, clocking 2:03.67. Matsko (2:04.42) and India’s Sushma Devi (2:04.42 secs) finished second and third respectively.

Results: Men: 100M: Suryo Agung Wibowo (Ina) 10.41S, 1; Zhang Peimeng (Chn) 10.45, 2; Shehan Abeypitiyage (SL) 10.53, 3. 400M: Nelson Stone (PNG) 47.01S, 1; SK Mortaza (Ind) 47.29, 2; P Kunhumuhammed (Ind) 47.43, 3. 800M: Sajad Moradi (Ira) 1:47.28 (NMR: Sajad (1:47.70) 1; Pankaj Dimri (Ind) 1:48.05, 2; Ghamanda Ram (Ind) 1:48.27, 3. 110M hurdles: Ji Wei (China) 13.64 seconds, 1; Fawaz Al Shammari (Kuwait) 14.27, 2; Shota Shitamichi (Japan) 14.38, 3. High jump: Lee Hup Wei (Mal) 2.27M, 1; Wang Chen (Chn) 2.24M, 2; Nikhil Chittrasu (Ind) 2.15M, 3. Long jump: Hery Dagmil (Phi) 7.69M, 1; Yu Zhengwei (Chn) 7.63M, 2; Hari Krishna (Ind) 7.54M, 3. Triple jump: Wu Bo (Chn) 16.73M, 1; Renjith Maheswary (Ind) 16.60M, 2; Roman Valiyev (Kaz) 16.43M, 3. Shot put: Zhang Jun (Chn) 18.64M, 1; Om Prakash (Ind) 18.45M, 2; Chang Ming Huang (Tpe) 17.90M, 3.
Women: 100M: Toea Wisil (PNG) 11.66S, 1; Guzel Khubbieva (Uzb) 11.72, 2; HM Jyothi (Ind) 11.79, 3. 400M: Chandrika S Rasanayaka (SL) 53.47S, 1; Salome Dell (PNG) 55.35, 2; Ranjana Roy (Ind) 55.85, 3. 800M: Tintu Luka (Ind) 2:03.67, 1; Margarita Matsko (Kaz) 2:04.42, 2; Sushma Devi (Ind) 2:04.76, 3. 100M hurdles: Anasstasiya Suprunova (Kaz) 13.49S, 1; Dedeh Erawati (Ina) 13.63, 2; Gayathry Govindaarajan (Ind) 13.80, 3. High jump: Svetlana Radzivil (Uzb) 1.91M, 1; Anna Ustinova (Kaz) 1.85M, 2, Sahana Kumari (Ind) 1.75M, 3. Triple jump: Aleksandra Kotlyarova (Uzb) 13.74M, 1; Valeriya Kanatova (Uzb) 13.62M, 2; Liu Yanan (Chn) 13.57M, 3. Shot put: Liu Xiangrong (Chn) 17.95M, 1; Chia Ying Lin (Tpe) 15.94M, 2; Manpreet Kaur (Ind) 14.63M, 3.
Discus: Krishna Poonia (Ind) 59.94M, 1; Harwant Kaur (Ind) 59.36M, 2; Seema Antil (Ind) 55.60M, 3.

Railway athletes shine
Indian Railways athletes stole the limelight, winning the top three spots in the men’s 400 metre hurdles and pole vault events in the third Indian Grand Prix 2010 Athletics championship.

Results: Men: 200M: Manikanda Raj (Jha) 21.69S, 1; S Srinivas (AP) 22.14, 2; Jai Prakash Shetty (Kar) 22.35, 3. 400M hurdles: Joseph Abraham (Rlys) 50.24S, 1; Satinder Singh (Rlys) 51.07, 2; Avin A Thomas (Rlys) 51.32, 3. Pole vault: Gajanan Upadhaya (Rlys) 4.90M, 1;Vadivel (Rlys) 4.75, 2;Bineesh Jacob (Rlys) 4.65m, 3. Javelin throw: Kashinath (Ser) 75.23M 1; Samarjeet Singh (ONGC) 73.30, 2; Vipin Panwar (UP) 70.22, 3.
Women: 200M: Ch Shanti (AP) 24.57S, 1; C Shilpa (Ker) 24.86, 2; Nirupama Sunderraj (Kar) 24.90, 3. Long jump: Reshmi Bose (Rlys) 6.32M, 1; MA Prajusha (Rlys) 6.23, 2; Mayookha Johny (ONGC) 6.18, 3.