<p class="title">Elakkiya Dasan of Mangalore University emerged the fastest male athlete of the 79th All-India Inter-University Athletics meet at Swaraj Maidan at Moodbidri, clinching a gold medal in 100 metres with a new meet record of 10.41 seconds.</p>.<p class="bodytext">On the second day of the meet, Dasan eclipsed the previous best of 10.49 sec set by himself at Guntur early this year.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Prajwal Mandanna of Alva’s college secured silver with 10.58 seconds while Mohammad Azam of Mahatma Gandhi University bagged a bronze with 10.64 seconds.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Elated Dasan who was mighty pleased with the race, shared his joy with <span class="italic">DH</span>, “I was suffering from leg pain for the last one week. I prayed to God before the race, to bless me. I broke my own record I had created at Guntur.” </p>.<p class="bodytext">In the women’s 100 metres race, N S Sami of MG University Kottayam won gold with a record timing of 11.56 sec. Dhanalakshmi of Bharathiar University and Revathi of Madurai Kamaraj University finished the race second and third respectively.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Simi said “My dream has been realised at Moodbidri. I have been striving for this gold medal for the last seven months.” Ajay Kumar of Mangalore University clocked a creditable 14:47.15 sec to win men’s 5000 metres event.</p>.<p class="CrossHead">Results:</p>.<p class="bodytext">Women: 400m hurdles: 1) R Vithya (Bharathiar), 2) Shalini (MG University) and 3) Nancy (Maharshi Dayananda University); 5000m: 1) Arthi Patil (Savitri Bai Phule), 2) K M Amrutha (MG University), 3) G Prajakta (Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University).</p>.<p class="bodytext">Men: 20km walk: 1) Akashdeep Singh (Punjab University), 2) Neeraj Chourasia (DDU Gorakhpur University), 3) Hardeep (Maharshi Dayananda University); 400m hurdles: 1) Manjeet (Guru Jambeshwar Haryana University), 2) Surendar (Singhania University) and 3) Gautam Gupta (MG University).</p>
<p class="title">Elakkiya Dasan of Mangalore University emerged the fastest male athlete of the 79th All-India Inter-University Athletics meet at Swaraj Maidan at Moodbidri, clinching a gold medal in 100 metres with a new meet record of 10.41 seconds.</p>.<p class="bodytext">On the second day of the meet, Dasan eclipsed the previous best of 10.49 sec set by himself at Guntur early this year.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Prajwal Mandanna of Alva’s college secured silver with 10.58 seconds while Mohammad Azam of Mahatma Gandhi University bagged a bronze with 10.64 seconds.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Elated Dasan who was mighty pleased with the race, shared his joy with <span class="italic">DH</span>, “I was suffering from leg pain for the last one week. I prayed to God before the race, to bless me. I broke my own record I had created at Guntur.” </p>.<p class="bodytext">In the women’s 100 metres race, N S Sami of MG University Kottayam won gold with a record timing of 11.56 sec. Dhanalakshmi of Bharathiar University and Revathi of Madurai Kamaraj University finished the race second and third respectively.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Simi said “My dream has been realised at Moodbidri. I have been striving for this gold medal for the last seven months.” Ajay Kumar of Mangalore University clocked a creditable 14:47.15 sec to win men’s 5000 metres event.</p>.<p class="CrossHead">Results:</p>.<p class="bodytext">Women: 400m hurdles: 1) R Vithya (Bharathiar), 2) Shalini (MG University) and 3) Nancy (Maharshi Dayananda University); 5000m: 1) Arthi Patil (Savitri Bai Phule), 2) K M Amrutha (MG University), 3) G Prajakta (Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University).</p>.<p class="bodytext">Men: 20km walk: 1) Akashdeep Singh (Punjab University), 2) Neeraj Chourasia (DDU Gorakhpur University), 3) Hardeep (Maharshi Dayananda University); 400m hurdles: 1) Manjeet (Guru Jambeshwar Haryana University), 2) Surendar (Singhania University) and 3) Gautam Gupta (MG University).</p>