Sahana Kumari wins gold in Railways Athletics

Aug 06, 2013

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New Delhi, Aug 6 (PTI) National record holder Sahana Kumari won gold in the women's high jump on the second day of the 79th Railways Athletics Championships here today.Sahana, a London Olympian and representing South Western Railways, cleared a modest 1.76m to win gold at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium. She holds the national record of 1.92m.N Manikandaraj of South Central Railways and Merlin K Joseph of Western Railways became the fastest male and female athletes of the championships.The Results:Men's Hammer Throw: 1. Talwinder Singh, (DMW Patiala) 62.49m; 2. Azad Ahmed (South Western Railway) 61.86m; 3. Sukhdev Singh (Northern Railway) 58.87m.Men's 20000m Walk: 1. Maniram Patel (Western Railway) 1:32:20.21; 2. Romit (Western Railway) 1:38:52.42; 3. Ashok Patel (South East Central Railways) 1:45:51.17.Men's Javelin Throw: 1. Rajender Singh (North Western Railway) 71.00m; 2. Sharth Raj (Southern Railway) 66.99m; 3. K N Tripathi (North Central Railway) 65.31m.Men's 110m Hurdles: 1. A Suresh (ICF 14.23); 2. Pinto Mathew (Western Railway) 14.56; 3. Muthusamy (Southern Rrailway) 15.05.Men's 100m: 1. N Manikandaraj (South Central Railway) 10.59; 2. Ganesh Satpute (Central Railway) 10.76; 3. Manikanda Arumugam (Southern Railway) 10.76.Women's High Jump: 1. Sahana Kumari (South Western Railway) 1.76m; 2. Mallika Mondal (Eastern Railway) 1.70m; 3. N K Siji (Western Railway) 1.65m.Women's 100m: 1. Merlin K Joseph (Western Railway) 11.84; 2. N Shardha (Southern Railway) 12.03; 3. Asha Roy (Eastern Railway) 12.14.Women's Triple Jump: 1. M A Prajusha (South Western Railway) 13.29m; 2. Amita Baby (Central Railway) 12.46m; 3. V Neena (Western Railway) 12.05m.

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