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Chennai: Kerala’s Joseph Abraham set a
national record in men’s 400m hurdles on Day II of the 46th National Athletic
Championships but failed to book a berth for the Doha Asian Games.
Abraham breasted the tape in 50.22 seconds. Punjab’s
Satinder Singh (52.21) and Victor Jeba Singh (52.32) of Tamil Nadu won silver
and bronze, respectively.
The required qualifying timing for the Doha Games
was 49.29, the third-placed timing in Busan Games in 2002.
However, Abraham eclipsed P. Shankar’s earlier
record of 50.39, established in May 2006 in Bangalore.
In women’s 400m, Pinki Pramanik claimed gold,
clocking 53.06. Manjit Kaur of Punjab (53.70) and Chitra K. Soman of Jharkhand
(53.81) came second and third, respectively.
In men’s 100m sprint, Tamil Nadu’s A. Aravind
won in 10.49. Vishal Saxena finished second in 10.59 and Vilas Nilagund of Karnataka
third in 10.67.
In women’s sprint, Poonam Tomar of Delhi claimed
the gold with a timing of 11.81 followed by H.M.Jyothi of Karnataka in 11.97 and
Deepthi Jose of Kerala was third in 12.03. (PTI)
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