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Saturday 27 October 2007
Jamshedpur, India - The golden run by Indian Railways continued as they easily defends the overall title in the 47th Open National Athletic Championships on Friday (26) at JRD Tata Sports Complex in Jamshedpur.

The railway athletes swept most of the events, as they finished on top of the medal tally with a whooping 29 gold, 26 silver and 21 bronze medals, thanks to their women who took top honours in 16 events.

Sivadasan Nair Arunjith taking the 200m title at the Indian Championships
(Arvind Sharma)

Sudha Singh eclipsed the national record in the 3000m Steeplechase as she clocked 10:18.76 on Thursday (25 Oct). It was her third major domestic title this year after victories in the National Games (Guwahati) and Federation Cup (Kolkata).

Sahana Kumari bettered the meet record in high jump (1.82m) while her railway team-mate Preeja Sreedharan completed a distace doube with a win over 5000m (15:45.96).

Asian 1500m champion Sinimol Paulose, a product of Tata middle distance academy which is based at this venue, equaled her personal best in the 800m (2:02.02) for another double victory.

17-year-old Manpreet Kaur claimed her second major title of the year by winning the Shot Put. However, her best put of the day - 13.62m - was well below her PB of 14.42 achieved in FedCup at Kolkata last May.

Sivadasan Nair Arunjith ran a superb race in men’s 200m. He clocked a career best 20.92 secs, a new championship record.

In yet another fine show of middle distance running in this country, the 800m saw all the podium finishers registering their bests with Sajeesh Joseph (1:47.42) winning the race from compatriot Ramesan Rajeev (1:47.54) at the post.

Arun D’Souza, the steeplechase specialist with so many feathers in his cap, got beaten by training-partner Om Prakash. Both the men returned with their best timings here.

The final day of the meet also saw another upset when Asian champion Renjith Maheswary lost to his colleague Amarjeet Singh in the Triple Jump. Singh won the event in 16.53m. Maheswary, who improved the 36-year-old national record with a 17.04m win in the Asian Grand Prix at Guwahati and a wind-aided 17.19 to win the Asian title at Amman, could manage only a paltry 16.14m for silver on Friday.

NB: Please click here for a report on days 1 and 2

Ram. Murali Krishnan for the IAAF

Results:

MEN

200m (26):

  1. S. Arunjith (Railways) 20.92 (NMR); 2. P. Muthuswami (Railways) 21.15; 3. B.G. Nagaraj (Railways) 21.35;

800m (26):

  1. Sajeesh Joseph (Railways) 1:47.42; 2. R. Rajeev (Railways) 1:47.54; 3. Prakash Verma (Delhi) 1:49.47;

5,000m (26):

  1. Sunil Kumar (Railways) 14:00.80; 2. Kashinath Aswale (Railways) 14:01.49; 3. Sandeep Kumar (Railways) 14:02.35;

3,000m Steeplechase (25):

  1. Om Prakash (Services) 8:48.06; 2. Arun D’Souza (Railways) 8:49.24; 3. Elam Singh (Services) 8:52.15;

400m Hurdles (26):

  1. Kuldev Singh (Police) 50.70; 2. P. Shankar (ONGC) 51.21; 3. Jitender Singh (Services) 51.53;

Long Jump (25):

  1. Shivshankar Yadav (Railways) 7.73; 2. Shamsher Pratap Singh (Punjab) 7.42; 3. Rajiv Kumar (Police) 7.35;

Triple Jump (26):

  1. Amarjeet Singh (Railways) 16.53 (NMR); 2. Renjith Maheswary (Railways) 16.14; 3. Bibu Mathew (Services) 16.12;

Discus Throw (25):

  1. Harpreet Singh (Delhi) 52.24; 2. Krishna Kumar Sharma (Bihar) 52.06; 3. Sukhbir Singh (Police) 51.84;

Hammer Throw (26):

  1. Harinder Singh (Police) 62.28; 2. Yogesh (Services) 59.71; 3. Diwakar Singh (Railways) 59.31;

Decathlon (25):

  1. Jora Singh (Haryana) 6,960; 2. Ram Niwas (Railways) 6,906; 3. Dayaram (Services) 6,770;

4 x 100m Relay (26):

  1. Indian Railways (S. Arunjith, Vilas Neelgund, A. Aravind, Manjunath Godi) 40.42; 2. Services 40.82; 3. Tamil Nadu 41.61;

4 x 400m Relay (26):

  1. Indian Railways 3:10.20; 2. Services 3:11.40; 3. Gujarat 3:22.29;

WOMEN

200m (26):

  1. Satti Geetha (Railways) 24.09; 2. Nidhi (Railways) 24.45; 3. H.M. Jyothi (Andhra Pradesh) 24.59;

800m (26):

  1. Sinimol Paulose (Steel Plants) 2:02.02; 2. Sushma Devi (Railways) 2:03.88; 3. A. Vijila (Kerala) 2:04.90;

5,000m (26):

  1. Preeja Sreedharan (Railways) 15:45.96 (NMR); 2. O.P. Jaisha (Railways) 16:01.15; 3. Kavita Raut (Railways) 16:09.49;

3,000m Steeplechase (25):

  1. Sudha Singh (Railways) 10:18.76 (National Record); 2. Kiran Tiwari (Railways) 10:50.12; 3. Kamlesh Bhagal (Railways) 11:03.90;

400m Hurdles (26):

  1. V. Leelavathi (Tamil Nadu) 60.3; 2. Shalin Joseph (Railways) 60.9; 3. Pooja Jakhar (ONGC) 61.2;

High Jump (26):

  1. Sahana Kumari (Railways) 1.82 (NMR); 2. Tessymol Joseph (Railways) 1.70; 3. Sushmita Singharoy (West Bengal) 1.65;

Pole Vault (25):

  1. V.S. Surekha (Railways) 3.75; 2. Chetna Solanki (Railways) 3.60; 3. R. Jisha (Railways) 3.40;

Shot Put (25):

  1. Manpreet Kaur (Railways) 13.62; 2. N. Latha (Railways) 13.60; 3. S. Saraswathi (Railways) 13.05;

20,000m Walk (25):

  1. Y. Bala Devi (Railways) 1:47:08.04; 2. C.N. Manjusha (Railways) 1:48:44.46; 3. L. Sharda Devi (Police) 1:51:42.16;

4 x 100m Relay (26):

  1. Indian Railways (Sharda Narayana, Nidhi, Rakhi Saha, Poonam Tomar) 45.24 (NMR); 2. Andhra Pradesh 47.27; 3. Karnataka 47.35;

4 x 400m Relay (26):

  1. Indian Railways (Iyleen Samantha, Sutapa Das, Pavithra Chaudhary, Satti Geetha) 3:51.11; 2. West Bengal 3:53.52; 3. Kerala 4:05.36.