Indian athletics team for CWG 2010 announced

New Delhi, Aug 31 (IBNS): The Athletics Federation of India (AFI) named a 90-member team on Tuesday for the upcoming Commonwealth Games (CWG), with a hope of producing the best result for the country in the Games.

AFI selected 46 men and 44 women, to compete in 45 track and field events to be held at the Commonwealth Games in October.

In a release, AFI Acting Secretary Ravinder Chaudhry said the performances of the athletes from Apr 2010 to the beginning of Aug when the National inter-State meet was held in Patiala had been considered by the selection panel.

The names of the walkers for the 20km event will be announced later while the relay teams will be selected on Sept 15.

India has won a gold medal (Milkha Singh in 400 yards in 1958), five silver and four bronze medals in track and field competition at the Commonwealth Games.

The team
Men:

100m, 4x100m: Abdul Najib Qureshi, BG Nagaraj, Krishna Kumar Rane, Hemant Kirulkar, Rahamattulla Molla, Shameer Mon, Ritesh Anand, Manikandaraj and S Sathya.

200m: Dharambir and Abdul Najib Qureshi.

400m, 4x400m: Kunhi Mohammad, Vinay Chaudhry, J Premanand, Harpreet Singh, VB Bineesh, Jithin Paul, Bibin Mathew and SK Mortaja.

800m: Pankaj Dimri, P.Francis Sagayaraj and Manjit Singh.

1500m: Sandeep Karan Singh and C Hamza.

5000m: Sunil Singh and Sandeep Batham.

10000m: Sunil Singh.

110m hurdles: Siddhanth Thingalaya.

400m hurdles: Joseph Abraham.

3000m steeplechase: Elam Singh and Ramachandran.
Marathon: Bining L.

Shot put: Om Prakash and Sourabh Vij.

Discus throw: Vikas Gowda.

Javelin throw: Kashi Nath and Samareet Singh.

Hammer throw: Chandrodaya Narayan.

Long jump: Maha Singh, Ankit Sharma and Hari Krishnan M.

Triple jump: Renjith Maheshwari and Amarjit Singh.

High jump: Nikhil Chitrasau and Hari Shanker Roy.

Pole vault: Gajanan Upadhyay.

Decathlon: Bhartinder Singh and P J Vinod.

Women:

100m, 4x100m: S Geetha, HM Jyothi, PK Priya, Sarbani Nanda, Rebecca Jose, Nirupama Sunderraj, Arjina Khatun and Ch Shanthi.

200m: HM Jyothi, S. Geetha

400m, 4x400m: Mandeep Kaur, Jaunu Murmu, Ashwini AC, Sini Jose, Tiana Mary Thomas, Chitra K. Soman, Mridula K, MR Poovamma, Priyanka Panwar and Manjit Kaur.

800m: Tintu Luka and Sinimol Paulose.

1500m: Shushma Devi, Jhuma Khatun and OP Jaisha.

5000m: Kavita Raut, Preeja Sreedharan and Laita Babar.

10000m: Preeja Sreedharan and Kavita Raut.

100m hurdles: G Gayathri.

400m hurdles: Jauna Murmu and Ashwani AC.

3000m steeplechase: OP Jaisha, Sudha Singh and Priyanka Patel.

Marathon: Sukanya Mall Singh.

Discus throw: Krishna Poonia, Harwant Kaur and Seema Antil.

Shot put: Manpreet Kaur.

Javelin throw: Saraswathi S.

Hammer throw: Hardeep Kaur.

Long jump: Mayookha Johny, Prajusha MA and Reshmi Bose.

Triple jump: Mayookha Johny, Prajusha MA and G. Gayathri.

High jump: Kavya Muthanna and Sahana Kumari.

Hepthathon: Promila Aiyappa, Sushmita Singha Roy and Navpreet Kaur.

Coaching staff: Bahadur Singh (Chief Coach), RS Sidhu, Parvir Singh, Renu Kohli, N Ramesh, Virender Punia, Gurdev Singh, Nishad Kumar, MS Dhillon, Jogesh Kumar, YC Saha, JS Bhatia, MA George, Jose Mathew, Kuntal Roy, PT Usha, Yuri Ogorodonik, Nikolai Snesarev, Arnold
Stasuik, Datsuik V, Kravcheko V, Dmytry Vanayakin and Alexander.

Support staff: Kenny Patrick, Elmira Kravchenko, Natalya, Dymytry Buldov, Pawan Kumar Saini, Neol W Dass and Nayak Ashish Kushwaha.

Managers: MK Pathak, Suman Rawat and Mumtaz Khan.

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Harwant Kaur , Indian discus thrower

Harwant Kaur was born on 5th July in the year 1980. She is an Indian discus thrower, who won the silver medal at the 2002 Asian Championships. She has finished fourth at the 2003 Asian Championships and seventh at the 2006 Commonwealth Games. Harwant Kaur made the grade at the Commonwealth Games. On her sixth attempt, Harwant had her best of 58.94 metres, as against the third-place norm of 58.13m, and will join the 18-member team named earlier. Apart from three fouls she also had throws of 58.08 and 57.20. Before going for the Commonwealth Games Harwant said that she was `confident of crossing the 60-metre mark in Melbourne and looked forward to have a podium finish at the games`. in addition she took part at the 2004 Olympic Games and was ranked 13th in the qualifying ronds. She is being coached under the guidence of Parveer Singh. 63.05 metres is her personal best throw which is achieved in August 2004 in Kyiv.

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Suresh Babu , Indian Athlete

The unparalleled, record holder of the national title in the long, triple and high jump events, Suresh Babu is an Indian athlete. He is counted amongst one of those rare athletes who have won medals in two events in the consecutive Asian Games, in the Teheran edition of 1974 the Bronze in the decathlon and of the Bangkok edition of l978 a Gold in the long jump. This fine athlete, Suresh Babu predominated the athletic scenario between the year 1972 and the year1979. He was holding the national titles in the jumps and decathlon. At the same time, he was picking his event for laurels on the international arena.

Suresh Babu was born in Quilon in Kerala on 10th February in the year 1953. He was a science graduate. For his athletics career, the foundation was laid in the Infant Jesus High School and the Fatima Mata College in Quilon. In the year 1969 at Jalandhar, his first attempt at the national level, was as a junior. He won the national championship in high jump three years later. During the years 1974, 1977 and 1979, he switched from one pit to another and won the national championship in long jump and the triple jump in 1974,1976 and 1978. In between the times, he wandered over to the ten card event of decathlon and brought down himself on the national aspect in the championships held in the years 1974,1975 and 1978.

At the Munich Olympics held in the year 1972, he got his first experience of international athletics. At the Teheran Asian Games held in the year 1974, Suresh Babu won his first medal. His first medals includes a Bronze in the decathlon, and also won a Gold medal in the Asian Championships at Seoul in the following year. The Indian Universities athletics team under the captaincy of Suresh Babu participated at the World Universities Games in between the times, which was held at Moscow in the year 1973.

Under the headship of Suresh Babu, the Indian athletics team took part in the 1978 Commonwealth Games, which was held at Edmonton in Canada. They mainly focused on the long jump event and won a Bronze. After that he went on to pick up the Gold at the 1978 Asian Games held in Bangkok. He targeted the 1979 Asian Athletics Meet which was held in Tokyo. He picked up the Silver at the tournament. As an active athlete Suresh Babu during his seven years also won medals for India at competitions held in Ceylon, Lahore and the Philippines. For the World Athletics Meet, he was the captain of the Indian team. The meet was held at Montreal in the year1979.

To honor his contribution to the Indian Sports, the Indian Government conferred the highest prestigious award in sports the Arjuna Award for the year 1978-79. He is currently employed as Sports Officer in the Kerala Sports Council. Suresh Babu has also served as Special Officer, Sports and Games, in the Kerala State Electricity Board. He has been a member of the Technical Committee of the All India Electricity Sports Control Board and been a coach at the Sports Authority of India (Southern Centre) in Bangalore. For Kerala and Lakshadweep, he was the State Supervisor of SAI.

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She has won the silver medals for the 800 m track event in the year 1982. She has also won medals for the 1500 m in both the year 1978 and 1982. At the 1982 Asian Games, which was held at New Delhi, she, as the top Indian woman athlete avowed an oath on behalf of all the competitors. It took place during the opening ceremony of the 1982 Asian Games.

Acknowledging her contribution to Indian Sports, Indian Government conferred Geeta Zutshi the highest prestigious sports award, The Arjuna Award and one of the highest civilion award, the Padma Shri. Her achievements has inspired other Indian women too. Geeta Zutsi later shifted to USA. She returned to India in July, 2002, that is after 17 years and took over the Indian junior athletics team as a coach (800m and 1500m).

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Jyotirmoyee Sikdar , Indian Athlete

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Born in December 1969 in Debogram a town in Nadia district in West Bengal, Jyotirmoyee began her athletics career as a worthy successor to Shiny Abraham in the 800 metres but extended her area or excellence to the 400 and 1,500 metres as well. With the help of her father, a retired pole-vaulter, she built up her stamina by running through the fields and simultaneously completing her graduation in physiology.

Jyotirmoyee made her national debut with a Silver Medal in 800 metres at the All-India Open Meet in 1992. A Gold medal in the Open Nationals of the following year earned her a berth to the 1993 South Asian Federation (SAF) Games at Dhaka where she picked up a Silver in the 1,500 metres. With a Gold at the Singapore Open in 1993, she went on to break the national mark in the 1,500 metres at the National Athletics Meet in 1994. In the trials for the Asiad `94 she came under Shiny Abraham`s 800 metres mark and confirmed her place in the Indian team to the 1994 Asian Games at Hiroshima where she took part in the two events but could manage just a fourth place in 1,500 metres.
She was a part of the 4x400m relay team that won the gold at the World Railways Meet in London in 1994. She took part in the World Championships in Sweden followed by the 1995 Asian Track & Field Meet in Jakarta where she claimed a Cold in the 800 metres and her team won the Silver in the 4x400m relay. She created a new 800 metres national record in 1995 and was named Indian Railways Best Sportsperson in 1996, the year she won a Gold in the 400 metres at Taipei and was a part of the Indian 4x400m relay team at the Atlanta Olympics. She participated twice in the International 1TC Meet, winning a Bronze in 1994 and a Gold and Silver in 1997.

Jyotirmoyee won Bronze Medals in the 800 and 1,500 metre events to along with her team winning the 4x400m relay Silver or the Asian Track & Field Meet at Fukuoka in Japan in 1997. But it was the 1998 Asian Games in Bangkok where she was to give her best performance with career best timings of 2:01.00 seconds in 800 metres and 4:12.82 seconds in 1,500 metres to win the Gold in both the events. Her third medal, Silver, came as member of the 4x400 relay squad.

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She came into the news for her performance at the 2004 Olympic games in Athens; where she completed the seven-discipline heptathlon event despite being injured in the penultimate event of Javelin throw. She had to be carried off the field but she returned with a tightly strapped left ankle and finished 3rd in the final event (800 m) and 11th overall with 6172 points. She was awarded the Arjuna award for the year 2004 for her gritty performance.

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However, the first great moment was in the first All India Open Nationals when she won the first gold for the state and the then chief minister Gundu Rao presented her a cash award of Rs.1000.

In the Mangalore Nationals, Anand Shetty and she had emerged the `fastest man and woman` and she ran the 400 metres for the very first time finishing behind P.T. Usha, Shiny Wilson, Vandana Shanbhag and Valsamma. The selection to the 1988 Olympic trials in Bangalore and being part of the Indian team to Seoul for the main event was Ashwini`s biggest moment.
Ashwini`s twin wins over `Payyoli Express` P. T. Usha catapulted her to a household name in India. The first time, at the Open Nationals in New Delhi `91, when she had won over P.T.Usha, in the 400 metres, every one called it a fluke. But, then she came back strongly two weeks later in an international invitation permit meet, also in New Delhi, and finished behind a Russian, pushing Usha to the third spot. The Arjuna Award that she received in June 1990 was yet another memorable occasion.
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Vijaya Kumar , Indian Shooter

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In 2004 Jayant became the top performer of the Indian team and won the silver medal at the Junior Worlds in Britain .It was the country`s first medal at a world Championship. As Jayant upstaged a few seasoned stars to clinch the Olympic round at the 25th Senior Nationals in Kochi, he became India`s top archer in 2005.

He continued his successful run and made history by winning the gold medal in the FITA Meteksan Archery World Cup at Porec, Croatia,in the same year. Jayant Talukdar ranks second behind Italy`s Ilario di Buo in the world rankings of the individual archery. In the SAF Games held in Colombo, in 2006, Jayanta defeated competitor Tarundeep Rai to bag the men`s individual recurve gold in archery. He has received the Arjuna award for 2006 for his outstanding performance in sports.

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Jeev Milkha Singh , Indian Athlete

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Jeev Milkha Singh has a very strong sporting tradition by born. He is from one of the most famous sporting families in India. With his father, the `Flying Sheikh` Milkha Singh and his mother Nirmala Kaur, the former captain of the Indian Women`s Volleyball Team, Jeev got his talent genetically. His father is known as one of the greatest athletes of all time in India. Jeev Milkha Singh born on 15 December 1971. According to his own words, from the very childhood, he was attracted in such a sport that he will be able to continue playing till the age of 60 or 70`s. For this very reason only he decided to take Golf to show his charisma and talent, as he found no other sport in the world to meet his perspectives.

At the age of only around nine or ten years, Jeev seriously got attracted to the game of Golf by closely observing the senior army officers play the game. He won his first amateur tournament, the American Express Championship in Delhi at the age of only 13. When he was only 17 years old, he represented India in the Eisenhower Trophy in the year of 1988. He again represented his country in the same tournament in 1992. After passing the school level, he became more determined to take Golf as his only aim and he went to United States of America in order to fulfill his dreams. He got admitted in the Abilene Christian University there and won the NCAA Division II individual Golf Championship in the year of 1993. He also won a number of amateur Golf tournaments in the U.S. during his study period. He did represent India in the Alfred Dunhill Cup in the years of 1996 and 1999 as well.

He won his very first Professional Title in the year of 1993 at Southern Oklahoma State Open. That was a minor local event. However, he mainly played in Asia where he was one of the dominators of the game in the mid 1990s. During this time he won several titles in the Asian Golf Courses. He won the Shinhan Donghae Open in 1994, though it was not an Asian Tour event. In 1995, he won both the Philippine Classic and Asian Match Play Championship. He claimed the title of Philip Morris Asia Cup in 1996 and he became champion in the Lexus International in 1999. He finished seventh at the European Tour qualifying school in 1997.

In the year of 1999, Jeev Milkha Singh played his best season in Europe so far till 2007. He became 50th on the Order of Merit that year. However, his performance fluctuated a little bit in the following years as he was struggling with injury, a common aspect of any sportsperson`s life. He came back with great style in the year of 2006 and won quite a number of titles. In fact, that year was a dreaming year for him. He won the Volvo China Open in 2006 and became only the second Indian player to win on the European Tour after Arjun Atwal. After that, he won the season ending tournament of Volvo Masters and claimed the final 16th spot on the Order of Merit. Coming to the Asian Tour, Jeev Milkha Singh did shown his talent there as well. He won the Casio World Open and Golf Nippon Series JT Cup in the Japan Golf tour in 2006. He also won the Asian Tour Order of Merit to finish the year and with this extraordinary performance, he became the very first Indian to be ranked among the top 50 of the Official World Golf Rankings. In the year of 2007, he got another success in his pocket and participated in the Masters Tournament as the first Indian Golfer in the history of Golf. Though he couldn`t show off a very great performance there, but he did fight with the top names of today`s Golf world. For this great achievement, the Indian Government honoured Jeev Milkha Singh with India`s fourth highest civil honour, the Padma Shri in 2007.

The famous Golfer Fred Couples is the idol for Jeev Milkha Singh. In his own words, winning the Pro Asia tournament in Bangkok in 2007 has been the most exciting phase of his so far playing career. Being ranked as the 48th player in the Official World Golf Rankings, the upcoming aim of Jeev Milkha Singh is to win the British Open and the U.S Masters. It is definite that, if he can do that in near future, it will surely boost up the Indian Golf circuit in a great way.

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Though he is famous as a shooter, the world`s third best double trap shooter was a very good cricketer in his childhood. He was such a good player that he was about to get a chance in the Madhya Pradesh state cricket team for the famous Ranji Trophy in India. He was only in class 10 at that time. His mother discouraged him to go for cricket, as she was afraid about his study. Anyway, eventually he was not selected for the team and he appeared in the National Defense Academy examination. He qualified for the army.

After becoming an army personal, Rathore continue to show his talent in the Indian Army as well. When he was a Major of the army, he received the `Sword of Honour` from Indian Military Academy in 1990. He fought bravely against the separatist militants in Indian-administered Kashmir in Kargil War in the year of 1999. He seriously took up shooting in 1998, only a year before the war. He got married to an army doctor, Dr. Gayatri in the same year. At present he is a Lt. Colonel in the Indian Army.

He got the chance to compete in the Olympics, 2004 after he won a bronze medal at the World Championship in Cyprus. He took training in Europe to the Atlanta Olympic gold medallist Russel Mark of Australia. His event in the Olympics was the Men`s Double Trap. He was the member of the winning team in the double trap event in the Commonwealth Shooting Championships, 2005 held in Melbourne. He also won the gold in the individual and team events in Men`s double trap at the 2005 Asian Clay Shooting championships at Bangkok. With the gold in the individual event, he completed a hat trick at the annual events, as he was the champion in 2003 and 2004 as well.

The Government of India awarded him the `Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award`, the highest sporting honour of India in 2004-2005 for his extraordinary performance in the `Olympic Games`. He won the `Ati Vishisht Seva Medal` (AVSM), an award for exceptional service, presented by the government. By winning this award, he became the first officer from the Indian Army below the rank of Brigadier to be awarded the AVSM. He was also honoured by the `Arjuna Award` in 2003-2004. He is a recipient of the `Padma Shri`, a very honorary civilian award from the Government of India. Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore has been the poster boy of Indian shooting ever since he won the first individual Olympic silver medal for India in the 2004 Athens Games. Rajyavardhan Rathore has escalated such an event that tests both skill and reflexes. The most acclaimed sports star in recent times still has much to gain. However, though there were a lot of expectations from the Indian sports enthusiasts for his success, Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore failed to win a medal in the Beijing Olympics, 2008.

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Indian National open athletics come to an end with railways on top

Preeja Sreedharan at a very wet Indian champs (Ram. Murali Krishnan)
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Kochi, India - Rain marred the four days of the 48th Open National Athletic Championships, which concluded at the Maharaja's College Stadium at Kochi on Thursday (11 Sep).

Normally a post-Olympic national competition will not throw-up any keen competition. However the chance to make the Indian team in the ensuing Asian All-Stars athletic meet at Bhopal (18 Sep) and the usual inter-departmental rivalry meant athletes showed some enthusiasm at this meet.

Returning to Kochi, the "home of Indian athletics" after a long gap of 23 years, the Open Nationals saw one national record being bettered and several personal bests returned by juniors.

Despite the rain, Preeja Sreedharan took a distance double at 5000m and 10,000m. Hailing from an economically poor family, the Beijing Olympian has shown tremendous improvement in the recent years. In one of her recent ventures she won the One Million Indian Rupees prize purse in Chennai Half-Marathon. The tiny ever-smiling girl ran the last individual event of the championships in heavy rain throughout, returning a moderate 16:28.98 in the women's 5000m.

Kerala's Mayookha Johny, tipped as the successor to her 'idol' Anju Bobby George, won another double winner taking the Long and Triple Jumps. Starting with a 6.22m opening jump, Johny leaped to a personal best of 6.44m on her second try. After two more jumps of 6.02 and 6.30 she realised the title was already hers and hence opted to skip the last two chances.

Race walker V.S. Sandhya brought the third gold medal for the host-state.

H.M. Jyothi from Andhra Pradesh won a sprint double. Middle distance stars Sajeesh Joseph and Sinimol Paulose did so among men's and women's 800m/1500m divisions respectively.

Joseph G. Abraham, who clocked a national record 49.51 for 400m Hurdles in the 2007 Osaka Worlds, had an easy win here (50.93) and that was enough for him to snatch the ?Best Athlete' title for the champs. Double Asian Indoor champion Sinimol Paulose took the honour among the women.

In the men's 110m Hurdles, K. Krishna Mohan improved his national mark to 13.96 secs.

The Indian Railways team once again proved its supremacy by defending the overall championships title with 27 gold, 19 silver and 14 bronze medals. The Military Services team was in a distance second (6-4-8) while the hosts Kerala State finished third (3-3-5).

Ram. Murali Krishnan for the IAAF


Results:

MEN

100m (8) [0.3]:
1. B.G. Nagaraj (Rly) 10.74; 2. Abdul Najeeb Quereshi (AP) 10.84; 3. Ganesh Satpute (Rly) 10.85;

200m (11) [0.6]:
1. Vishal Saxena (Rly) 21.45; 2. Abdul Najeeb Quereshi (AP) 21.69; 3. Nitin Kumar (Ser) 21.79;

400m (9):
1. Bibin Mathew (Rly) 46.81; 2. Virender Kumar Pankaj (Pol) 47.35; 3. P.S. Srijith (Rly) 48.12;

800m (11):
1. Sajeesh Joseph (Rly) 1:48.85; 2. S. Prakash Verma (Del) 1:49.21; 3. Ghamanda Ram (ONGC) 1:50.34;

1500m (9):
1. Sajeesh Joseph (Rly) 3:49.95; 2. Ravinder (Rly) 3:51.00; 3. Naresh Yadav (Ser) 3:51.75;

5000m (11):
1. Sandeep (Rly) 14:23.87; 2. Ajay Kumar (Pol) 14:24.07; 3. Santosh Kumar (Rly) 14:24.54;

10,000m (8):
1. Surender Singh (Ser) 29:52.06; 2. Ajay Kumar (Pol) 29:52.48; 3. Santosh Kumar (Rly) 29:55.68;

3000m Steeplechase (10):
1. Om Prakash (Ser) 8:53.04; 2. Arun D'Souza (Rly) 8:53.36; 3. Elam Singh (Ser) 8:56.68;

110m Hurdles (10) [0.6]:
1. K. Krishna Mohan (Ser) 13.96 (National Record); 2. P. Muthuswami (Rly) 14.26; 3. Naunidh Singh (Pol) 14.27;

400m Hurdles (11):
1. Joseph G. Abraham (Rly) 50.93; 2. Avin A. Thomas (Rly) 51.25; 3. Satinder Singh (Rly) 52.32;

High Jump (10):
1. Harishankar Roy (Rly) 2.16; 2. Benedict Starley (Rly) 2.16; 3. A. Karthikeyan (TN) 2.10;

Pole Vault (10):
1. K.P. Bimin (Rly) 4.90; 2. Gajanan Upadhyaya (Rly) 4.75; 3. Naveen Kumar (Ser) 4.70;

Long Jump (9):
1. Maha Singh (Rly) 7.49/0.0; 2. Shamsher Pratap Singh (Pun) 7.39/0.0; 3. Md. Ibrar (Ser) 7.35/0.0;

Triple Jump (8):
1. Renjith Maheshwary (Rly) 15.92/0.4; 2. Bibu Mathew (Ser) 15.86/0.0; 3. Amarjeet Singh (Rly) 15.80/0.0;

Shot Put (8):
1. Om Prakash (Har) 17.70; 2. Saurabh Vij (ONGC) 17.54; 3. Avinash Vashist (Guj) 16.96;

Discus Throw (10):
1. Rambir (Ser) 53.52; 2. Simranjit Singh (Pol) 52.82; 3. Vipender Singh (Ser) 51.53;

Hammer Throw (11):
1. Joginder Singh (Rly) 62.10; 2. Pramod Kumar Tiwari (UP) 61.94; 3. Pargat Singh (Rly) 60.55;

Javelin Throw (9):
1. Anil Singh (Rly) 74.11; 2. Kashinath Naik (Ser) 72.66; 3. Purandar (Karn) 71.78;

Decathlon (9):
1. Daya Ram (Ser) 6652; 2. Ram Niwas (Rly) 6346; 3. Vijay Kumar (Ser) 6166;

20000m Walk (8):
1. Harwinder Singh (Ser) 1:35:21.38; 2. Ashok Kumar Patel (Rly) 1:35:32.20; 3. P.S. Jalan (Ser) 1:36:11.46;

4 x 100m Relay (10):
1. Railways 40.75; 2. Services 41.27; 3. Andhra Pradesh 41.52;

4 x 400m Relay (11):
1. Railways 3:11.00; 2. Services 3:11.20; 3. Tamil Nadu 3:16.47;

WOMEN

100m (8) [0.5]:
1. H.M. Jyothi (AP) 11.90; 2. P.K. Priya (Ker) 12.24; 3. N. Sudha (AP) 12.44;

200m (11) [1.6]:
1. H.M. Jyothi (AP) 24.22; 2. K. Sowjanya (AP) 24.29; 3. K. Mrudula (AP) 24.88;

400m (9):
1. Satti Geetha (Rly) 54.15; 2. K. Mrudula (AP) 55.29; 3. K. Sowjanya (AP) 55.44;

800m (11):
1. Sinimol Paulose (ONGC) 2:03.63; 2. Sushma Devi (Rly) 2:04.66; 3. Tintu Luka (Ker) 2:04.94;

1500m (9):
1. Sinimol Paulose (ONGC) 4:19.77; 2. Jhuma Khatun (Rly) 4:21.27; 3. S.R. Bindhu (Ker) 4:21.95;

5000m (11):
1. Preeja Sreedharan (Rly) 16:28.98; 2. Kavita Raut (ONGC) 17:05.44; 3. Rajshree Patil (Rly) 18:01.59;

10000m (8):
1. Preeja Sreedharan (Rly) 34:13.4; 2. Kavita Raut (ONGC) 36:15.3; 3. Preethi L. Rao (Rly) 36:18.7;

3000m Steeplechase (10):
1. Sudha Singh (Rly) 10:24.08; 2. Kiran Tiwari (Rly) 10:32.21; 3. Kamlesh Baghel (Rly) 11:21.76;

100m Hurdles (10) [0.4]:
1. Anuradha Biswal (Ori) 14.08; 2. J.J. Shobha (Rly) 14.25; 3. Shreema Priyadharshini (Rly) 14.29;

400m Hurdles (11):
1. Harpreet Kaur (Rly) 1:00.85; 2. K.A. Soniya (Ker) 1:01.31; 3. Shiji Joseph (Rly) 1:01.46;

High Jump (10):
1. Mallika Mondal (Rly) 1.74; 2. Tessimol Joseph (Rly) 1.74; 3. Kavya Muthanna (Karn) 1.71;

Pole Vault (9):
1. V.S. Surekha (Rly) 3.50; 2. N. Madhushini Devi (Rly) 3.40; 3. Sithara T. Ellath (Ker) 3.30;

Long Jump (11):
1. Mayookha Johny (Ker) 6.44/1.4; 2. M.A. Prajusha (Rly) 6.24/0.8; 3. Reshmi Bose (Rly) 6.16/2.4;

Triple Jump (9):
1. Mayookha Johny (Ker) 13.54/0.0; 2. Anisha K. Vijayan (Pol) 13.22/0.6; 3. Kulvinder Kaur (Pol) 12.92/-0.3;

Shot Put (11):
1. Saroj Sihag (Pol) 14.62; 2. Neelam (Har) 13.74; 3. Patwant Kaur (Rly) 13.56;

Discus Throw (8):
1. Krishna Poonia (Rly) 54.51; 2. Seema Antil (Pol) 51.32; 3. Saroj Sihag (Pol) 49.52;

Hammer Throw (9):
1. Archana Bara (Pol) 55.85; 2. Sukanya Mishra (Rly) 53.64; 3. Manju Bala (Guj) 51.46;

Javelin Throw (10):
1. S. Saraswathy (Rly) 45.21; 2. Megha Pardeshi (Rly) 44.43; 3. Ramandeep Kaur (Pun) 42.96;

Heptathlon (11):
1. Sushmita Singha Roy (Rly) 5434; 2. J.J. Shobha (Rly) 5299; 3. K.D. Sindhu (Ker) 4723;

20000m Walk (9):
1. V.S. Sandhya (Ker) 1:51:37.3; 2. Supriya Adak (Rly) 1:53:11.9; 3. Anita Kumari (Raj) 2:02:07.9;

4 x 100m Relay (10):
1. Railways 46.23; 2. Andhra Pradesh 46.69; 3. Kerala 47.32;

4 x 400m Relay (11):
1. Railways 3:43.08; 2. Kerala 3:43.85; 3. Andhra Pradesh 3:51.78

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New Delhi: A 57-member squad will represent India at next month’s Beijing Olympics, hoping to better the country’s dismal record at the four-yearly sporting extravaganza.

The contingent will not include a men’s hockey team – India’s flag-bearers at past Olympics – after they failed to qualify for the Games for the first time ever. But officials sounded confident India’s shooters, archers, boxers and tennis players will more than compensate. “Hopefully we well get some medals this time,” Suresh Kalmadi, president of the Indian Olympic Association, said at a press conference. “Our shooters are on the top of the list and they are raring to go. We also have great hopes from the boxers and the archery team. “Tennis stars Leander Paes, Mahesh Bhupathi and Sania Mirza are also capable of throwing a surprise,” he said.

India, a fast-growing economy with ambitions to host the Olympics, has just four individual medals to show for its efforts at the Games, the first one a bronze by wrestler Khasaba Jadhav in Helsinki in 1952. The last three Games produced a medal each with Paes winning a bronze at Atlanta in 1996, women’s weightlifter Karnam Malleswari a bronze in Sydney four years later and shooter Rajyavardhan Rathore a silver at Athens in 2004. India’s world champion in trap shooting, Manavjit Singh Sandhu, also sounded upbeat about the country’s chances of a better show but asked fans not to burden them with too many expectations. “Earlier Olympians were plucked from the grounds, dusted off and instructed to win medals at the Olympics,” he said. “This is not the case now. We are the best you have, be proud of us and support us even if we fail.

“We promise that we will not return from the Games with even a drop of blood in us as all of it would have been spilled in training and on the ranges,” he said to loud applause from officials and media. afp

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Not thinking of a medal: Manjeet Kaur

	Manjeet Kaur Top Emailed Features • Hamilton sizzles in wet Mumbai • Ana Ivanovic Wallpapers • India on course for 2010 F1 GP: Mallya Have you tried this? • Ask a question • News on your Desktop Advertisements • Want to study abroad? • New lenovo at budget • Higher Pay; Lower stress Advertisement Divorced, widowed, separated? Let Second Shaadi help you start a New Life. Register Free Now. www.secondshaadi.com Best BPO Jobs! Find the best BPO jobs on P4C Classifieds! Find me a Job! 5Rediff P4C Classifieds July 16, 2008 20:35 IST Beijing-bound quartermiler Manjeet Kaur, on Wednesday, said she would give her best to help the 4x400m women's relay team better their Athens Olympics [Images] performance in next month's Games in the Chinese capital. Manjeet is one of the Indian women's 4x400m relay team member which booked a ticket for Beijing [Images] Olympics after securing 15th position in the latest IAAF rankings following their fine show in the second Asian Grand Prix at Korat in Thailand last month. "In 2004 Olympics we were juniors in the relay team but still we qualified for the finals," Manjeet told reporters in New Delhi in a felicitation ceremony organised by her sponsor, construction major Omaxe. "This time we are seniors and have experience behind us. We will definitely try to better our Athens performance in Beijing." Asked about the team's preparation for the quadrennial event, the Arjuna Awardee said, "Our preparations for the Olympics is moving on the right track. "For the last few months we were busy training together in the country as well as abroad. We are leaving for Malaysia today for another training stint and from there we will fly straight to Beijing for the Games." Manjeet, who has also attained the Olympic B qualification mark in 400m, would not promise for a medal and said the quartet will concentrate to do better than the last time. "The competition will be tough and we are not thinking of medal at this stage. Our main focus is to give our best in Beijing," said the Punjab Police sub-inspector, who bagged a gold (4x400m relay) and a silver (400m) at the Doha Asian Games and a silver (400m) at the Melbourne Commonwealth Games. "Now we are in the 15th spot in the Olympics relay field, but you never know we might finish in the first four, or on a given day we might come out with a medal," she added. Earlier in the year, Manjeet got a boost in her preparations for the Olympics when Omaxe gave her Rs.34 lacs to train at VS Athletics Track Club in California under former famous American sprinter Cedric Hill. "At this time when all sponsors run after cricket, it comes as a big boost for any athlete to get sponsorship. "We are getting medals in Asia and in Commonwealth, but to win a medal at world level you need support from all quarters of the country," she said. She added that the financial assistance will help her prepare better for the 2010 Commonwealth Games. "After the Olympics I will be undergoing special training sessions for a year at California under Hill for the Commonwealth Games."

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