PT Usha ward, Tintu Luka clocks 2:01.92 in the 800m women’s final.
Trained by former Olympian PT Usha, Tintu Luka of Calicut University (SNG College, Pattambi) ran the best race of her life to set a meet record of 2:01.92 in the 800 metres women’s final of the 70th All India Inter-University Athletics meet at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium on Monday.
Two other records were also set on the day as Navjoban Kaur of Punjab University, Chandigarh eclipsed the 5,000 metres record and Kirulkar Hemant Maruti of Anna University erased the record in men’s 100 metres event.
It was a typical one-horse race in the 800 metres as Tintu drew away from the other contestants and finished almost 10 seconds ahead of Ambika Sreedharan, also from Calicut University. Tintu’s timing was 2.07 seconds less of the national 800 metres record of 1:59.85 set by Shiny Wilson in 1995.
Results
Women: 100 metres: Neethu Rajan (MGU, Kottayam, 12.06), Merlink Joseph (Calicut, 12.12), Shamna Mohammed (MGU, 12.19);
400 hurdles: Darshana (Calicut, 1:00.59), Jojimol Joseph (MGU, 1:00.62), Pammini Kumari (B N Mandal, 1:01.25);
800 metres: Tintu Luka (Calicut, 2:01.92, meet record), Ambika Sreedharan (Calicut, 2:11.37), Sukhit Kaur (Punjabi, 2:14.19);
5,000 metres: Navjoban Kaur (Punjab, 17:00.74, meet record), Suriya (Bharatidasan, 17:12.12, 3), Rameshwari (Calicut, 17:30.82);
Triple jump: Shradha Ghule (Mumbai, 12.28 metres), Amitha Baby (MGU, 12.81 metres), Marina Joseph (Kannur, 12.79);
Men:
100 metres: Kirulkar Hemant Maruti (Anna, Chennai, 10.57, meet record), A Ameen (Madras, 10.67), Anas (Calicut, 10.76);
400 hurdles: Vikas Chandran (Calicut, 52.97), A Yogesh (Madras, 53.51), Bikramjit Singh (Patiala, 53.76); 800 metres: Manjith Singh (Gurunanak Dev, 1:51.46), Sudheer Kumar (Rajasthan, 1:52.43), Zodge Dattatrya (Pune, 1:52.88);
5,000 metres: Devender (MDU, Rohtak, 14:50.67), Sahen Rasingh (Charan Singh, 15:00.34), Pramod Singh Patan 15:06.41);
High jump: Nikhil Chittarasu (Bharatidasan, 2.09 metres), Arun S Kumar (Kerala, 2.06 metres), Dharmendra Kumar (Magadh, 2.06 metres);
Shotput: Jasdeep Singh (Gurunanak Dev, 16.98 metres), Amit I (MDU, Rohtak, 16.72 metres), Shiv Kumar (Charan Singh, 16.62 metres).
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