Asom bag another gold in Masters Athletics:
   

Manik Saikia added another gold in the medal tally of Asom in the 29th Masters Athletics Championship held at Sarusajai today. Saikia who took part in the mens above 75 kg triple jump event bagged the gold. Shiv Bahadur Singh of Uttar Pradesh and HS Flora of Delhi collected silver and bronze respectively in this event.

The result of the different events held on Monday: Triple jump: Mens above 35- Tasvir Singh (Punjab), Kuldeep Singh (Punjab), Ashim Buragohain (Asom), Mens above 40- TM Thangaval (Tamil Nadu), Subhendu Kumar Haldar (West Bengal) and Robin Dey (Asom), Mens above 45- Sukhdeve Singh (Punjab), Kamaleswar Kalita (Asom), Gurmil Singh (Punjab), Mens above 50- T K Raja Sundaram (Kerala), N G Subha Singh (Manipur), B D Mishra (Uttar Pradesh), Mens above 55- D J Singh (Punjab), Sudip Banerjee (West Bengal), Islam Ahamed (Asom), Mens above 60- A Posalan (Tamil Nadu), P C Mathew (Kerala), B L Rai (Chattishgarh), Mens above 65- V Pandu Rangarao (Andhra Pradesh), R S Rawat (Uttarakhand), W Manichandra (Manipur), 5,000m walk: Mens above 35 kg- Sher Singh (Haryana), Suresh B Parmar (Gujrat) and Jayendran M (Kerala), Mens above 40- Gurwinder singh (Punjab), Nilam Das (Orissa), Chandra Handique (Asom), mens above 45- Ramkumar (Uttar Pradesh), Krishnendu Roy (West Bengal) and K Dwarakanath (Andhra Pradesh), Mens above 50- Haradhan Garai (West Bengal), Prasanta Karatra (Orissa) and Swaran Singh (Punjab). (incomplete results)



The Sentinel,25th Mar'. 2008