National record holder Gulveer Singh erased a 30-year-old meet record to win the men바카라™s 5,000m race on the opening day of the 63rd National Open Athletics Championships in Bengaluru on Friday. (More Sports News)
The Services runner clocked 13:54.70 seconds to better the previous meet record of 13:54.72 set in 1994 by Bahadur Singh.
The Services team collected as many as four medals in the morning session in the men바카라™s group.
Servin won the first gold of the day in the men바카라™s 20km race walk. He clocked 1:25:35.00.
Servin바카라™s teammate Arshpreet Singh won bronze (1:26:56.00).
Lovepreet Singh won the fourth medal, a bronze, for Services. He clocked 14:00.89 to finish third in the men바카라™s 5,000m race.
The spotlight was also on the women's 400m event. Maharashtra바카라™s Aishwarya Mishra advanced to the final with a time of 52.71 seconds, the fastest in the semifinals.
Rupal Chaudhary (53.70 seconds) of Uttar Pradesh was another prominent name who made it to the medal round.
Results:
Women: 5,000m: Seema (Himachal Pradesh) 15:47.95 seconds, Sanjivani Jadhav (Maharashtra) 15:55.69 seconds, Lili Das (Railway Sports) 16:25.53 seconds.
Discus throw: Seema (Haryana) 54.89m, Nidhi (Railway Sports) 52.46m, Sanya Yadav (Haryana) 49.84m.
Triple jump: Sheena V (Kerala) 13.27m, Mallala Anusha (Railway Sports) 13.17m, Babisha P (Tamil Nadu) 13.13m.
20km race walk: Ravina (Haryana) 1:35:52.00, Munita Prajapati (Railway Sports) 1:37:40.00, Vandana (Karnataka) 1:39:41.00.
Men: 5,000m: Gulveer Singh (SSCB) 13:54.70 (MR) (previous record 13:54.72), Sunil Dawar (Madhya Pradesh) 14:00.50, Lovepreet Singh (SSCB) 14:00.89.
20km race walk: Servin (SSCB) 1:25:35.00, Amit (Haryana) 1:25:40.00, Arshpreet Singh (SSCB) 1:26:56.00.
