SPORTS

Records continue to tumble in swimming
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New Delhi, August 11
Four more records tumbled on day three of the Delhi State Open and Tiny Tots Aquatic Championship at the Talkatora swimming pool in the Capital on Sunday.

Varun Sethi continued to make waves in the pool as he set a new meet record in the 200m individual medly in the men’s section. The JSTS swimmer, who has already claimed several medals in the meet, clocked 2:22.11 secs to overhaul the previous record of 2:26.81 secs established by Rajam Ram Tokas of CRPF. Varun Sethi also swam to glory in the 100m back stroke with a time of 1:06.76 secs.

Jitender Tokas of JSTS, another swimmer to maintain his consistently good form, swam to a new record in the 200m butterfly for men. Jitender Tokas clocked 3:02.02 secs to lower the old record of 2:22.35 created by Raja Ram Tokas

of CRPF. Sudhir Tokas, an independent, bested the 50m breast stroke meet record when he posted a time of 0:33.37 secs to rewrite the existing record of 0:35.54 established by Vijay Kumar. Minakshi Tokas obliterated the women’s 200m butterfly record when she clocked 2:42.20 secs to erase the old mark of 2:48.04, standing in the name of Richa Misra of JSTC.

Minakshi Tokas of Alisha had earlier claimed the 200m free style gold with a time of 230.85 secs.

The women’s events were dominated by Minakshi and Shruti Gupta. Shruti pocketed two more golds when she won the 50m breast stroke and 200m individual medley event. Harpreet Kaur of JSTC won a “double” when she swam to gold in the 200m individual medley with a time of 3:56.54 and the 50m free style clocking 0:26.74 in the girls section.

Ruhaab Khan, who gave a record performance on Saturday, carried forward her good works when she won the 50m butterfly and 50m free style for girls.

CISF rewards good work of Anjali, Samresh
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New Delhi, August 11
The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) was quick to reward its star shooters, Anjali Ved Bhagat and Samresh Jung, who shot to glory in the 17th Commonwealth Games at Manchester, when they were given out of turn promotions.

Inspector Anjali Ved Bhagat has been promoted to the rank of Assistant Commandant while Sub-Inspector Samresh Jung has been elevated to the rank of inspector.

With a haul of six gold and three silver medals, Anjali and Samresh Jung stole the limelight in the Commonwealth Games Shooting Championship. Anjali alone shot four golds and along with Jaspal Rana emerged as the two top gold winners for India.

CISF has been patiently nurturing its shooters, and the effort is now bearing rich fruits. The CISF shooting team of Anjali Ved Bhagat, Samresh Jung, Kuheli Ganguli and Sushma Rana have created a special niche for themselves in the national and international arena. The CISF shooters had an impressive haul of 13 medals, including five gold, four silver and four bronze medals in the Commonwealth Shooting Championship in England last year. Their tally rose to 22 medals (6 gold, 12 silver and 4 bronze) in the prestigious European Championship Circuit in 2002.

Consistently good performances in the ISSF World Cup 2002 Sydney and Atlanta circuits earlier this year made Anjali the first Indian small bore shooter ever to earn a quota place in the 2004 Olympic Games at Athens in the women’s air rifle category.

Director-general H. J. Dora had made cash grants to CISF shooters a few weeks back to enable them to procure world class shooting kits.

Ujjwal Nanda stars in Delhi University’s win
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New Delhi, August 11
A fine all-round display by Ujjwal Nanda (43 and 4 for 6) and a smashing half century by Ritender Chandra (58) helped Delhi University Coaching Centre defeat Vardan Club by 152 runs in a league match of the Jayanti Devi Memorial Cricket Tournament at the Ashok Vihar ground.

Scores: Delhi University Coaching Centre: 279 for 5 in 35 overs (Ritender Chandera 58, Lokesh Kalara 48, Ujjwal Nanda 43, Varun Dev 39 n o, Varun Sood 33). Vardan Club: 127 all out in 27 overs (Manish Kumar 44, Ujjwal Nanda 4 for 6, Saleem Khan 2 for 18, Vikas Chandela 2 for 29).

Hari Nagar tourney: West Delhi Cricket Academy beat Hari Nagar Sports Complex by four wickets in a round-robin league match to enter the final of the first Hari Nagar Sports Complex Cricket Tournament. Hari Nagar Sports Complex had already qualified for the final when they beat Delhi University Coaching Centre in an earlier match.

Scores: Hari Nagar Sports Complex: 238 for 9 in 40 overs (Pankaj Dhall 58, 9x4; Pavneet Singh 42, Rahul 38, M Salim 4 for 35, S Singh 3 for 30). West Delhi Cricket Academy: 239 for 6 in 35.1 overs (Nitin Chugh 60, 7x4; Anshul Garg 51, Chetan Chopra 36 n o, Aman Sahni 3 for 40, Asgar Ali 2 for 36).

Mamta felicitated
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More power to your elbow!: The Commissioner of Rohtak division, Mr R . R. Banswal, presenting a memento to Mamta Kharab.