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August 13, 2002, Chandigarh, India  
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India scramble to safety
Chetan Sharma writes Kartik in
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‘Forget awards,
improve
infrastructure’ Dhumal honours
sportspersons Indian relay team nets
gold Woods claims Buick Open title
Chanda Rubin, from Lafayette, holds the championship trophy after defeating Lindsay Davenport, from Laguna Beach, 5-7, 7-6(5), 6-3, in the JP Morgan Chase Open on Sunday in Manhattan Beach. — AP/PTI photo
LG Cup win a team effort:
coach Surender to lead
Haryana
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India scramble to safety
Nottingham, August 12 Dravid made 115, Saurav Ganguly 99 and Sachin Tendulkar 92 to make make sure the touring side, who batted throughout the final day for a draw, avoided going 2-0 down in the four-match rubber. India, 260 runs behind after the first innings, had a late scare when England’s patched-up attack suddenly cut through their lines in the evening light to leave them on 396 for eight. Three wickets fell for 18 runs, raising the spectre of England having to chase around 140 runs off 20 overs, before tail-enders Parthiv Patel and Zaheer Khan hung on, persuading Nasser Hussain to finally give up the hunt. India ended on 424 for eight declared, 164 runs ahead. England won the first test by 170 runs. The third test starts at Headingley in Leeds on August 22. Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid pulled India out of the rut with attractive knocks as the tourist scored 315 for four at tea Tendulkar struck an authoritative 92 and put on 163 for the third wicket with Dravid before being clean bowled by Michael Vaughan. Rahul Dravid scored a magnificient 115 before being adjudged lbw to Cork. Tendulkar and Dravid continued with their impressive recovery act after India resumed at 99 for two this morning. Having got together when the team was in dire straits at 11 for two yesterday after conceding a 260-run first innings lead, the two Indian batsmen played confidently and aggressively and scored at well above four runs an over. Tendulkar, unbeaten on run a ball 56 overnight, was the more fluent of the two as he negotiated the English pace bowlers with ease. Most of the runs in the morning were scored through fours. Tendulkar, who had struck 11 boundaries yesterday, hit six more today, three of which came off consecutive balls from Dominic Cork. Dravid, who was 34 not out yesterday, also cut and drove with ease and reached his half-century with a hooked four against Flintoff. With runs coming easily, England captain fell back on his tested policy of asking bowlers to come from round the wicket and pepper the batsmen with short-pitched deliveries. But even that did not work, Vaughan was pressed into the attack to try his gentle off-spin. Tendulkar hit a glorious cover drive to pick his 17th four and move into the 90s but fell in the next over while attempting to repeat the shot. SCOREBOARD India (1st innings): 357 England (1st innings): 617 India (2nd innings): Sehwag lbw b Hoggard 0 Jaffer lbw b Flintoff 5 Dravid lbw Cork 115 Tendulkar b Vaughan 92 Ganguly b Harmison 99 Laxman c White b Cork 14 Agarkar lbw Vaughan 32 Patel not out 19 Harbhajan b Harmison 1 Zaheer not out 14 Extras: 33 Total
( 8 wkts, 115 overs) 424 Fall of wickets: 1-0, 2-11, 3-174, 4-308, 5-339, 6-378, 7-395, 8-396. Bowling: Harmison 29-5-62-2, Cork 12-1-54-2, Hoggard 23-0-109-1, White 8-2-15-0, Flintoff 22-2-95-1, Vaughan 14-4-59-1.
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Chetan Sharma writes Thank God, India came out of the second Test with their pride intact. Going into the last day, there were not many hopes of a draw but with the top three, Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid and Saurav Ganguly, playing as if it were the innings of their lives, India held their heads high. All the three deserved centuries today but unfortunately both Tendulkar and Ganguly fell in the nervous 90s. But they will have little by way of grudges because they succeeded in their task. Had one of those failed today the result could have been different, but they stuck it out. Towards the later part, there was more excitement when the Indian tailenders were playing for time and England ran them close. They were then helped by some resolute batting by Ajit Agarkar and little wicketkeeper Parthiv Patel. It must have been a great experience for Patel, for the youngster was pitted in a man’s world. But he came out with flying colours and if my foresight can place things, he is a good find for the future. Only we need to groom him. The match was of high quality today and if England were denied a win it was only because the Indian batsmen had raised their game. They batted with a plan and did not let a loose ball go by. The key was picking up runs and playing out time. Tendulkar showed his class and with the Little Master finally coming good in a needle game, I hope his critics shut their mouths for now. What a pity his perfect knock could not get Tendulkar his record-breaking 30th century in Test matches. I think he just relaxed for a while when Michael Vaughan’s harmless off-spin bowling got his wicket. Dravid is my favourite batsman and his first century on English soil was a just reward for his hardwork. He stood there like a brave man and never allowed the English bowlers any chance. Even when they were troubling him, he did not lose his concentration. For the captain, the knock must have been very sweet. He had played well in the first innings too and today we saw the Ganguly of old. His timing was superb and he defended well. He too was unlucky to play-on when he was just a run short of his century. But India has to look at many things, like their bowling, for the next Test. Our fast bowlers bowled very poorly here and with this form, none of them deserves a place in the team. Harbhajan Singh too could have been more effective if he had kept it tight, bowling his off-spin from outside the off-stump rather than the middle-stump which he always does. This way batsmen can work him around for runs. Harbhajan, in my opinion has to cut down on the number of runs he concedes. The series isn’t lost yet and if Indian bowlers follow their batsmen’s example they can comeback. |
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Kartik in team New Delhi, August 12 Kartik is the only addition to the team that won the triangular trophy in England while seamer Tinu Yohannan and wicketkeeper Ajay Ratra have been dropped. The national selectors met in Mumbai today to pick the team but its announcement was withheld pending a communication from the International Cricket Council regarding its stand on the players’ contracts. However, according to a cricket board official, the following 14 were selected: Sourav Ganguly (Capt), Rahul Dravid (vice-capt and wk), Sachin Tendulkar, Dinesh Mongia, Yuvraj Singh, Mohammad Kaif, Virendra Shewag, V.V.S Laxman, Ajit Agarkar, Zaheer Khan, Ashish Nehra, Harbhajan Singh, Anil Kumble and Murali Kartik. With the selectors dropping Ratra, Dravid will double as wicketkeeper too. Patel who impressed one and all with his keeping in the ongoing second Test against England at Trent Bridge, will have to wait for his turn. The inclusion of Kartik would lend variety to the spin attack led by leg-spinner Kumble and off-spinner Harbhajan Singh. Cricket board secretary Niranjan Shah told reporters in Mumbai that the announcement of the team was being withheld for ‘official reasons’ till BCCI received a formal communicat-ion from ICC on players’ endorsement issue.
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South Africa beat Pak by 54 runs
Tangiers (Morocco) August 12 Pakistan made a bright start to their chase reaching 67 for one in the first 10 overs, but relentless pressure from South Africa’s bowlers led to a steady trickle of wickets throughout the middle part of the innings and although seven batsmen made scores between 18 and 40 the team subsided to 229 all out. The South African innings began inauspiciously when senior opener Gary Kirsten (2) top edged a pull against Waqar Younis into the gloves of wicketkeeper Rashid Latif. Jacques Kallis (22) steadied the innings before edging the same bowler to Latif with the total on 51. South Africa remained positive, however, by promoting Nicky Boje to No 4 and the lefthander responded with a blazing innings of 52 from just 45 balls with five boundaries and two sixes. Gibbs had spent an uncharacteristically long 80 balls reaching 50 when he opened for South Africa. Left hander Boje, promoted up the order to number four, ensured the scoreboard kept moving at brisk pace, His half century came from just 43 balls before he sliced a delivery from spinner Shahid Afridi to backward point. Jonty Rhodes maintained the momentum with an energetic and unconventional 46 from 49 balls while Gibbs accelerated surely and lethally. The elegant right hander required just 43 balls to progress from 50 to his seventh one-day century and by the time he was caught at deep mid wicket after eight fours and three sixes a large total was guaranteed. Scoreboard South Africa: Gibbs c Inzamam
b Razzaq 114 Kirsten c Latif b Waqar 2 Kallis c Latif b Waqar 22 Boje c Nazir b Afridi 52 Rhodes run out 46 Klusener c Khan b Waqar 11 Boucher b Waqar 3 Pollock b Waqar 0 Dippenaar run out 12 Donald not out 0 Extras:
(b-2 lb-4 nb-8 w-6) 20 Total: (9 wkts, 50 overs) 283 Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-51, 3-136, 4-256, 5-258, 6-264, 7-264, 8-283, 9-283. Bowling:
Wasim Akram 10-0-50-0, Waqar Younis 10-0-38-5, Abdur Razzaq 10-0-54-1, Saqlain Mushtaq 10-0-80-0, Shahid Afridi 10-0-55-1. Pakistan: Anwar c Ntini b Kallis 23 Nazir lbw Kallis 40 Youhana c Gibbs b Donald 19 Inzamam c Donald b Boje 24 Y. Khan c Pollock b Boje 40 Afridi c Gibbs b Pollock 34 Razzaq b Donald 18 Latif lbw Klusener 15 Akram b Klusener 4 Waqar c Dippenaar b Klusener 1 Mushtaq not out 3 Extras (b-1 lb-3 w-3 nb-1) 8 Total (all out, 43.2 overs) 229 Fall of wickets:
1-55 2-69 3-99 4-132 5-159 6-193 7-221 8-221 9-224 Bowling: Shaun Pollock 8-1-46-1, Makhaya Ntini 5-0-46-0, Jacques Kallis 8-0-18-2, Allan Donald 8-0-27-2, Lance Klusener 8.2-0-44-3, Nicky Boje 6-0-44-2.
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ICC Trophy: McMillan, 2 others pull out Wellington, Aug 12 Craig McMillan, Matt Horne and Brooke Walker would have been in the New Zealand team to defend the trophy it won two years ago in Kenya, but notified team officials they would not make the trip. McMillan said it was a “tough decision” to make but he felt comfortable with it. “I made a decision not to tour Sri Lanka following the events in Pakistan,” said McMillan. “The decision was made a lot easier through the support of New Zealand Cricket and my family.” New Zealand Cricket chief executive Martin Snedden said McMillan, Horne and Walker made individual decisions not to go. “When deciding whether to attend the tournament the safety of the team was our top priority,” he said. “We made a thorough assessment of risks to the team which included speaking to government agencies. .. to American, British and Australian Foreign Affairs staff and to check
security arrangements. “We have been advised that a ceasefire has been in place in Sri Lanka since February and the country is the most stable it has been for some time. There are extensive security processes in place to ensure the safety of the team.” Last Friday, Australia pulled out of a three-Test series in Pakistan scheduled for October because the Australian Cricket Board feared for the team’s safety. In May, a bomb exploded outside a hotel in Karachi that was being used by New Zealand’s touring team. The blast did not injure any players but left 14 people dead. The final Test of New Zealand’s Pakistan tour was scrapped and the players flew home. All rounder Kyle Mills, who injured his shoulder before the tri-series tournament in Australia earlier this year, was named today in New Zealand’s team for the ICC one-day tournament. New Zealand team: Stephen Fleming (captain), Nathan Astle, Shane Bond, Chris Harris, Paul Hitchcock, Kyle Mills, Chris Nevin, Jacob Oram, Mathew Sinclair, Scott Styris, Glen Sulzberger, Daryl Tuffey, Daniel Vettori, Lou Vincent.
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Factor behind India’s historic
victory Patiala, August 11 This fact, as chief coach Mr G.S. Bhangu believes, turned out to be one major factor that enabled the team to play as a cohesive unit resulting in the team notching up a superb title win. Out of the 16 players, 15 were from the Railways, which have won the senior national women hockey championship for a mind-boggling 21 successive times, with the last title coming in Jalandhar in March this year. The odd girl out of the 16 was the baby of the team, 16-year-old Saba Anjum, who is from Jharkhand. Even she is likely to get a job with Western Railway once she completes her matriculation. Out of 16 players, Western and Northern Railway had five players each while Central and South-Eastern Railway contributed two each. One girl is employed with the Rail Coach Factory at Kapurthala. Said Mr G.S. Bhangu: “These girls come from different states and are of different age groups. However, the task becomes simple when the girls train together for months as they get to know each other well. Moreover, the seniors like Sita Gossain, Manjinder Kaur and Pritam Siwach are always ready to extend an helping hand to the jouniors in the team like Mamta Kharab, Saba Anjum and Suman Bala.”Mr Bhangu disclosed that Mamta Kharab and Saba Anjum were in the under-16 Indian squad. These two, along with Suman Bala, Papki Devi and Sangai Chanu played in the 2001 World Cup held in Argentina. As far as women’s hockey in the country is concerned, not many institutions, barring the Railways, come forward to employ the girls. Once a talented girl is spotted, the Railways take no time in offering her a good job. Even after the 1982 Asian Games gold medal and the 1998 Bangkok silver medal, no organisation came forward to employ women hockey players. |
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‘Forget awards,
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infrastructure’ New Delhi, August 12 Samaresh, who won two gold and three silver medals at Manchester, said the rewards certainly offer a lot of encouragement to the sportspersons but it was more important to put better infrastructure in place.. “The announcement of Rs 1 crore for a gold medal winner at the Olympics is a very big incentive. But if the same amount is spent on providing better facilities, we can actually win more medals,” Samaresh said.
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Dhumal honours
sportspersons Shimla, August 12 Addressing the gathering, he said the government was making all efforts to encourage sports in rural areas, which had a lot of talented young players. Sports infrastructure was being created in the state in primary schools up to the district level in a phased manner. Stadia were being constructed in eight districts with central funds and there was a proposal to lay Astro Turf at Bilaspur and synthetic athletics tracks at Dharamsala. In all, 40 sportspersons were honoured. Samaresh Jang , who won two gold and three silver medals in the recent Commonwealth Games, was given a cash reward of Rs 1 lakh, while Sita
Gosain, a member of the women’s hockey team which won the gold medal in the games, was given a cash prize of Rs 50,000. |
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Indian relay team nets gold
Colombo, August 12 The day also saw India winning a silver in the men’s 4x400 relay at the Sugathadasa Stadium. Participating in a three-team fray in the 4x400 women’s final, the Indian quartet of Sagardeep Kaur, Soma Biswas, Sunita Dahiya and J.J. Shoba finished ahead of Japan and Sri Lanka, clocking 3:37.51 seconds. As expected, China topped the medals’ tally, winning 10 gold, six silver and four bronze medals for a total of 20, followed by Qatar with eight gold medals, while Kazakhstan’s gold run ended with six. India were placed 10th with a solitary gold medal, five silver and four bronze. Hosts Sri Lanka were sixth, having earned three first places. Sri Lanka’s Susanthika Jayasinghe completed a gold double by breezing past her competitors in the women’s 200 metres final, equalling the championship record of 22.84 seconds. Jayasinghe who won the 100 metres with ease on Saturday, encountered no problems in the longer sprint, pipping Lyubov Perepelove of Uzbekistan, whose silver medal was her second in the tournament. In the 4x400 m relay the Indian men fell behind the Sri Lankan runners, as an early spurt by Sugath Thilakaratne gave the hosts a clear lead. Sri Lanka finished with a timing of 3: 03.35, while India’s squad comprising Anil Kumar Rohil, Satbir Singh, K. Suresh and Jata Shankar Mishra clocked 3:06.76. Kazakhstan’s Gennadiy Chernovol made up for coming second best in the 100m by sprinting to the gold in the men’s 200m final in 20.73 seconds, ahead of Kuwait’s Fawzi Al-Shammari. India’s Anand Luis Menezes ended up fifth, clocking 21.32 seconds. Sunita also finished fifth in the women’s 800m final, which was won by Japan’s Miho Sugimori. Beant Kaur came up with a similar performance in the women’s 5000m, in which Pushpa Devi was seventh.
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Woods claims Buick Open title Grand Blanc, August 12 Esteban Toledo, who began the final round one stroke behind Woods, stayed with the world’s best golfer through 12 holes, but then collapsed with three straight bogeys. Toledo shot a 1-over 73 to finish at 13 under, tied for second with Mark O’Meara (68), Brian Gay (68) and Fred Funk (71). It matched Toledo’s best finish. Woods insisted he was at Warwick Hills to win and not just practice for the fourth major. He opened with a 67, shot a season-best 63 on Friday and a 71 Saturday. Although he missed a chance to win the Grand Slam with his 28th-place tie at the British Open three weeks ago, Woods has an opportunity to do something no other golfer has, beginning Thursday at Hazeltine in Chaska, Minnesota. Woods, who won this year’s Masters and US Open, will be the first to win three majors in a year twice if he wins the PGA Championship. Ben Hogan did it in 1953 and Woods, who has won seven of the last 12 majors, did it two years ago. He can also be the first player to win a major after winning a tournament the previous week since Sandy Lyle won the Greater Greensboro Open and the Masters in 1988. Woods is 25-2 in PGA Tour events when leading or tied for the lead after 54 holes. Since 1958, just 16 of 38 players who have at least shared the lead after 54 holes have won the Buick Open. Woods and Toledo were essentially engaged in match play while the rest of the field failed to threaten them, until the former professional boxer bogeyed Nos.13-15. On No.1, a hole he double-bogeyed on Saturday, Woods opened a two-stroke lead with a birdie. Toledo got the stroke back with a 20-foot birdie putt on No.4. Woods missed a 6-foot putt to bogey 5 and fall into a tie at 15 under. Woods went back ahead by a stroke on No.6 with a 40-foot birdie putt. The crowd roared when he punched the air- as he has done countless times — with his right fist. Both players birdied No.7. Toledo allowed Woods to go ahead by two strokes when he missed a 5-foot putt at No.9, but got the shot back with a birdie on the next hole. Refusing to let Toledo’s confidence grow, Woods put his tee shot a foot from the pin at the par-3 11th, and made the birdie for another two-stroke lead. Toledo bounced back with a birdie on 12 to pull within a stroke before falling apart with bogeys at Nos. 13 and 14, among the easiest holes, and at 15. Woods double-bogeyed 17 to fall to 17 under, but was still three strokes ahead, Toledo bogeyed 18. Woods is playing the week before a major for the fourth time and all of those tournaments have been the Buick Open, which he won for the first time. Phil Mickelson, who will have another chance to win his first major at Hazeltine, had an erratic week. He made 24 birdies, 10 bogeys and three double bogeys to finish in a tie for 29th at 8 under. Defending PGA Championship winner David Toms (71) finished tied for 10th at 11 under.
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Rubin upsets Davenport Manhattan Beach, August 12 Davenport served for the match in the second set after trailing 0-3, but Rubin broke back and went on to beat the woman she used to compete against in the 12-and-under division. “She was better than me in the 12-and-unders,” said Davenport, who holds an 8-3 career advantage against Rubin and hadn’t lost to her since 1995. Rubin proved better than some of the game’s biggest players this week. She won her second title of the year and fifth of her career with three consecutive victories over higher ranked players. She stunned Serena Williams, the world’s No. 1 woman, in a three-set quarterfinal, then beat fifth-ranked Jelena Dokic 6-0, 6-2 in the semifinals before defeating the ninth-ranked Davenport. “It has definitely been one of the best weeks, if not the best,” Rubin said. “It gives me a great deal of confidence. “Hopefully, I can take it into the US Open and cause some trouble there. I think my chances are very good.” Rubin came into Manhattan Beach ranked 21st, and she will rise to about 15 when the WTA Tour rankings are released. She earned $ 93,000. Rubin and Davenport both underwent knee surgery by the same doctor in Vail, Colorado, days apart in January. It was Rubin’s second surgery on the same left knee in one year. She returned in May and won her first title of the year on grass at Eastbourne in June. She is 23-7 since coming back. “I’ve used it to motivate me,” she said of her surgeries. “I’ve worked overtime twice to get myself back into shape and get fit. I deserve to win these matches.” Davenport had her right knee operated on, and returned three weeks ago, reaching the semifinals at Stanford and Carlsbad, California, and then the final in her hometown tournament. She is 9-3 since her comeback began. “I played well, but I didn’t play well when it was close,” said Davenport, who won here in 1996, 1998 and last year. Davenport served for the match leading 5-4, 30-15 in the second set. But she double-faulted, then missed a backhand wide to trail 30-40. She missed another backhand and Rubin broke to tie the set at 5-all. Rubin held for a 6-5 lead, then Davenport fought off two break points to hold at 6-all and force the tiebreaker. Rubin won the tiebreaker 7-5 when Davenport dumped a forehand into the net on Rubin’s serve. “I started off a bit nervous and never really relaxed,” Rubin said. “I was struggling to get through. I stayed in and fought.” Neither player served well throughout the two-hour, 19-minute match. Rubin had 10 double faults to Davenport’s 11, and both struggled to get first serves in. “I’m a little bit disgusted. I had absolutely zero rhythm,” Davenport said of her usually booming serve. “I got broken a ton of times.” Both players had more unforced errors (a combined 132) than their 96 combined winners. Rubin led 3-1 in the third before Davenport tied it. She broke Davenport for a 4-3 lead, then went up 5-3 with an ace, and broke Davenport to win on her third match point. Both 26, Davenport and Rubin turned pro within two years of each other. Starting out, they travelled with the same USTA coach, were roommates and played doubles together.
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Amritraj qualifies Michigan, August 12 Amritraj, who stays at Encino, California swamped Doug Stewart 5-7 6-3 6-4 6-2 to advance to the US Open main draw, according to information received here today. He is taking a semester off from University of Southern California to play the pro events. Vijay Amritraj, a legend of Indian tennis has bagged 16 singles titles on the professional tour.
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LG Cup win a team effort: coach Kolkata, August 12 The Anglo-Cypriot Constantine, looking relaxed and elated, gave all the credit to the players and said their fighting spirit and remarkable fitness level were major factors which fashioned the win. “This victory after a long gap will put the country back at a vantage position in the soccer map of Asia. I hope sponsors and sports fans will take note of this and young boys will also take to the game in a big way now,” he said. Skipper Baichung Bhutia, proudly displaying the trophy, said the victory would give a major boost to the game in the country. “I think we are proceeding in the right direction ahead of the Asian Games though I must admit that Busan will be a totally different cup of tea.” Around 100 soccer fans converged at the NSC Bose Airport to welcome the team waving the tri-colour and shouting “three cheers for India”. Describing the LG Cup as a great experience, Bhutia said everybody in the team worked hard for the victory. “We scored 11 goals, and got at least 30 chances. The new formations tried by our coach proved successful. The players took his advice and played accordingly,” he said. “Earlier also, our coaches tried different formations, but things went wrong in the implementation stage,” the star striker, who scored three goals, including two in the final against the host nation, said. Bhutia said the final was the most difficult match as India were down 0-2 in the first session. “We reduced the margin in the closing stages of the opening half. At half time our coach and technical director Sukhwinder Singh gave a pep talk to the players asking them to stick to the plan,” he said. Constantine showered praise on the nine greenhorns in the side and said “I think the future is bright for Indian football. All the youngsters are fired by passion for the country.” The chief coach said he was also delighted with the showing of the senior players Debjit Ghosh, Jo Paul Ancheri and
Bhutia. “Debjit was tremendous, Ancheri improved with every match despite coming from a long lay off, while Bhutia worked hard and scored three goals.”
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Surender to lead
Haryana Chandigarh, August 12 Boys — Under 20:
Anil Kumar- 100m, Lakhwinder Singh-5000m (all Kurukshetra) Bajrang-400m, 800m, Sajjan-800m Ramniwas-110m, Hurdle Dinesh-shot put, Bhagirath-javelin, (all Bhiwani). Surender Singh-100m, Sunil Kumar-1500m, Sandeep Kumar-Shotput, Discuss throw Sunderlal-long jump (all Hisar), Pawan Kumar-long jump (Kaithal) Rajpal-10 k.m. walk, Rajesh-10km, Parmod Kumar-400m, (all Rohtak), Pardeep Kajla-10000m (Jhajjar). Boys Under-18:
Srikant-200m, Ramesh Kumar-100m, Long jump, Sombir-shot put, discus throw, Rajesh Kumar-high jump (all Hisar), Amandeep-400m (Sirsa), Jaskaran-800m, (Kurukshetra), Sunder Singh-triple jump, Vikas-shot put, Digvijay Singh-pole vault (Bhiwani), Anil Kumar-10km, walk, Rajkumar-10km, walk (Jhajjar). Boys under-16: Bhupender Singh-100m, (Panipat), Rishi-100m, 100m hurdle, Pardeep Kumar-shot put, Rajesh Kumar-high jump, Satbir Singh-discus, Hammer throw (all Hisar). Rampal-800m, 3000m, Rakesh-hammer throw, Virender Singh, javelin (Gurgaon), Ajay-5km walk (Jhajjar), Sumit Kumar-5km walk (Panchkula), Pawan Kumar-800m, 2000m (Bhiwani). Boys under-14:
Abhishek-Triathlon (Narwana). Girls under-20: Sandgeeta-100m, (Sonepat), Gagandeep-400, 800m (Sirsa), Neelam-shot put, Meena chikara-10km walk (Jhajjar), Suman-hammer throw-(Bhiwani), Pooja-100m hurdle (Hisar). Girls under-18: Promila-100m, long jump (Rohtak), Renu Joon-1500, 5000m (Jhajjar), Anju Bamal-5000m, (Panchkula), Neelam-high jump (Kurukshetra), Amandeep-shot put (Sirsa), Priyanka-discus throw, shot put (Sirsa), Sonu-javelin throw (Hisar). Girls under-16:
Anila-400m (Bhiwani), Indubala-shot put, discus (Bhiwani), Renu Joon-800, 2000m, (Jhajjar), Aplesh-shot put, high jump (Hisar), Kiran Deep-100m, hurdle (Sirsa), Manju Sulakh-3 km, walk (Jhajjar), Manju-3 km walk (Panchkula). Girls under-14: Punita-Triathlon (Sonepat), Neelam-Triathlon (Hisar). K.S. Gulia (Sonepat) and C.S. Rathee, Jhajjar will accompany the team as coaches. |
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