Dasara Games 2014: Four new records tumble on day one

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The victorious Bangalore City’s 4x400 men’s relay quartet (from left) Jayaprakash Shetty, Raghu, Sachin Gowda and Ashwin who set a New meet record at Chamundivihar Stadium yesterday.
The victorious Bangalore City’s 4×400 men’s relay quartet (from left) Jayaprakash Shetty, Raghu, Sachin Gowda and Ashwin who set a New meet record at Chamundivihar Stadium yesterday.

Mysore :

The inaugural day of the Dasara Games athletic events witnessed 4 new meet records being set (three in the women’s section and one in the men’s section), Chamundi Vihar Stadium on Friday.

Bangalore City’s athletes hogged the limelight by being involved in three of the four new meet records set. Mysore claimed the top honours in the other. Out of the 10 gold medals at stake in athletics (both men & women), hosts Mysore and Bangalore City won four golds each, while Belgaum and Bangalore Rural won a gold each.

23-year old record erased

In the day’s second event in the women’s 1500m, K.C. Shruthi, South Western Railway employee from Bangalore City’s ran a fast paced race from the beginning and led from the front and finished well to set a new meet record with a timing of 4:43.09s erasing the 23 year old previous record of 4:44.8s set by B.S. Sujatha of Mysore Division in 1991. R. Mahalakshmi of Bangalore City( 4:53.08s) and B. K. Supreetha (Mysore-4:54.05s) secured the second and third places respectively.

Praneetha Pradeep, a Junior National medalist from Bangalore City who trains with L. Mathai leapt to a new meet record of 5.79 mts in the women’s long jump event, erasing the previous mark of 5.76 mts set by G.N. Aishwarya of Bangalore City in 2011. V.M. Jolly (B’lore city-5.24 mts) and B. Aishwarya (Mysore-5.15 mts) won the silver and bronze medals.

Bangalore City’s men’s 4x400m quatret comprising of A.K. Raghu, Sachin Gowda, M.J. Ashwin and Jayaprakash Shetty set a new meet record with a timing of 3:16.4 sec erasing the old mark of 3:17.7 sec set by Mysore Division in 2013. Mysore Division and Bangalore Rural secured the silver and bronze medals.

In the last event for the day in athletics, the hosts brought some cheer when their women’s 4×400 mts relay quatret comprising of Afsana, Megha, H.R. Navami and Reena George set a new meet record with a timing of 3:50.00 sec erasing the old mark of 3:59.57 sec set by Mysore Division in 2013.

Bopanna of Bangalore City emerged as the fastest man of the meet by winning the 100 mts sprint with a timing of 10.07 sec. Reena George of Mysore Div. emerged as the fastest women of the meet by breasting the tape with a timing of 11.09 sec.

L. Bharath of Bangalore Rural won the gold in the men’s 1500 mts event with a timing of 4:15.08 sec. Atish Gagan Raju of Mysore Division won the gold medal in Shot Put with a throw of 15.80 mts. V. Sathyanarayan V.N. of Belgaum won the gold in the men’s long Jump event with a leap of 7.36 mts.

In the team events, Mysore division entered the semi-finals in the men’s tennis event with a 2-1 win over Belgaum. In Table Tennis, Mysore Division beat Bangalore Rural 3-0 to enter the quarter-finals. In Throwball, Mysore’s men beat Bangalore city 25-17, 19-25, 25-14 and also beat Belgaum 25-16, 25-16 with Supreeth playing well for them.

In football, Mysore Division beat Bangalore City 2-1, while Bangalore Rural drubbed Gulbarga 7-2. In Kabaddi, Mysore division beat Belgaum 24-11 while Bangalore City and Mysore City were involved in a 15-15 exciting drawn encounter. In Basketball, Bangalore city beat Gulbarga 64-36 while Mysore Division beat Belgaum 66-38. In Volleyball, Bangalore City beat Gulbarga 3-0 while Belgaum beat Mysore 3-1. In Kho-Kho Bangalore City beat Belgaum by one turn and 6 points (21-15), while Bangalore Rural beat Gulbarga by an innings and two points (10-8).

In swimming, Bangalore City’s swimmers in the men’s and women’s section dominated the pool by winning nine out of the 12 golds at stake on the first day. Md. Yaqub Saleem of Bangalore City won two golds in the men’s 200 mts & 400 mts freestyle events. V. Malvika of Bangalore City also won the 200 mts & 400 mts golds in freestyle event to hog the limelight in the women’s section.

The results: Athletics: Men: 100 mts: 1. G.N. Bopanna (B’lore City-10.07 sec); 2. N. Vaishak (Mysore-10.09 sec); 3. V. Sanjay. (B’lore City)-11.00 sec); 1500m: 1. L. Bharath (B’lore Rural-4:15.08 sec); 2. Suraj (Mys -4:16.23 sec); 3. N. Vinay (B’lore City)-4:16.35s); Shot Put: 1. Atish Gagan Raju (Mys-15.80m); 2. Jason Rebuin Salins (Mys-15.33m); 3. Kumar Naik (B’lore Rural-14.48 mts); Long Jump: 1. V.N. Sathyanarayan (Bgm-7.36 mts); 2. K. Avin Kumar (Mys-7.32 mts); 3. H.P. Siddarth (Mys-7.14 mts); 4x400m relay: 1. B’lore City (NMR- A.K. Raghu, Sachin Gowda, M.J. Ashwin, Jayaprakash Shetty-3m:16.4 sec); 2. Mysore ; 3. Bangalore Rural.

Women: 100 mts: 1. Reena George (Mys-11.09 sec); 2. M.G. Padmini (B’lore City-12.02 sec); 3. Bhuvi B. Shankar (Mys-12.04 sec); 1500m: 1. K.C. Shruthi (B’lore City-NMR-4:43.09s); 2. R. Mahalakshmi (B’lore City-4:53.08s); 3. B.K. Supreetha (Mys-4:54.05s); Long Jump: 1. Praneetha Pradeep (B’lore,City-NMR-5.79mts); 2. V.M. Jolly (Mys- 5.24 mts); 3. B. Aishwarya (Mys-5.15mts); Shot Put: 1. G.K. Namitha (Mys-12.07 mts); 2. P.S. Uma (Mys-11.86 mts); 3. Niveditha Samanth (Bgm-11.45 mts); 4×400 mts Relay: 1. Mysore Division (NMR-3:50.00s-Old-Mysore Division-2013-3:59.57s).

Team Games: Men: Kho-Kho: B’lore City bt Belgaum 21-15; B’lore Rural bt Gulbarga 10-8; Kabaddi: Mysore bt Belgaum 24-11; B’lore Rural bt Gulbarga 31-15; B’lore City drew Mysore 15-15; Belgaum bt Gulbarga 23-13; Hockey: Belgaum bt Mysore 3-1; B’lore City bt Gulbarga 6-1; Football: B’lore Rural bt Gulbarga 7-2; Mysore bt B’lore City 2-1; Net Ball: Mysore bt Belgaum 13-11; B’lore Rural bt Gulbarga 25-21; B’lore City bt Belgaum 13-7; Tennis: Mysore beat Belgum 2-1; Throwball: Mysore bt Belgaum 25-16, 25-16; B’lore Rural bt Gulbarga 25-14, 25-13; Mysore bt B’lore City 25-17, 19-25, 25-14; Table Tennis: Mysore bt B’lore Rural 3-0; Basketball: B’lore City bt Gulbarga 64-36; Mysore bt Belgaum 66-38; Volleyball: B’lore City bt Gulbarga 3-0; Belgaum bt Mysore 3-1.

Women: Kho-Kho: B’lore Rural bt Gulbarga 10-6; B’lore City bt Belgaum 7-6; Kabaddi: Mysore bt Gulbarga 40-10; B’lore City bt Belgaum 50-18; B’lore Rural bt Gulbarga 57-17; Mysore bt Belgaum 46-28; Hockey: Gulbarga bt B’lore Rural 11-0; Bangalore City bt Belgaum 3-1; Net ball: B’lore City bt Mysore 20-6; Tennis: B’lore Rural bt Belgaum 2-1; Throwball: B’lore City bt Gulbarga 25-3; 25-5; B’lore Rural bt Belgaum 25-16, 25-15; Mysore bt Gulbarga 25-6, 25-3; Table Tennis: B’lore City bt B’lore Rural 3-2; Basketball: B’lore City bt Belgaum 51-29; Volleyball: Mysore bt Gulbarga 3-0; B’lore City bt Belgaum 3-1; B’lore Rural bt Gulbarga 3-0.

source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> Sports News  / Saturday  , September 27th,  2014