Mysore :
Five new meet records were set (three in the men’s and two in the women’s section) on the second day of the Dasara Games athletic events at the Chamundi Vihar Stadium yesterday.
Bangalore city continued their fine run with their athletes setting two new meet records in the women’s section while Belgaum, Mysore and Bangalore Rural athletes accounted one each.
Bangalore city athletes dominate: Out of the 10 gold medals which were at stake in athletics (both men & women), on the second day, Bangalore city won five golds, Mysore two, Belgaum two and Bangalore Rural claimed the other gold.
Bangalore city’s athletes top the medal’s tally in athletics with 9 golds, 6 silver and 5 bronze medals (Men’s section – 3 gold, 2 silver and 2 bronze; Women’s section – 6 gold, 4 silver and 3 bronze). Mysore is placed second with 6 gold, 12 silver & 8 bronze (Men’s – 2 gold, 7 silver and 4 bronze; Women’s – 4 gold, 5 silver and 4 bronze).
In the day’s first event, Railway athlete Vishwambhar Kolekar of Belgaum won gold in the men’s 800m event with a new meet record timing of 1:50.04s, erasing the six-year-old record of 1:52.7s set by V. Rohith of Bangalore city in 2008. K.A. Bharath of Bangalore Rural also bettered the old record by bagging the silver with a timing of 1:52.6s. Mysore Division’s Suraj Pujar bagged the bronze with a timing of 1:53.15s.
Samarth sparkles: Udupi’s Samarth representing Mysore Division impressed with his clean strides and clearances of the hurdles to win the men’s 110m hurdles event. He set a new meet record timing of 14.2s, erasing the previous record of 14.9s, set by Sreekanth Madyastha of Mysore Division in 2013. Srikanth Madhyastha finished second and bettered his own record with a timing of 14.3s. M.K. Sumanth of Bangalore Rural also bettered the old mark and bagged the bronze with a timing of 14.6s.
B. Chethan of Bangalore Rural, the Bangalore University record holder, jumped to a new height of 2.10m and set a new meet record. Chethan broke his own record of 2.07m set in 2013.
The day’s fourth record came from Priyanka of Mysore division who threw the discus to a new mark of 41.42m and set a new meet record. Priyanka erased the 21-year-old mark of 39.69m set by Mysore Division’s K.G. Kavitha in 1993. Likitha of Mysore (38.55m) and S. Nividetha (36.92m) secured the silver and bronze medals respectively.
National-level athlete M. Arpitha of Bangalore City ran a fast paced race and set a new meet record in the women’s 200m event with a timing of 24.01s, erasing the previous mark of 24.5s set by Mysore Division’s Reena George in 2013. Reena George of Mysore also bettered the mark and secured the silver medal with a timing of 24.03s. M.G. Padmini of Bangalore City won the bronze (25.04s).
G.N. Boppanna of Bangalore city who had won 100m on the first day, also won the 200m event in style in the men’s section with a timing of 21.2s. Keerthikumar Benke of Belgaum won the discus gold in the men’s section with a throw of 45.16m.
K.C. Shruthi of Bangalore City who had won the gold in the women’s 1500m event on the first day, continued her good run and clinched the 800m gold with a timing of 2:18.07s. Harshinikumari and Prajna S. Prakash (both from Bangalore City) struck gold in the women’s High Jump and 110m hurdles events respectively.
In the team events, Mysore Division won the men’s tennis title beating Bangalore Rural 2-0 in the final. Suraj R. Prabodh and Prashanth of Mysore Division won their singles matches to clinch the gold. Belgaum beat Bangalore Rural 2-1 to clinch the bronze. In Table tennis, Mysore Division and Bangalore City have entred the final. In throwball, Mysore Division has won all their mathes in the league and will take on Bangalore City in the final to decide the winner. In the Kho-Kho matches, Mysore Division beat Bangalore City 16-14 (by two points0 in the league to emerge on top.
In the women’s section, Bangalore City beat Mysore 2-1 to clinch the gold. Bangalore Rural took the third place. In the women’s throwball section, Mysore Division will meet Bangalore City in the final. In Kho-Kho, Mysore beat Bangalore Rural (10-1) and also beat Belgaum 8-1 to set up a title clash with Bangalore City.
In basketball, Mysore beat Bangalore rural 59-31 with Savitha (15) playing well for the winner. Mysore drubbed Bangalore rural 1-0 in their hockey league tie, while Gulbarga beat Bangalore City 1-0 in a closely contested tie in which the winning goal was scored by Vijayalakshmi.
Jeelani of Davanagere was adjudged as the ‘Dasara Shree 2014’ in the Body-building competition (weight class) held at the Chamundivihar stadium on Friday evening. Jeelani also topped the 65kg section and excelled in the body show to clinch the title.
Md. Yakoob Salim and M. Aravind of Bangalore City with 15 points each won the Individual championship title in the men’s swimming championships. Bangalore City won the men’s team title with 88 points. V. Malavika of Bangalore City with 15 points won the Individual title in the women’s swimming championships. Bangalore City won the team title with 57 points.
source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> Sports News / Sunday, September 28th, 2014
