Mangaluru:  19th Federation Cup – Athletes Satisfied With Hospitality, DC Ibrahim

Update (18.20): In the Men’s High Jump, Harshith S from team Karnataka bagged the gold medal with a mark of 2.13m. The second place was shared by Supruth Raj (KAR) and Srineesh C (ARMY) with a mark of 2.09m.

In the Men’s 3000m Steeplechase, Jaiveer Singh and Naveen Kumar from the Army team won the gold and silver medals with timings of 8:48.56 and 8:49.38 respectively. Sachin Bajirao P  (MAH) won the bronze medal with a time of 8:58.13.

J Preeth (TN) won the gold medal in the Men’s Pole Vault with a mark of 4.90m/7 points. P Balakrishna (KAR) won silver with 4.80m/5 points, while Krishna Prasath V (TATA) won bronze with 4.80m/4 points.

In the Women’s 3000m Steeplechase, Pariti Lamba (HAR) won the gold medal with a time of 10:48.86, Nandini Gupta (UP) won silver (10:58.76) and S Padmavathy (TN) won the bronze medal (11:58.76).

The Women’s Hammer Throw witnessed Ritu Dhiman from the UP team hit a mark of 58.30m to win the gold medal, followed by Sarabjeet Kaur (PUN) with a mark of 55.10m and Sarita Singh (Odisha) with 54.97m.

There was a close competition in the Women’s Triple Jump event. Sheena N V (KER) won the gold with a distance of 12.92m, Joyline M Lobo (KAR) won the silver with 12.62m and Shilpa Chacko (KER) won bronze with 12.45m.

Mangaluru: The second session of the 3rd day of the 19th Federation Cup National Senior Athletics Championship 2015 began with the finals of the Men’s Hammer Throw here at the Mangala Stadium on May 3. Niraj Kumar from the Indian Navy team won the gold medal with a mark of 64.53m, N Shankar from Tamil Nadu won silver (56.83m) and Abhishek Yadav from Uttarakhand won bronze (49.81m).