SE Shamsheer of Railways won the long jump event in the National Open Athletics Championship 
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Shamsheer bags his career-best

Shamsheer had reason to smile after winning the long jump event with a career-best mark of 7.74 metres on the second day of the National Open Athletics Championship here on Tuesday.

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The Kerala born Railway athlete, who bettered his previous best of 7.67 metres, said, “I can’t believe what I have achieved today and I am extremely happy with my new mark. I used all my skills and the speed track suited my game plan as well.” Romanian coach Bedros Bedrosian has worked wonders for Shamsheer. “I worked with Bedros on the advice of the federation. I have been working with him for two years in Thiruvananthapuram.  He has played an important role in bettering my standards”, Shamsheer heaped praise on the former triple jumper.  “My focus is to get to eight metres in the upcoming Federation Cup, which serves as a qualification criteria for the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Australia”, signed off Shamsheer. 

Results

Men’s Long Jump

1. Shamsheer SE (Rly) – 7.74m

2. Sahil Mahabali (Har) – 7.56m 

3.Silambarasan (Services) – 7.53m 

Women’s Shot Put

1) Navjeet Kaur (Rly) – 15.23m 

2) Kachnar Chaudhary (ONGC) – 14.11m 

3) Rakhi Sangwan (Har) – 13.76m 

Women’s 100m Hurdles

1) Purnima Hembram (Rly) – 13.89 seconds 

2) Anurupa Kumari (Jharkhand) – 13.98 seconds 

3) Somiya (Rly) – 14.32 seconds 

Men’s 110m Hurdles

1) Siddanth Thingalaya (ONGC) – 14.06 sec 

2) Akhil Johnson (Services) – 14.20 sec 

3) A Suresh (Rly) – 14.23 sec 

Women’s 400m Run

1) Soniya Baisya (WB) – 53.98 sec

2) Vijayakumari G.K (Karnataka) – 54.14 sec

3) Jauna Murmu (ONGC) – 54.50 sec 

Men’s Javelin Throw

1) Davinder Singh Kang (Services) – 75.12m

2) Abhishek Singh (Services) – 74.19m 

3) Sunil Bisnnoi (Pun) – 74.03m 

Men’s 400m Run

1) Jithu Baby (Services) – 47.08 sec 

2) Mohan Kumar (ONGC) – 47.17 sec  

3) Ravinder (Har) – 47.26 sec 

Women’s 1500m Run

1) Archana (Mah) – 4:18.64 

2) Monika Chaudhary (Rly) – 4:19.15 

3) Pramila Yadav (Rly) – 4:27.39 

Men’s 1500m Run  

1) Ajay Saroj (Rly) – 3:41.93 

2) Md Afsal P (Services) – 3:46.48 

3) Bir Singh (Har) – 3:47.95 

Women’s 100m Run

1) Archana S (TN) – 11.78 sec 

2) Chandra Lekha (TN) – 11.92 sec 

3) Prajna S Prakash (Karnataka) – 11.92 sec 

Men’s 100m Run

1) Md Sadath (Services) – 10.57 sec 

2) Elakkiyadasn (TN) – 10.57 sec 

3) Vidya Sagar (Services) – 10.60 sec 

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