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Ramalakshmi finishes first in 100 metres
Tirunelveli’s K Ramalakshmi came up trumps in the Girls (Under-20) 100 metres, clocking a time of 12.50 seconds in the first state youth athletics championships. St Joseph’s Sports Academy’s Jeya Benisha Susan and Renuga Gandhi finished second and third respectively in the event.
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In the Girls (Under-20) 400 metres event, V Subha of Aries Athletic won the race comfortably, achieving the distance in 57.16 seconds. Just 55 milliseconds separated Roshini and Kiruba who finished second and third respectively.
Mugesh Kumar bagged the first place in the Boys Under-18 110 metres hurdles, which turned out to be a close contest. He managed to cross the finish line at 15.95 seconds. He was followed by V Ravishankar and R Nithish Kumar for the second and third spots.
Gavrav Yadav was crowned champion in the 1500 metres for Under-20 boys as he clocked a time of 4:17.4 seconds. Selvakumar and Arun completed the podium with timings of 4:20.3 seconds and 4:22.00 seconds respectively.
Results: Girls: Under-20: 100m: 1) K Ramalakshmi 12.50 sec 2) Jeya Benisha Susan 12.75 sec 3) Renuga Gandhi 13.34 sec; 400m: 1) V Subha 57.16 sec 2) Roshini 1:00.18 sec 3) Kiruba 1:00.73 sec; 100m hurdles: 1) Tabitha 15.12 sec 2) S Sri Reshma 15.69 sec 3) Nisha 15.95 sec; 1500m: 1) K Elavarasi 5:30.4 sec 2) Pavithra 6:14.60 sec 3) D Preethi 6:25.1 sec
Boys: Under-20: 1500m: 1) Gavrav Yadav 4:17.4 sec 2) S Selvakumar 4:20.2 sec 3) Arun 4:22.0 sec; 110m hurdles: 1) John Jacob 14.92 sec 2) V Sathish Kumar 14.95 sec 3) Veeraragvendran 15.00 sec; Under-18: 110m hurdles: 1) Mugesh Kumar 15.95 sec 2) V Ravishankar 16.00 sec 3) R Nithish Kumar 16.02 sec.
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