CountryGoa, Jan 14 (PTI) Services and Railways clinched thechampionship titles in men's and women's 10km eventsrespectively at the 52nd National Cross-Country Championshipsheld at GEC Ground here today.
In Men's 10km event, Shankar Man Thapa of Services wonthe gold with a timing of 30:10.50 min, while his teammatePradeep Singh bagged silver clocking 30:12.80 min. Arjun Kumarof Railways secured 3rd place with timing of 30:13.70 min.
Services secured overall first team position with scoreof 19 with its four runners in top 10.
Railways secured second place with score of 28 and againits four runners were in top 10. Maharashtra was third with ascore of 63.
Maharashtra team bagged gold in the women's 10km racewith the timing of 34:27.30, while Olympian Lalita Babarrepresenting Railways settled for the silver with the timingof 35:15.70 followed by Railways team-mate Swati Gadhave(35:22.40) on third place.
Railways finished on top in this category with a score of15 while Maharashtra ended second with a score of 31.
In boy's U-20 8km event, Ajay Kumar of UP clocked25:23.80 to secure first position, while Rohit (25:31.20,AFI-Punjab) and Dharmendra (25:39.50, UP) claimed the secondand third position respectively.
Overall, Uttar Pradesh with a score of 19 were placed atfirst position followed by AFI team (27) and Punjab (44).
In girl's U-20 6km category, Poonam Sonune (AFIMaharashtra) won the gold with the timing of 21:29.10, whileKavita (21:32.90) and Khushbu (22:12.20), both from UP,secured second and third places respectively.
Overall UP, Himachal and Maharashtra secured top-3positions with the score of 30, 46 and 53, respectively.
Other results:Boy's U18 (6km)- 1 Anil Bamaniya (19:06.40, Odisha), 2Vikas (19:15.70, Haryana), 3 Shivam Yadav (19:24.40, AFIMadhya Pradesh)Girl's U18 (4km)- 1 Chatru (14:19.50, Rajasthan), 2 GMaheshwari (14.37.30, Telangana), 3 Akanksha PrakasShelar(14.46.90, AFI-Maharashtra)Boy's U16 (2km)-1 Amit Kumar (5:47.40, Rajasthan), 2Suraj Pal (5:48.60, UP), 3 Anil Pandya (5:49.10, Odisha)Girls U16 (2km)- 1 Tai Hirman(6:41.60, Maharashtra), 2BariaMittal (6:52.40, Gujarat), 3 Bhagya Laxmi (6:56.30,Telangana). PTI ATKATK.
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