Sameer emerges fastest athlete of 56th National Inter-state Athletics

Jul 1, 2016, 10:22 IST

Karnataka athlete Reena George's switch-over from 400 metre to 100 metre proved successful as she won the women's 100 metre dash in 11.99 seconds.

Sameer MonSameer Mon, the veteran sprinter of India, on 30 June 2016 won gold in 100 meter dash in 10.60 seconds at the 56th National Inter-state Senior Athletics Championships in Hyderabad.

With this, Sameer, representing Manipur, also became the fastest athlete in the country.

32-year-old Sameer was a member of the bronze winning Indian 4x100m relay quartet in Delhi Commonwealth Games. He had earlier won the Inter-state titles in 2008 and 2011.

Other results of 56th National Inter-state Senior Athletics Championships are

Women's 100 metre dash: Reena George of Karnataka won Gold by clocking 11.99 seconds. Earlier, she switched from 400 meter dash to 100 meter dash.

Women's pole vault: Khyati Vakharia of Karnataka won Gold by clearing the season’s best 3.80 metre.

Women's 100 metre hurdles: M Sugina of Kerala clocked a personal best of 14.17 seconds to win gold.

Men’s 110 metre hurdles: D Sreekanth of Kerala won Gold by clocking personal best of 14.54 seconds.

Women’s Triple Jump: Shilpa Chacko won third gold for Kerala by clearing 13.22 metre. She was the only jumper among the four participants to leap over 13 metre.

Men's 20 km walk: Gujarat's Babubhai Panocha took his third Inter-state title in men's with a time of 1 hour 31 minutes 26 seconds.

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