Railways claim overall championship
By Express News Service | Published: 29th September 2017 02:46 AM |
Last Updated: 29th September 2017 07:16 AM | A+A A- |
The victorious Railways contingent after clinching the overall title (296 points) at the 57th National Open Athletics Championship in Chennai. Services came a second with 182 points | D SAMPATHKUMAR
G Lakshmanan of Services completed a double by cruising to victory in the men’s 10,000 metres on the final day of the 57th National Open Athletics Championship at the Nehru Stadium on Thursday.
Railways with 296 points won the overall team championship with Services a distant second with 182 points in their kitty. Also, Railways topped the women’s team standings while Services reigned supreme in the men’s section.
As far as the medals tally, Railways finished with 16 gold medals followed by Services with 12. Tamil Nadu athlete Santhosh Kumar, who set a new meet record in the 400 metres hurdles and Chintha Yadav of Railways, the steeplechase winner, were named the ‘best male and female athlete’ respectively. Lakshmanan had won the 5,000 metres gold on Monday. The Pudukottai athlete has been in fine form of late.
