Indian Inter-State Championships (08 / Aug / 2010)

Indian Inter- State Championships - 3 National Records broken.

Picture 1- O.P. Jaisha from Kerala Winning the 3000m steeplechase event, a Nat Record Time

Patiala, India – The National Senior Inter-State championships, used as Final Selection Trials for Indian athletes who are gunning for the Commonwealth Games, witnessed some memorable moments at the four-day competition which concluded on Sunday, 08 / Aug / 2010. Three National Records were broken. In the long distance event, O.P. Jaisha from Kerala outperformed her opponents by becoming a champion in the 3000m steeplechase event by doing 10min 03.05sec. Sudha Singh (10min 14.68sec) and Priyanka Singh Patel (10min 40.26sec) came second and third, respectively.  

Men Open

800m:

1. Pankaj Dimri (Utk) 1:46.26.2

P. Francis Sagayaraj (TN) 1:46.77

3. Manjit Singh (Pun) 1:47.24

1,500m:

1. Sandeep Karan Singh (Har) 3:43.39

2. Chatholi Hamza (Ker) 3:45.10

3. Pritam Bind (Utk) 3:45.79

5,000m:

1. Sunil Kumar Singh (Har) 14:03.71

2. Sandeep Batham (MP) 14:06.46

3. Kashinath Aswale (Mah) 14:08.01

10,000m:

1. Sunil Kumar Singh (Har) 29:55.22

2. Aswani (Har) 30:10.05

3. Santosh Kumar Patel (UP) 30:31.09

3,000m SC:

1. Elam Singh (Utk) 8:47.40

2. R. Ramachandran (TN) 8:50.99

3. T. Thounaojam Sanji (Del) 8:51.77

Women Race 

800m: 

1. Sinimole Paulose (Jhar) 2:04.04

2. S.R. Bindhu (Ker) 2:06.84

3. Anu Mariyam Jose (UP) 2:10.89

1,500m: 

1. Sushma Devi (Har) 4:14.06

2. Jhuma Anar (Ben) 4:14.32

3. Sinimol Paulose (Jhar) 4:20.53

5,000m: 

1. Jijimol Jacob (Ker) 17:27.0

2. S. Thobatan Chanu (Chand) 17:32.5

3. Monika Atre (AFI) 17:39.0

10,000m: 

1. Preeja Sreedharan (Ker) 32:36.53

2. Kavita Raut (Mah) 33:18.48

3. Lalita Babar (Mah) 34:54.37

3,000m SC: 

1. O.P. Jaisha (Ker) 10:03.05 [National Record]

2. Sudha Singh (UP) 10:14.68

3. Priyanka Singh Patel (UP)10:40:26

Picture 2 - Sudha Singh (10min 14.68sec - photo below) from Uttar Pradesh losing out to O.P. Jaisha from Kerala