On the third day of the 66th All India Police Athletics Championship being held at Maharana Pratap Sports College, Raipur, Punjab Police have performed exceptionally well on Thursday, clinching seven medals including one gold, three silver and three bronze in six sports events on Wednesday.
In combined team scores, Punjab topped the list with 105 points. In male team scores and female team scores, Punjab secured second position.
A police officer said that Manoranjan Sonwal of BSF secured gold in Pole Vault male category.
Satpal Singh of Punjab finished second while Johnson Rathina Raj of Tamil Nadu stood third position in the same event.
In Discus Throw female category, Seema Antil of Haryana finished first followed by Himani of CIAF while Baljit Kaur of Punjab secured third position. In 400 metres hurdles male category, Gurpreet Singh of Punjab secured the first position followed by Punit Kumar of Uttar Pradesh while Jasdeep Singh of Punjab came out third. In 400 metres hurdles female category, Ayana Thomas of CRPF stood first followed by Veerpal Kaur of Punjab while Soni Kumari of SSB got the third position.
In shot put male category, Jagroop Singh of BSF stood first followed by Tajinder Singh of Punjab while Jaspal Singh of Punjab secured the third position. In high- jump female category, Krishna Rekha MS of Tamil Nadu secured the first position followed by Sangeetha NP of CRPF and Reena of Haryana finished third.
In combined team scores, Punjab Police topped the list with 105 points followed by CRPF with 88.5 points and BSF finished third with 86 points. Uttarakhand finished in the eight positions with 19 points. In the male team score, BSF was ahead of others with 61 points followed by Punjab with 59 points and CRPF with 29.5 points. Uttarakhand finished fifth with 19 points. In Female team scores, CRPF was ahead of the rest with 59 points followed by Punjab with 46 points and CISF with 37 points.