State clinches second Gold, maiden bronze

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The fourth day of the 66th All India Police Athletics Championship being held at Maharana Pratap Sports College in Raipur saw Uttarakhand clinching its second Gold  and the first bronze on Friday. In 5000 metre run male category, Harish Koranga won the Gold medal while Gova Ram of BSF came second and Mukesh Rawat of Uttarakhand finished third.

In 800 metre run male category, Amarjeet Yadav of ITBP came first followed by J Jayaraj of Tamil Nadu while Bir Singh of CRPF came out third. In 800 metre run female category, Sonali Desai of Maharastra stood first position followed by S Thabaton Channu of CRPF while Soniya Mokal of Maharastra finished third. In Pole Vault female category, Kiranbir Kaur of Punjab stood first followed by Arti Kuswaha of CRPF while Sinchu Parkash of Kerala finished third.

In 5000 metre run female category, Maharastra police secured all three positions as Jayashree Boragi, Saigeeta Naik and Varsha Bhavari won gold, silver and bronze respectively. In 100 metre run female category, Sini S of Kerala came out first followed by Ansu Rani of CISF while Manjushree RA of CRPF finished third.

In discus throw in male category, Baljinder Singh of Punjab was the first followed by Prabhjot Singh of Punjab while Rai Govind Kumar of CRPF came out third.

 In 4x400 relay female category, laxmi Khashyap, Radha Verma, Kochuthraasia KI and Ayna Thomas of CPRF secured first position followed by Veerpal Kaur, Kiranpal Kaur and Simarjeet Kaur  while Veerpal Kaur of Punjab. Manjiri Rewale, Shri Devi Mhatere, Sonali Desai and Soniya Mokal of Maharastra came out third.

In decathlon male category, Aniket Singh of BSF won the gold  while  Vinod Kumar of SSB  won silver and Mohit Veereal of Uttar Pradesh bronze.

In combined team scores, Punjab Police topped the list with 139 points followed by CRPF with 127.5 points and BSF with 112 points. Uttarakhand finished as eighth with 33 points.

In the male team score, Punjab was ahead of others with 80 points followed by BSF with 79 points and CRPF with 43.5 points. Uttarakhand finished fourth with 33 points. In Female team scores, CRPF was ahead of the rest with 84 points followed by Punjab with 59 points and Maharastra with 54 points.

Uttarakhand Chief Secretary Utpal Kumar Singh awarded medals to victorious players at the venue and said that it is matter of pride that Uttarakhand is hosting All India Police Athletics Championship for the first time. State DGP Anil K Raturi, ADGP Ashok Kumar, secretary Bhupendra Kaur were  among others present on the occasion.   

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