Bengaluru: Adesh, who broke the meet record in men’s 10,000m (29 minutes, 15.46s) and the relay teams powered hosts Mangalore University to the team title at the 81st All India inter-university athletics championship for men that concluded at Moodabidri on Friday.
Bangalore University’s
Shashikanth emerged fastest, winning the 100m in 10.47 seconds. He then made it a golden double taking the 200m gold in 21.30 seconds.
Lovely Professional University finished second with a tally of 42 points followed by Maharishi Dayanand University, Rohtak. Akashdeep Singh of Punjabi University, who won the 20km walk was named the best athlete. Eight meet records were set in the three-day meet.
Mangalore also eclipsed the meet record in men’s 400m relay with the quartet of Shijin
Thomas
, Theerthesh PS, Abhin G Devadiga and Vignesh A clocking 40.74 seconds to erase the previous mark of 40.83 secs set by Mangalore in 2018.
Select results (only winners): 100m: Shashikanth (Bangalore, 10.47s); 200m: Shashikanth (Bangalore, 21.30); 800m: Parvej Khan (Mangalore, 1:52.42); 10,000m: Adesh (Mangalore, 29:15.46s NMR. Old: N Singh, Mangalore, 29:42.19s, 2020); 4x100m relay: Mangalore (40.74 NMR. Old: Mangalore 40.83, 2018); 4x400m: Mangalore (3:11.91); Shot put: Vanam Sharma (18.03m); Javelin throw: Vikrant Malik (Mangalore, 77.82m) Team championship: 1. Mangalore University (105 points); 2. Lovely Professional University,
Punjab (42); 3. Maharishi Dayanand University, Rohtak (37). Best athlete: Akashdeep Singh (Punjabi University, Patiala; 20km race walk).
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