Dutee Chand closes season with 200m gold to complete sprint double

Dutee Chand completed a sprint double in season-ending 59th National Open Athletics Championships, clocking fastest time in 200m by an Indian this year with a 23.17 second burst in Ranchi on Sunday. Having set a national record in 100m on Friday, Dutee ded half-lapper gold to her collection, showing her challenger Archana Suseendran (23.41) a clean pair of heels. Odisha athlete t only topped Archana's time of 23.18 seconds clocked in AFI Grand Prix in Patiala on August 16 but also came up with her own second fastest time behind 23.00 timed in Asian Games last year.

Dutee Chand was also judged best female athlete while shot putter Tajinderpal Singh Toor, who broke his own national record on Saturday, was named best athlete in men's category. re was intense competition at triple jump pit, even in Asian Games gold medallist Arprinder Singh's absence. Abdulla Aboobacker challenged his Services team-mate Karthik Unnikrishnan till very last jump in an event that saw top six competitors cross 16m mark.

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Karthik Unnikrishnan, who took le with a 16.61m in third round, leapt 16.78m on his final try to win gold. Chinta Yav emerged a surprise winner of women's 3000m steeplechase, outsprinting her Railways team-mate Parul Chaudhary in a time of 10 minutes 11.70 seconds. Railways' PU Chitra was ar athlete who completed double, ding women's 800m crown to 1500m title she won earlier this week.

With Lili Das dropping out, Chitra did t have to worry much in winning two-lap race in 2 minutes 04.59 seconds. Railways bagged overall championship title leaving behind Services on second spot while Haryana finished third.

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Results:

Men: 200m: 1. Abhinav Panwar (Delhi) 21.37 seconds; 2. Karre Ashok (Services) 21.40; 3. M Manikanda Arumugam (Railways) 21.44.

800m: 1. Mohammed Afsal (Services) 1:50.88; 2. Ankesh Chaudhary (Services) 1:51.55; 3. Mujamil Ameer (Tamil Nu) 1:52.18.

3000m Steeplechase: 1. Durga Bahur Budha (Services) 8:44.96; 2. Shankar Lal Swami (Services) 8:54.03; 3. Balkishan (Haryana) 9:03.22.

Triple Jump: 1. Karthik Unnikrishnan (Services) 16.78m; 2. Abdulla Aboobacker (Services) 16.55; 3. T Vimal Mugesh 16.10.

Javelin Throw: 1. Arshdeep Singh (Punjab) 77.37m; 2. Rajender Singh (Haryana) 75.23; 3. Anil Kumar Rajbhar (Services) 74.45.

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4x400m Relay: 1. Haryana (Yogesh Ahlawat, Parmvir Singh, Sunny and Angrej Singh) 3:08.51; 2. Services 3:10.11; 3. Malaysia 3:11.04.

Women: 200m: 1. Dutee Chand (Odisha) 23.17 seconds; 2. Archana Suseendran (Tamil Nu) 23.41; 3. Chandra Lekha Anandhan (Railways) 23.74.

800m: 1. PU Chitra (Railways) 2:04.59; 2. Shipra Sarkar (Railways) 2:06.17; 3. Pramila Yav (Uttar Presh) 2:06.34.

3000m Steeplechase: 1. Chinta Yav (Railways) 10:11.70; 2. Parul Chaudhary (Railways) 10:11.77; 3. Komal Chandra Jagdale (Maharashtra) 10:17.36.

High Jump: Rubina Yav (Railways) 1.76m; 2. Laimwn Narzary (Railways) 1.73; 3. Libia Shaji (Kerala) 1.70.

Hammer Throw: 1. Rekha Singh (Delhi) 56.38m; 2. Jyoti Jakhar (Railways) 56.13; 3. Kulvinder Kaur (Rajasthan) 55.13.

Heptathlon: 1. Sowmiya Murugan (Railways) 5450 points; 2. Mareena Goerge (Kerala) 5227; 3. Lisky Joseph (Railways) 4809.

4x400m Relay: 1. Haryana 3:41.47; 2. Punjab 3:43.62; 3. Railways 3:44.28

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