Sanajaoba wins discus gold for above 40 years as Master Athletic Meet concludes
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, March 12 2021:
The Master Athletic Meet-2021 organised by Master Athletic Association of Manipur at Khuman Lampak Main Stadium since yesterday came to an end today.
Around 200 athletes took part in this event.
Highlights of the final day event
Discus throw
In the discus throw event for men above 40 years, A Sanajaoba recorded a 19.87 m throw to bag gold.
S Romio managed a 22.37 m throw to earn the above 45 years men's category gold while Ak Nishikanta won the above 50 years gold with a 18.28 m through.
Winning gold medals in the other age categories are Mangisana (55+ yrs), A Ramananda (60+ yrs), A Surchandra (65+ yrs); M Ibungcha (70+ yrs), Th Yaiskul (75+ yrs).
In the women's competition, A Mirdusmita recorded 15.78 m to bag the gold medal in above 40 years category as L Jayenti topped with 16.79 m throw in the above 50 years category to earn a gold medal.
N Ibemma (55+ yrs), L Indubala ( 60+ yrs), H Mary (65+ yrs), RK Devjani (70+ yrs), RK Danisana (75+ yrs) and K Mangol Devi (85+ yrs) also won gold medals in their respective age categories.
800 m race
S Mani won a gold medal in the 800 m event for women's above 50 years with a time of 4 minutes 43 seconds.
K Konu on the other hand took 5 minutes 18.45 seconds to win the 800 m event for above 65 years.
Pramo (4:11.27), Ch Thambalsana (4:18.04), Th Akasini (4:44.26) were able to secure gold medals in the above 60 years, above 65 and 70 years events respectively.
Rishikanta (2:53.34), S Hemanta (4:40.02), M Keshorjit (3:12.63), Imocha (2:55.19) and S Babuyaima (3:00.17) also finished first in the men's above 50, 55, 60, 65 and 70 years categories respectively.
200 m race
L Dhanbir ran 25.62 seconds to win the 200 m race gold medal for above 35 years today as S Kumar bagged the above 40 years category gold with a time of 29.02 seconds.
L Roshan (45+ years :27.87 seconds), RK Binanda (50+ yrs: 30.16 seconds), L Ashakumar (55+ years : 29.61 seconds), S Thambal (60+yrs : 29.32), Imocha (65+ yrs : 31.14 seconds), Kh Ranjit (70+ : 38.41 seconds) and Lalbabu (85+ : 40.87) also won gold medals in their respective age categories.
S Mani Devi (52.50 secs), Th Memcha (35.08 secs), Ch Manileima (1:16.90) and Nganbi (49.09 secs) were able to win gold medals in the 200 m events for above 50, 60, 55, 60 and 65 years events respectively.
10,000 m race
Ratankumar claimed above 50 years' 10,000 m race gold with a time of 50:24.84 while Brojen took 46:02.69 to win 55+ years gold medal and Nabakumar won the above 70 years gold with a time of 56 minutes 53.30 seconds.
High jump
K Konu leaped 0.85 m to win gold medal in the high jump event for women above 55 years as K Shyama won the above 65 years category gold with the best leap of 0.95 m .
Triple jump
K Shamu won gold medal in the triple jump for men above 40 years with a jump of 9.42 m today as K Shyamkeshor (7.92 m), M Keshorjit (8.50 m), L Ajit (7.33 m) respectively bagged gold medals in above 45, 60 and 75 years events.
Th Ashalata (5.65 m) and A Momon (4.80 m) also bagged triple jump gold medals for above 40 years and 65 years respectively.