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Odisha women athletes Pragyan Prasanti Sahu and Susmita Tigga won one bronze medal each at the Indian Grand Prix 2, while setting new Personal Best timing in respective events at Chandrasekharan Nair Stadium in Trivandrum, Kerala today.
Pragyan finished third in 400m hurdles with a time of 59.22 seconds, while Susmita too finished third, completing the 3000m steeplechase in 11 minutes and 26.45 seconds. Both the athletes are trainees of Reliance Foundation Odisha Athletics High Performance Centre in Bhubaneswar.
Avinash Sable of Maharashtra put to shade his own national record in the mens 3000m steeplechase, clocking 8:16.21. He also became the first Indian to get past the qualifying norms for this years Commonwealth Games, Asian Games and World Championships.
Around 120 athletes, including 40 women vied for honours in 16 events of the Grand Prix 2.
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RESULTS:
MEN: 100m (collated from A & B races): 1. Tamil Arasu (Tamil Nadu), 2. Aswin KP (Kerala), 3. Ritik Malik (Delhi). 400m (collated from A, B & C races): 1. Rajesh Ramesh (Tamil Nadu), 2. Noah Nirmal Tom (Kerala), 3. Muhammed Ajmal (Kerala). 800m (collated from A & B races): 1. Ankesh Chaudhary (Himachal Pradesh), 2. Mohammed Afsal (Kerala), Krishan Kumar (Haryana). 3000m Steeplechase: 1. Avinash Sable (Maharashtra), 2. Shankar Lal Swami (Haryana), 3. Atul Poonia (Rajasthan). 400m Hurdles: 1. T Santhosh Kumar (Tamil Nadu), 2. MP Jabir (Kerala), 3. Dhaval Mahesh Utekar (Gujarat). Triple Jump: 1. Eldhose Paul (Kerala), 2. Abdulla Aboobacker (Kerala), Gaily Venister Devasahayam (Tamil Nadu). Shot Put: 1. Aniket (Uttarakhand), 2. Adhish Ghildiyal (Uttarakhand), 3. Prajwal Shetty (Karnataka). Discus Throw: 1. Prashant Malik (Haryana), 2. Arjun (Delhi), 3. Sachin Suhag (Haryana).
WOMEN: 100m: 1. NS Simi (Karnataka), 2. AT Daneshwari (Karnataka), 3. PD Anjali (Kerala). 400m: 1. Priya H Mohan (Karnataka), 2. MR Poovamma (Karnataka), 3. Jisna Mathew (Kerala). 800m: 1. EB Arptitha (Karnataka), 2. Priscilla Daniel (Kerala), 3. Stephy Sara Koshy (Kerala). 3000m Steeplechase: 1. Parul Chaudhary (Uttar Pradesh), 2. G Maheshwari (Telangana), 3. Pragyan Prasanti Sahu (Odisha). 400m Hurdles: 1. Anu Raghavan (Kerala), 2. R Vithya Ramaraj (Tamil Nadu). Triple Jump: 1. B Aishwarya (Karnataka), 2. Karthika Gothandapani (Tamil Nadu). Shot Put: 1. Ramneet Kaur (Uttarakhand), 2. Shilpa (Karnataka). Discus Throw: 1. Kamalpreet Kaur (Punjab), 2. Nidhi Rani (Haryana), 3. Sunita (Haryana).
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TOP: File photo of Odisha women 400m hurdler Pragyan Prasanti Sahu.
RIGHT: File photo of Odisha women steeplechaser Susmita Tigga.
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