JAMMU: Saleem Mohammad of district Udhampur clinched long distance gold by winning 3,000 meters race in
under-17 category in the inter-district divisional level athletics meet,
organised by the Department of Youth Services and Sports (DYSS), at MA Stadium, here on Wednesday.
Second place in the same event went to Rajinder Kumar of Kishtwar while Ravi Sharma of Samba remained third.
The three-day competition in boys all age groups shall conclude tomorrow. It will be followed by the events in girls section.
The Results:
UNDER-19: 400 mts: Gunjeet Singh, Jammu, Ist; Manga Ram, Kathua, 2nd and Sandeep Singh, Samba, 3rd. 3000 mts: Anil Singh, Reasi, Ist; Feroz Chowdhary, Kathua, 2nd and Sunil Sharma, Jammu, 3rd.
UNDER-17: 400 mts: Randeep Singh, Jammu, Ist; Rahul Kumar, Samba, 2nd and Mukesh Kumar, Udhampur, 3rd. 3000 mts: Saleem Mohammad, Udhampur, Ist; Rajinder Kumar, Kishtwar, 2nd and Ravi Sharma, Samba, 3rd.
UNDER-14: 400 mts: Mohd Altaf, Reasi, Ist; Ashok Kumar, Kishtwar, 2nd and Shabeer Ahmed, Ramban, 3rd.