Mangaluru, May 4: Disorder and disorganisation was highlighted during a major portion of the valedictory ceremony on the final day of 19th Federation Cup - National Senior Athletics Championship 2015, held at Mangala Stadium here on Monday, leaving much to be desired for the spectators.
After four days of competitive events, the team representating the Indian National Army won the overall championship with a grand total of 123.5 marks, while Tamil Nadu bagged the second overall place with 114 marks.
In the Men's category, the Indian National Army team bagged the overall position with 123.5 marks, while the team representating Tamil Nadu bagged the second overall position with 48 marks. In the women's category, the teams from Kerala and Karnataka bagged the first and second positions overall respectively.
The team representing Kerala gained 86 marks while Karnataka gained 68 points in the championship.
Inderjeet Singh from Haryana was judged the best athlete in the men's category for his shotput throw of 20.65 metres and a total of 1160 marks. In the women's category, Srabani Nanda from Odisha was judged the best athlete for clocking at 11.59 seconds and scoring 1086 marks. Both were given a cash prize of Rs 10,000 for their commendable performances.
During the championship, two new meet records were set by Devender Singh from the Indian National Army team and Inderjit Singh from Haryana in Javelin Throw and Shotput competitions respectively. Devender Singh set a new record of 79.65 meters in Javelin Throw while Inderjit Singh set a record of 20.65 meters in Shotput competition.
The national athletics meet was declared closed by Karnataka Amateur Athletics Association (KAAA) Dr G Parameshwara.
Minister for Forests Ramanath Rai, Minister for Health and Family Welfare U T Khader, Minister for Sports and Youth Empowerment Abhayachandra Jain, Deputy Commissioner A B Ibrahim, Commissioner of Police, Mangaluru S Murugan, Dyanchandh Awardee Udaya Prabhu, Miss India 2015 - runner up Afreen Vaz and several others were present on the occasion.
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