Kushbir Kaur sets new record at inter-university athletic meet

December 21, 2011

Moodbidri, December 21: Kushbir Kaur, a student of from Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, set a new meet record on the third-day of action in the 5000 metres walk for women in the 72 nd All India inter-university athletics championships here.

Kushbir clocked 23:33.31 minutes to better the old meet record of 24:18.70 set by Manju Shah of MG University, Kottayam in 2008. Even Sowmya B of MG University bettered Manju's mark clocking 23:41.25 to grab silver.

Shruthi K C from Bangalore University clocked 4:35:27 to win the gold in 1,500 m run event.

In the team event, Delhi University won the gold in 4x100 relay event by clocking 42.07. In the women's category, MDU Rohtak won the gold in 4x100 relay by clocking 48.40.

The winners on the fourth day of the event include Kripal Singh (Pujabi university, 2kg discus throw; 53.82m), Nethumol Bose (MG University, Kottayam long jump; 6.09 m), J Preeth (Ann University of technology, pole vault; 4.60m) chyerram Naidu (Osamania University, Hydrabad, 1500m run; 3:59.25), Sharmila Dey (university of Culcutta, 4 kg shotput, 12.78m) and Purnima Hembram (Punjabi University Patiala Heptathlon ; 4873)

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