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Lalita Babbar books Asian ticket
Lalita Babbar books Asian ticket, Lalita Babbar of Maharashtra kept enough strength for a late burst as she pipped 2010 Asian Games gold medallist Sudha Singh to second spot and virtually sealed a place in the Indian team for next month\'s Asiad on the third and penultimate day of the Federation Cup Senior National Athletics Championships here on Monday.
Patiala: Lalita Babbar of Maharashtra kept enough strength for a late burst as she pipped 2010 Asian Games gold medallist Sudha Singh to second spot and virtually sealed a place in the Indian team for next month's Asiad on the third and penultimate day of the Federation Cup Senior National Athletics Championships here on Monday.
Babbar clocked a creditable 9:52.34 to win gold under humid conditions at the NIS tracks here, while Uttar Pradesh's Sudha was second with a timing of 9:53.54. Both Babbar and Sudha trains under Belarussian coach Nikolai Snesarev.
The women's 3000m steeplechase race was the top draw of the day as both Babbar and national record holder Sudha ran below sub-10 minute and bettered the meet mark of 10:13.83.
The earlier meet mark was in the name of Sudha, whose national record stands at 9:45.60. Both Babbar and Sudha also bettered the Asian Games qualifying standard of 10:05.60, set by the Athletics Federation of India.
Nikhil Chittrasu of Tamil Nadu set a new meet mark in men's high jump while winning gold with an effort of 2.21m. His effort bettered AFI's Asian Games qualifying standard of 2.19m. His state-mate Yogaraj was
second with an effort of 2.19m, while Jithin Thomas of Kerala was third
with 2.16m.
