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Athletics: Nithin, Ancy walk away with awards
The New Indian Express
|September 03, 2024
SERVICES' experienced long jumper Ancy Sojan won gold with a personal best effort of 6.71m to walk away with the best female athlete award on the concluding day of National Open Championships here on Monday.
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The 23-year-old Ancy missed legendary Anju Bobby George's meet record of 6.74m set in 2002. "The gold winning performance of 6.71m will be a good benchmark to prepare for the 2025 season,' she said. Tamil Nadu's Nithin cinched 200m gold with a meet record time of 20.66 s to be named best male athlete. Asian Games medallist Vithya Ramraj also erased the long standing women's 400m hurdles meet record. She crossed the finish line at 56.23 s which was better than the previous meet record of 56.80 s set by legendary sprinter PT Usha in 1985. The men's trophy went to Services (137 points) while Railways (201 points) took the women's team title. Railways were also declared o
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