Thingalaya equals own national record, books Asian Games ticket
21 Aug 2014 4:56 AM IST
Siddhanth Thingalaya booked himself an Asian Games ticket after equaling his own national record in the men's 110m hurdles as the Federation Cup Senior National Athletics Championships concluded, here on Tuesday.
Thingalaya, representing ONGC, clocked 13.65secs to equal his own national record which he set in Brussels in 2012, also bettering his own meet mark of 13.69secs. K Prem Kumar of Telangana was a distant second in 13.96 while Surendhar of Tamil Nadu was third in 14.24secs.
The Athletics Federation of India had set a qualifying standard of 13.77secs for the Asian Games. For Thingalaya, it was an achievement of sorts to equal the national record considering the slow track on offer at the NIS here and the humid conditions.
‘It was a surprise for me. I did not expect to equal my own national record. I am happy,’ Thingalaya said later. Asian Games medal prospect Arpinder Singh of ONGC won the men's triple jump easily with an effort of 16.70m, beating his senior colleague Renjith Maheswary (16.43m) in a much anticipated contest.
Arpinder, who won a bronze in the recently-concluded Glasgow CWG, also holds the national record of 17.17m. He is also the Asian leader this season. The AFI qualifying standard for the event for Asian Games is 16.56m. In the second top draw event of the day, 2010 CWG gold medallist and national record holder from Rajasthan, Krishna Poonia won the women’s discus throw with an effort 56.84m while world junior championship bronze winner Navjeet Kaur Dhillon of ONGC was second with 53.26m. Poonia's effort was below the 57.55m qualifying mark set by the AFI and the selection committee will have to take a call on it. Glasgow CWG silver medallist Seema Punia skipped the meet.
Thingalaya, representing ONGC, clocked 13.65secs to equal his own national record which he set in Brussels in 2012, also bettering his own meet mark of 13.69secs. K Prem Kumar of Telangana was a distant second in 13.96 while Surendhar of Tamil Nadu was third in 14.24secs.
The Athletics Federation of India had set a qualifying standard of 13.77secs for the Asian Games. For Thingalaya, it was an achievement of sorts to equal the national record considering the slow track on offer at the NIS here and the humid conditions.
‘It was a surprise for me. I did not expect to equal my own national record. I am happy,’ Thingalaya said later. Asian Games medal prospect Arpinder Singh of ONGC won the men's triple jump easily with an effort of 16.70m, beating his senior colleague Renjith Maheswary (16.43m) in a much anticipated contest.
Arpinder, who won a bronze in the recently-concluded Glasgow CWG, also holds the national record of 17.17m. He is also the Asian leader this season. The AFI qualifying standard for the event for Asian Games is 16.56m. In the second top draw event of the day, 2010 CWG gold medallist and national record holder from Rajasthan, Krishna Poonia won the women’s discus throw with an effort 56.84m while world junior championship bronze winner Navjeet Kaur Dhillon of ONGC was second with 53.26m. Poonia's effort was below the 57.55m qualifying mark set by the AFI and the selection committee will have to take a call on it. Glasgow CWG silver medallist Seema Punia skipped the meet.
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