{"id":15033,"date":"2013-06-06T03:02:30","date_gmt":"2013-06-06T03:02:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=15033"},"modified":"2013-06-06T03:02:30","modified_gmt":"2013-06-06T03:02:30","slug":"national-cships-long-jumper-prem-kumar-joins-8m-club","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=15033","title":{"rendered":"National C&#8217;ships: Long jumper Prem Kumar joins \u201c8M Club\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"images\/kumaravel%20premkumar.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" alt=\"National C'ships: Long jumper Prem Kumar joins \u201c8M Club\u201d\" style=\"margin-right: 6px; margin-left: 6px; float: left;\" \/>Chennai: The second day of National Inter-State Athletics championships witnessed&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">celebrations for some and disappointment for others.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>It was a golden moment for Tamil Nadu athletes, especially to those who hails from the Prime Sports Academy, as two of their wards excelled on the Wednesday evening. Long jumper Kumaravel Premkumar, returned after a short training stint in the United States, achieved his aim of joining the magical 8 metre club!<\/p>\n<p>Prem Kumar avenged his defeat to M. Arshad in the last edition of the championships at Hyderabad where the Karnataka boy won the gold by 1 cm (7.42 to 7.41m). Prem started this evening with a first round 7.58m to leading the fray and improved it with 7.62 on the second and 7.75m on his&nbsp;fifth jump. <\/p>\n<p>Arshad sent a warning with his fifth round 7.85m that pushed the TN star to take his final jump seriously. With the support of the home-crowd he made it BIG at last and the small bunch about 80 fans who were sitting alongside the jumping pit erupted when the official announced \u201c8 metres\u201d, a new meet mark and unique personal best for Prem Kumar.<\/p>\n<p>With today\u2019s jump Prem Kumar become the fourth Indian athlete to cross the 8m mark. National record-holder Amrit Pal Singh (8.08 in 2004), Teheran Asian Games winner T.C. Yohannan (8.07 in 1974) and Asian championship silver medallist Sanjay Kumar Rai (8.03 in 2000) achieved this honour earlier.<\/p>\n<p>In spite of his best effort, Prem Kumar missed the World championships qualification by 10 cm. \u201cI am confident of making the podium in the Asian championships and also claim a berth to the Worlds at Pune\u201d he told after the event.<\/p>\n<p>Prem\u2019s club-mate and comeback girl Gayathri won the women\u2019s 100m hurdles in a thrilling finish. The Chennai-based M.B.A. graduate, returning to national scene after two years, proved she is still a woman to beat.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was my first competition after the 2010 Commonwealth Games\u201d said the 22-year-old. Gayathri, holding the national junior records in both triple jump and 100m hurdles, managed to pip Hemasree Jayabal\u2014her club mate in Prime Sports Academy\u2014at the post with a time of 13.97 secs. Hemasree, the bronze medallist in Asian junior championships at Hanoi three years ago and winner of this year\u2019s Federation Cup at Patiala, clocked a personal best 14.04s on Wednesday evening. The bronze went to K.V. Sajitha of Kerala in 14.33s while her state-mate and favourite M.M. Anchu<br \/>did not finish the race.<\/p>\n<p>In the absence of national record-holder Siddhanth Thingalaya, Kerala boy Pinto Mathew was an easy victor in 110m hurdles. It was the first senior title for Pinto at the national level. It was indeed a great improvement from his fourth place finish at the last edition in Hyderabad.<\/p>\n<p>In the 800m, Tintu Luka defends her title with a modest 2:04.14 while her Kerala teammate Sajeesh Joseph took the men\u2019s race in 1:49.04. Defending champion Ghamanda Ram (Rajasthan) finished outside the medal bracket in the fifth position.<\/p>\n<p>The biggest upset of the meet came from the shot put circle where Olympian Om Prakash Singh finished third and was almost two-and-half metres behind his personal best. His Haryana state-mate Inderjeet Singh was a surprise winner with 18.92m heave. Om Prakash returned only 18.30m for the bronze.<\/p>\n<p>In the much anticipated 400m, Kerala quarter-miler Kunhu Muhammed retained his position in the men\u2019s race with a time of 46.71 secs while Karnataka\u2019s M.R. Poovamma clocked 52.85m to pocket the gold.<\/p>\n<p>National record-holder Sahana Kumari also successfully defends her title in the women\u2019s high jump when she sailed over 1.88m. However she failed in all her three attempts to clear the next height \u2013 1.92m \u2013 which is also the \u201cB\u201d qualification standard for Moscow.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">U.P. lad Krishna Kumar set out the spear to 74.80m to win the men\u2019s javelin throw.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chennai: The second day of National Inter-State Athletics championships witnessed&nbsp;celebrations for some and disappointment for others. It was a golden moment for Tamil Nadu athletes, especially to those who hails from the Prime Sports Academy, as two of their wards excelled on the Wednesday evening. 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