HYDERABAD, June 24: It was a day of upsets in the National Inter-State Senior Athletics Championships here today as some of the defending champions in their respective events such as P Udayalakshmi, S K Mortaja and Sajeesh Joseph suffered reverses.
The day was also marred by Dharambir Singh’s suspension for evading dope test. The Haryana athlete, who won the men’s 100m event yesterday, was provisionally suspended by the AFI.
In the women’s shot put event, Udayalakshmi from the host state went down to Punjab’s Patwant Kaur who tossed the iron ball to 13.76m. Udayalakshmi managed 13.35m for the silver while Bengal’s Suparna Ghosh ended with the bronze after an effort of 13.31m.
Other defending champions who lost their gold status included Mortaja in 400m, Joseph in 800m and Ramachandran in steeplechase among men. (PTI)
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