Indian Grand Prix Series-2: Sneha upstages Vithya in women's 200m; Animesh completes sprint double

Kerala's K. Sneha clocked her personal best to upset international R. Vithya Ramraj (Tamil Nadu) in the women's 200m race while Animesh Kujur took home a double crown in the Indian Grand Prix series-2 at the LNCPE Athletics stadium.
Sneha had never run under 24 seconds and her best effort till this race was 24.01s. The Kerala girl, who had won the bronze medal in 400m in Federation Cup recently, didn't have a good start. However, she pulled herself in front at about the 150 metre mark and motored past Vithya to clock 23. 59s to win gold. Vithya came second in 23.72s while Angel Silviam was third in 23.87s.
Animesh Kujur (left) completed a double by winning men's 100m and 200m races effortlessly. He was hardly challenged in both races and won comfortably. | Photo Credit: NIRMAL HARINDRAN/THE HINDU
Vithya didn't have any trouble winning her favoured 400m hurdles as she strode effortlessly to win gold in 57.45s. The women's 100m hurdles witnessed a close race in which Tamil Nadu's Nithya Ramraj pipped Odisha's Pragyan Prasanti to gold though both clocked identical 13.27s.
Animesh Kujur completed a double by winning men's 100m and 200m races effortlessly. He was hardly challenged in both races and won comfortably.
Rajesh Ramesh made a triumphant return from injury and showed no signs of rustiness as he blitzed the field to win the men's 400m race in 45.77s. After missing nearly a year due to injury, Ramesh dazzled in his comeback race, hitting the front after the first curve and widening the lead with confident strides to finish well ahead of Jay Kumar and Rince Joseph.
The results Men:
100m: 1. Animesh Kujur (Odi) (10.31s), 2. Lalau Prasad Bhoi (Odi) (10.57), 3. Dondapati Mrutyamja (Odi) (10.57)
200m: 1. Animesh Kujur (Odi) (20.55), 2. T.K. Vishal (NCOE), 3. G. Ragul Kumar (TN) (21.10)
400m: 1. Rajesh Ramesh (TN) (45.77), 2. Jay Kumar (NCOE) (46.53), 3. Rince Joseph (Ker) (45.72)
800m: 1. Satyam Chauhan (Army) (1:51.87), 2. Harshdeep Singh (Army) (1:52.20), 3. Dayanidhi Munda (Odi) (1:52.80)
400m hurdles: 1. Subhas Das (JSW) (50.61), 2. Natarajan Kalainithi (NCOE) (51.51), 3. Akhil Babu (Ker) (56.99)
Triple jump: 1. Vimal Mukesh (Navy) (15.83m), 2. Boby Sabu (Police) (15.56), 3. K.P. Naveen (NCOE) (15.44). Women:
100m: 1. Abhinaya Rajarajan (NCOE) (11.55s), 2. S.S. Sneha (Kar) (11.60), 3. Nithya Gandhe (Tel) (11.61
200m: 1. K. Sneha (Ker) (23.59), 2. R. Vithya Ramraj (TN) (23.72), 3. Angel Silviam (NCOE) (23.87)
400m: 1. Suba Venkatesan ( TN) (53.57), 2. Jisna Mathew (Ker) (53.78), 3. Soniya Baishya (Reliance) (54.22)
800m: 1. Laxmipriya Kisan (Odi) (2:09.10), 2. G.K. Vijayakumari (Kar) (2:09.58), 3. Priscilla Daniel (NCOE) (2:12.94)
100m hurdles: 1. Nithya Ramraj (TN) (13.27), 2. Pragyan Prasanti (Odi) (13.27), 3. Sabita Toppo (Odi) (14.20)
400m hurdles: 1. R. Vithya Ramraj (TN) (57. 45), 2. R. Anu (Ker) (58.41), 3. Deekshita (Kar) (1.00.50)
Long jump: 1. Mubassina Mohammed (Lak) (6.17m), 3. S.N. Lakshanya (NCOE) (5.75)
Javelin: 1. Runjun Pegu (Asm) (42.96m), 2. Pooja (Har) (41.47m).

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