Mangaluru: The first day of the 19th Federation games started with the 5000 m race at the Mangala Stadium at 6.00 am here on May 1.
In the Men’s 5000 metres race, G Laxmanan Laxmanan representing the Army won the first place with 13:58.40 minutes, Gopi also from the Army won the second place with a timing of 14:03.17 minutes and Suresh Kumar from ONGC bagged the third place in 14:03.28 minutes.
Speaking to mangalorean.com, Laxmanan said, “I am representing Army. My best timing was 13:50 at the national championship.”
In the 5000 metre women’s race, Sooria L from Tamil Nadu won the gold. Speaking to mangalorean.com, Sooria said, “I am not happy with my performance, because my earlier record was 16:20. I completed the race in 16:55.90 minutes. After suffering from leg injury one month ago, I came back to the field. From the start of the race, I did not feel comfortable. I am not fully satisfied with my performance. I have to put more efforts in the next 10,000 metre race.”
P V Chitra from Kerala claimed the second place with 16:56.29 minutes and Pariti Lamba from Haryana bagged third place in 16:56.51 minutes.
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