Maheswaran-Murugan duo takes the honours
The Hindu
Coimbatore: N. Maheswaran (Namakkal) and his co-driver N. Murugan from Coimbatore played it smart on
N. Maheswaran (Namakkal) and his co-driver N. Murugan from Coimbatore played it smart on the road to top the Open class table in the 23rd Chander Memorial Rally here on Sunday.
Organised by the Coimbatore Auto Sports Club and run on a Time, Speed and Distance (TSD) format, the rally attracted 28 participants from across the country.
The route was challenging with some tricky time controls and it tested the skills of the participants. Maheswaran and Murugan with a total penalty of 00:05:56 took the top slot ahead of A. Vinod (Coimbatore) and Sugumaran (Erode) who had 00:10:07.
The rally was flagged off by the Deputy Inspector General of Police (Coimbatore Range) M.S. Muthusamy.
The results: Open: 1. N. Maheswaran (Namakkal) & N. Murugan (Coimbatore) 00:05:56; 2. A. Vinod (Coimbatore) & Sugumaran (Erode) 00:10:07; 3. B.V. Ravindra Kumar & N. Pradeep (Bengaluru) 00:10:10.
Novice: 1. Nizar & Vinoth Kumar 00:02:52; 2. K. Aswin Kumar & P. Kathiresan 00:11:59; 3. P. Karthi & S. Sankar 00:20:28. (All Coimbatore drivers).
Ladies: 1. Aparna Pathak & Lalitha Gowda (Bengaluru) 00:01:31; 2. Bhavani Balakrishnan (Bengaluru) & S. Anandraj (Erode) 00:03:39; 3. Bhuvana Durai & R. Swetha (Coimbatore) 00:27:19.
Asian Games champion Avinash Sable opened his season in the 3000m steeple chase with a silver in the Portland Track Festival, a World Athletics Continental Tour bronze event, in Oregon on Saturday. He clocked 8:21.85s. Asian champion Parul Chaudhary took the bronze in the women’s 3000m steeple chase in a season-best 9:31.38s. Former Asian bronze medallist Sanjivani Jadhav struck gold in the women’s 10,000m in 32:22.77s, a time which was a second off her personal best, while Seema was sixth in 32:55.91s.