800m men, women runners lose last chance to qualify for Olympics

PATIALA: Manjeet Singh, the 2018 Jakarta Asian Games men's 800 metres champion, and others failed to avail the last chance to qualify for the Tokyo Olympic Games at the National Inter State Athletics Championships here on Sunday.

The qualification time was 1:45.20 secs, and the gold medal winner, Krishan Kumar of Haryana, clocked 1:50.12.

Uttarakhand's teenage runner Anu Kumar clinched the silver medal with a time of 1:51.05 secs while 30-year-old Manjeet finished third with 1:51.44, having failed to generate speed in the last 200m of the race.

In the women's 800m race, it was a start-to-finish affair for Punjab's Harmilan Bains. The 22-year-old runner won with a time of 2:02.57 secs, which was slower than the Olympic qualification time of 1:59.50 secs.

Delhi's Chanda won silver with a time of 2:03.36 while Sri Lanka's Nimali Liyanaarachchi clocked 2:05.69 to bag the bronze.

The Olympics will be held from July 23 to August 8. IANS

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