Kerala's P J Vinod lead on the opening day

New Delhi, June 1 (UNI) P J Vinod of Kerala took the lead on the day one events of the men's decathlon in the 2nd national combined event competition at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium here today National record holder Jora Singh was absent on the 100m line in the morning. He was down with viral fever for last couple of days.

P J Vinod whose total tally of points after five events (100m, long jump, shot put, high jump, 400mh) was 3597, established a huge lead over nearest rival N Rajaservai of Tamil-nadu while Maharashtra's Gulam Rabbani Ansari scored 2124 points.

Other results: Decathlon: Boys 20 Ashok Kumar(Delhi) 2952, Satish (Haryana) 2923, V Balamurali(TN) 2890 Octathlon : Boys 18: Prakash Verma(Delhi) 2493,S.Raajkumar (TN) 2448,G.Rajesh(AP) 2283 Pentathlon : Boys 16: B Azarudden(TN) 1899, T Balakrishna Reddy (AP) 1680, B Bhaskar(AP) 1606 Heptathlon (Women): N Leelavathy (TN) 2604, Girls 18: Natasha Sagar(Karnataka) 2688 Pentathlon Girls 16 G.M.Aishwarya(Kar) 1751,K.Anandhi(TN) 1690,Bharti (UP) 1242 .

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