TURA, Jan 16: The second day of the 5th Meghalaya Games has been an exciting one here at the Pa Togan Nengminza Sangma Athletic Stadium on the first day of the track and field events in which Renaldi Dhar of West Jaintia Hills and Angelina Jackson of Shillong, East Khasi Hills, literally set the tracks on fire with their outstanding performance and earning the tag of Meghalaya’s fastest athletes in the men and women category of the 100 meters sprint.

At the athletics stadium, the crowds swelled to witness the finals of the Men’s 100 meters and loud cheers filled the air when the race took off.

In the men’s category, Sprinter Renaldi Dhar of West Jaintia Hills (WJH) had to shake off a tight challenge from Garo Hills’ very own Gracewin Ch Marak representing Ampati South West Garo Hills. Gracewin’s performance and bagging the silver medal was a pleasant surprise for the fans of Garo Hills.

Renaldi defeated Gracewin Ch Marak of South West Garo Hills by 200ths of a second. Renaldi Dhar clocked 11.5 seconds, while Gracewin Ch Marak clocked 11.6 seconds.

The bronze went to Ri Bhoi’s Pilo Ronghang.

The women’s category of the 100 meters sprint once again displayed high quality sprinting by the young athletes and well known sprinter Angelina Jackson representing Shillong, easily cruising past the finish line defeating her nearest opponent Saviinity Jyndiang of Nongstoin with comfortable margin of more than half a second.

Angelina clocked 13.6 followed by Savinity Jyndiang with a time of 14.2. The fight for silver however was intense with Ibaiahun Kurbah also clocking in at 14.2 to take the bronze.

There were a total of 6 athletic events on the first day of the athletic competition.

The gold in the men’s competition for the 1500 metre dash, went to Ribhoi’s Skhemlang Suba who rode to victory with a timing of 4:04:7. WJH’s Dabit Dkhar came second with a timing of 4:08:9, while Nongstoin’s Banjoplang Wanniang took the bronze in a timing of 4:09:0.

In the 1500 metre run for women, Shillong’s Glorify Kurbah beat 5 other competitors with a timing of 5:04:1s. The silver and bronze were clinched by South West Khasi Hills athletes, Daphlin Wahlang (silver) clocking 5:13:5s and Balasiewdor Pathaw with a timing of 5:20:3.

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