Mangaluru: The first day of the 19th Federation Cup championship began at the Mangala Stadium on May 1.
Sooria from Tamil Nadu and Laxmanan from Army bagged gold medals in the 5,000 meters race in their respective sections.
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.
In the Women’s 5000 metre race, Sooria L from Tamil Nadu won the gold. Hpwever Sooria said seemed unhappy with her performance as she had delivered better results in the earlier record stating it to be from 16:20 to 16:55.90 minutes. P V Chitra from Kerala stood second with 16:56.29 minutes and Pariti Lamba from Haryana bagged third place in 16:56.51 minutes.
