PINAKI MAJUMDAR
Jamshedpur, March 27: The three- day All India India-Steel Plant Athletics Championship concluded at the JRD Tata Sports Complex here today.
The championship had kicked off on Saturday, March 25. Deepa Verma, Chief Human Resource Business Partner, Corporate Functions, Tata Steel was the chief guest.
In the three -day athletics sporting event more than 90 athletics from steel plants across India participated .
The All-India Inter-Steel Plant Championship hosted games in seven categories namely 100-metres, 400-metres, 800-meters, 2-km walk, long jump, triple jump and relay race (4×100-meters).
On the first day, 800-metres for men and Long jump (men) was orgnasied. Jatin Naik (Tata Steel) bagged the first position in 800-metres race whereas Deepak Verma (Tata Steel) clinched the first position in long jump category.
The winners were awarded by Deepa Verma, Chief HRBP, Tata Steel and Mukul Vinayak Choudhari, Chief Sports Excellence Centres, TFA and Sports, Tata Steel respectively.
Bridhan Marandi, an international athlete, (Long Jump), Tata Steel, Sanjay Singh, Chairman of Sports Advisory Committee, Tata Steel, Anand Louis Menezes, Senior Coach Athletics, TFA and Sports, Tata Steel along with officials from Tata Steel Sports Department attended the event.
