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Time of India
19-05-2025
- Sport
- Time of India
Double Delight for Nagpur's Samit, Umred's Harshal Dominates 800m Run
1 2 3 Nagpur: A day after winning the steeplechase competition, city's middle-distance runner Samit Tong secured another triumph by finishing first in the 3000 metre race , leading Nagpur's performance in the Maharashtra U-20 selection trials , which concluded at the University track on Monday. While Samit underlined his supremacy in the 3000m race, Umred's Harshal Joge lived up to his reputation by dominating the 800m men's running event. The concluding day of the state trials for the junior nationals saw Arya Kore of Nav Maharashtra Krida Mandal (NMKM) and Aryan Jambhule from Koradi's Taywade College finishing second and third in the 800m women's race and men's triple jump event, respectively. In the 3000m running event, Nagpur's Samit took 8:39.09 minutes to surpass all competitors from Maharashtra and secure the top position. Rohit Vaidya (8:39.50) and Harshad Kadam (8:39.85) finished behind Samit. The Khelo India Youth Games gold medallist, Harshal Joge from Umred, proved his superiority in the 800m race with a timing of 1:54.02 seconds. In the women's 800m race, NMKM's Arya missed the top position by just five seconds. She finished behind Vedashree Lonari. In the men's triple jump event, Aryan Jambhule covered a distance of 12.83 metres to finish behind Bhushan Shinde (14.83m) and Nitin Dorkhande (13.35m). RESULTS 3000m (men): Samit Tong (Track Star Athletics Club) 8:39.09 minutes; Rohit Vaidya (Mini Orange Academy) 8:39.50; Harshad Kadam (Miniorange) 8:39.85; Women: Mamata Patil 10:11.19; Priyanka Oksa 10:12.75; Sanmai Shinde 10:13.39; 800m (men): Harshal Joge (Umred, Krida Probodhani) 1:54.02; Nakul Godse (Pune Athletics Club) 1:54.80; Siddhant Bhosale (Mahendra Sports Club) 1:56.74; Women: Vedashree Lonari (Racing Fitness Club) 2:21.83; Arya Kore (Nav Maharashtra Krida Mandal) 2:26.85; Sakina Idrasi (Mahendra Sports Club) 2:36.47; 10000m run (men): Swapnil Kochale (Mandhardev Athletics) 32:32.97; Manoj Kumar (Mini Orange Academy) 32:47.28; Neeraj Nishad 34:00.84; Triple Jump (men): Bhushan Shinde 14.83m; Nitin Dorkhande 13.35m; Aryan Jambhule (Taywade College Koradi) 12.83m; Women: Madhura Khambe (Sai Sports Academy) 10.89m; Gayatri Kasulla 10.74m; Sandhya Rathod 9.42m;
Borneo Post
23-04-2025
- Climate
- Borneo Post
Alena Murang's latest single ‘Borneo Rain' out in time for Mother Earth Day
Alena says through her latest single, she aims to bring listeners back to the rainforest, showing that rain is not something to avoid but something that gives life to everything around us. KUCHING (April 23): Singer-songwriter and sape player Alena Murang has released her latest single, 'Borneo Rain' just in time for International Mother Earth Day. The song, now streaming on all major listening platforms, is sung in the Kelabit language, an endangered language spoken by fewer than 6,000 people from the highlands of Sarawak. Alongside it, Alena has also released the Malay and instrumental versions of 'Borneo Rain'. 'I aim to bring listeners back to the rainforest, showing that rain is not something to avoid but something that gives life to everything around us. 'Borneo Rain is a song that celebrates rain as a blessing – for the land, and in turn, for all of us. 'Growing up, I have learned through songs and stories from my elders that the rain isn't troublesome weather, but it's necessary for life. 'When the rain falls, it nourishes the earth, and that's something to be grateful for,' she said in a promotional release. According to Alena, Borneo is one of the wettest places on Earth, and home to some of the oldest tropical rainforests in the world. 'With this song, I hope listeners would feel both joy and a quiet sense of peace – the kind of calm we often find when we're truly immersed in nature.' The music video visualiser, released on Monday, features Alena wearing a 'Samit' — a traditional raincoat worn in the Kelabit Highlands, made from palm leaves and stitched by hand with bark cloth or pineapple fibre. The music video can be watched on YouTube. Alena Murang entertainment lead music rainforest
