PANCHKULA: Dharamvir and Amit Kumar, both of Rewari, cornered glory in athletic competitions on the opening day of the two-day 10th Annual Sports Meet of Haryana Warehousing Corporation at the Tau Devi Lal Sports Complex in Sector 3 here Friday.

Dharamvir sprinted to glory by winning the 100 metres and 200 metres races in the track events and long jump in the field event. Dharamvir displayed better finishing to push Amit Kumar to second position and emerged the fastest athlete of the meet by winning 100 metres dash.

While Dharamvir clocked 13.48 seconds, Amit timed 13.50 seconds. Dharamvir completed a golden double by winning 200 metres. Dhirpal of Rohtak and Dilbag Singh of Kaithal got silver and bronze, respectively. Dharamvir also claimed bronze  medal in the one-lap race and silver in 800 metres.

With a leap of 4.70 metes, Dharamvir finished on top in the long jump event. Amit proved better in 400 and 800 metres races which he won with ease. In 800 metres final, Amit clocked 2.31 seconds while silver medallist Dharamvir clocked 2:42 seconds.

Rewari maintained their supremacy as Dilawar Singh defeated Bodh Raj of Kurukshetra by 21-16, 21-16 in the badminton singles final. Dharamvir of Rewari finished third at the expense of Vivek of Hisar whom he beat by 21-16, 21-18.

Panchkula dominated the table tennis competitons. Their paddlers emerged winners in the singles as well as doubles. In the singles final, CK Sood rallied to beat his colleague VK Chakravarty 9-11, 11-8, 11-8. Later Sood and Chakravarty partnered to down another Panchkula duo of RK Nayyar and Sandeep Gujaral.

Earlier, Haryana Agriculture Minister HS Chatha inaugurated the meet amidst realsing of balloons. He also took salute at the march past by 10 teams, including Head Office. Chief Parliamentary Secretray Dharamvir Singh presided over the opening ceremony. HWC Managing Director Dr R K Ranga and members of the organising committee welcomed the guests.

Results: Athletics: 100m: 1 Dharamvir (Rewari) 13.48; 2 Amit Kumar (Rewari) 13.50; 3 Rajit Kumar (Kurukshetra) 13.54. 200m: 1 Dharamvir (Rewari); 2 Dhirpal (Rohtak); 3 DilbagSingh (Kaithal). 400m: 1 Amit Kumar (Rewari), 2 Dilbag Singh (Kaithal); 3 Dharamvir (Rewari). 800m: Amit Kumar (Rewari) 2:31; 2 Dharamvir (Rewari) 2.42; 3 Gulshan Kumar (Panchkula) 2.55.

Long jump: 1 Dharamvir (Rewari) 4.70 m; 2 Gulshan Kumar (Panchkula) 4.59m; 3 Rajinder (Faridabad) 4.50m. Shot put: 1 Mahinder Singh (Kurukshetra) 8.74m; 2 Dalip Singh (Hisar) 7.75m; 3 Mohan Lal (Sirsa) 7.35m.

Badminton (singles): Final: Dilawar Singh (Rewari) bt Bodh Raj (Kurukshetra) 21-16, 21-16. For third and fourth places: Dharamvir (Rewari) bt Vivek (Hisar) 21-6, 21-8.

Table tennis singles (final): CK Sood (Pkl) bt VK Chakravarty (Pkl) 9-11, 11-8, 11-8. For third and fourth places: RK Nayyar (Pkl) bt Sandeep Gujral (Pkl) 11-8, 11-6. Doubles (final): VK Chakravarty/CK Sood (Pkl) bt RK Nayyar/Sandeep Gujaral (Pkl) 11-6, 10-12, 11-3. For third and fourth positions: Avinash Goel and Dilawar Singh (Rewari) bt Satish and DL Wadhawan (Faridabad) 11-3, 11-4.