City athletes fare well

Mysore :

City’s athletes, taking part in the Karnataka State Junior and Senior Athletic Championships at Sri Kanteerava Stadium, performed well on the concluding day of the Championships yesterday.

Mysore lad Mohammed Saqlain Ahmed won gold in the U-16 Boys Shot-Put event with a throw of 12.60m. Manush of Ideal Jawa Rotary School, Mysore, secured third place with a throw of 10.65m.

A. Bharath of Mysore won second place in the U-16 Boys High Jump event clearing a height of 1.45m. S.G. Pushpa of DYES, Mysore, won gold in the Hammer Throw event in the women’s section with a 40.76m. Navami of DYES, Mysore, won gold in the U-20 girls 400m event with a timing of 58.8s. Megha from T. Narasipur won silver medal in the U-18 girls 1500m event with a timing of 5:22.6s.

On Friday, Mahendra Rao won the bronze medal in Men’s 110m hurdles event.

T.S. Ravi of Mysore won bronze in Men’s Long Jump and Triple Jump events. A Bharath of Mysore finished second in the U-16 boys Triathlon event.

In the girls U-20 section, city’s E.C. Lathashree won bronze in the 10,000m event. In the girls U-18 section, DYES, Mysore’s H.R. Tharamani won silver medal in the 3000m event. In the girls U-14 event, Mysore’s Sinchana Ganesh won bronze medal in the Triathlon event.

Moodabidri Alva’s emerged overall champions.

source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> Sports News  / Sunday , September 21st,  2014