Youngsters exhibit outstanding performances on first day of Khelo India; Anu Kumar wins the first gold medal

NewsBharati    31-Jan-2018
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New Delhi, January 31: The first youngster to grab the prestigious gold medal of the Khelo India School Games is Anu Kumar, a native of Uttarakhand. Khelo India is not only a project but a mission of visionary Prime Minister Narendra Modi to encourage youngsters to participate and excel in sports they dream.

Anu Kumar who trains at the sports college Raipur and is a past 800m silver medallist for India at the World School Games in France, won the 1,500m final comfortably in 4:04.77 seconds. An established middle distance star, Uttarakhand's Anu, who won the 800m silver in 1:53.59 seconds in France, has in the past run below four minutes and at these Games. Now, He is aiming for an 800m-1,500m double.

Tamil Nadu won two of the six gold medals on offer on the opening day of the athletics programme of the Games. While Tamil Nadu athletes took two gold medals, the rest were shared between Uttarakhand, Kerala, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium this morning.

In the field even, s there were some good performances in the boys Shot Put and triple jump events. Abhishek Singh of Uttar Pradesh won the Shot Put with an excellent throw of 18.73m while Praveen of Tamil Nadu won the triple jump in his sixth attempt with 15.22m. Haryana girls also excelled in the Shot Put with two medals out of three. In girls triple jump J Coleshiya was the winner with a best leap of 12.29m.

Day 2 of the athletics competition will see nine more medals being decided with three in boys section and four in girls. The boys finals will be in Long Jump (10 am), Javelin throw (10 am)and 200m (12.30 pm), while the scheduled girls finals are Pole vault (10 am), long jump (11.40 am) , javelin (11.45 am) and 200m (12.40 pm).

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