Olympian M.P. Ganesh, who captained the Indian hockey team and was honoured with the Padma Shri by President Ram Nath Kovind, is Coorg Person of the Year-2021.
Mollera Poovaiah Ganesh, hailing from Suntikoppa in Kodagu district, was selected ‘Coorg Person of the Year’ in a poll conducted by www.coorgtourisminfo.com, Kodagu’s first news portal, promoted by journalist and author P.T. Bopanna.
The three-day sports meet for District Police, organised by Mysuru District Police at the District Armed Reserve (DAR) Police Parade Grounds at Jyothinagar here, concluded yesterday evening.
The District Armed Reserve Police team, which had garnered most points by winning prizes in various sports events, bagged the overall team championship trophy. While Raghunandan of DAR bagged the individual award in the men’s category, K. Ashwini of Bannur Police Station bagged the award in the women’s category.
Fourteen Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) fighters of the Academy of Martial Science participated in the 6th Bangalore Open MMA Championships held in Whitefield, Bengaluru, between Dec. 16 and 19.
Nine (4 female and 5 male) out of them have bagged 2 gold, 2 silver and 5 bronze medals respectively. Seen in the picture are (standing from left) Sharun Divakar, P. Yashas, Ashwin Mahendran, R. Srinivas Prasad, Kiran (Coach), Sharif Bapu (President, MMA India), Prasad Gaitonde (Secretary, MMA India), Kru. M.N. Vikram (Secretary, AAMAK and Chairman, MMA India Technical Commission), Kru. N. Kumar (Senior VP, AMMAK), G.R. Sridhar and U.K. Skandan Bangar (Bantam Weight – Bronze); Kneeling from left: Gopala Nayaka (Straw Weight – Bronze), Sridhar Sajji (Bronze), R. Manoj Kumar (Youth Straw Weight – Bronze), B. Akshatha Shanbhogue (Atom Weight – Silver), N. Maithri (Team Manager), G.R. Deeksha Shetty (Straw Weight – Silver) and R. Poojitha (Light Heavy Weight – Gold). R.K. Pooja (Fly Weight – Gold) and S. Nikhil (Fly Weight – Bronze) – not in picture.
A total of 213 MMA athletes from 25 States participated in the event that was hosted by Association of Mixed Martial Arts Karnataka (AMMAK) and sanctioned by MMA India.
The medallists will be representing State at the National Championships that will be held in Chhattisgarh in February 2022.
Mysuru, Karnataka
H.A. Akhilesh, an MCA student at the city’s Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU) Post-Graduate Centre, has bagged a Gold medal at the State-level VTU Inter-collegiate wrestling contest held at Haliyal in Uttara Kannada district recently.
He got the medal for winning four bouts (97 Kg category) in the Round Robin league of the tournament, according to a press release.
Dr. B.R. Sainath Iyer (Mysuru) walked away with the 75+ Men Singles gold though he had to face a stiff challenge from Mallikarjuniah in a league match. Mallikarjuniah bowed down to Dr. Sainath in the final game of the match at 9-11 score.
Sushila Devi Pillay, Mysuru, got a silver against the gold medallist Bhavana Gopal, retired employee of Canara Bank, Mangaluru.
Dr. Shantharam, Prasanna Kumar and Ashok Dahibati, all from Mysuru, got bronze for their semi-final positions in their respective events.
Dr. Shantharam surprised the audience with his consistent attacking game while Prasanna Kumar was a veritable with his good defence.
Alva’s College, Moodbidri, emerged as athletic champions in the 41st intercollegiate athletics meet of Mangalore University. Alva’s College had secured 487 points.
As many as five new meet records were created on the second day of the inter-college level sports meet held at Swaraj Maidan on Wednesday.
Meet Pooja Harsha, a Mysuru-based kickboxing national medalist and coach who with many firsts in her kitty is striving hard to bring more children and youngsters to the sport.
Jesnia Correa of Mangalore Roller Skating Club Won Gold Medal in the 59th National Speed Skating Championship held at G R International School Skating Rink, Delhi from
December 11-22, 2021. The Skating Championship was Organised by Roller Skating Federation of India .
The following athletes, representing the Mysore District Masters Athletic Association, Mysuru, excelled in the 41st State Masters Athletic Championship-2021, held at Mahatma Gandhi District Stadium, Ajjarkadu, Udupi, by winning medals in various categories:
The other athletes who won medals are M.M. Nanaiah (3 gold); Balarame Gowda, Parvathy Kantharaj & Prabhamani (2 gold each); M.P. Chandrashekhar (1 gold & 2 silver); Kala Satish (1 gold & 1 silver); T.S. Subbalakshmi and Netravathy (1 gold each), V. Rekha (1 gold), Narasimha Prasad (1 gold & 2 silver), P.G. Chandrashekhar & Subba Setty (1 gold each), B.K. Somashekar (1 gold & 1 silver), N. Manju (1 gold & 1 silver), K.N. Somashekar (1 gold & 1 bronze), H.M. Chandrashekhar (1 gold), Dr. Sandeep (1 gold & 1 silver), M.P. Umesh (2 silver & 1 bronze), M. Yogendra (2 silver), S. Mahadevu (1 silver & 2 bronze), Rani B. Raju (1 silver & 2 bronze), Bharathi (2 silver) and Nirmala & Narayan (1 bronze each).