Category: Sports

** 10th Goa Swimathon: Riding a victory wave

B’lureans participated in large numbers at the 10th Goa Swimathon which concluded recently .

 From Ironman to swimathons, Goa is also a destination for sports enthusiasts. With an overcast sky and moderate tides, the recently-concluded 10th Goa Swimathon organised by Enduro Sports at the Bambolim beach, turned out to be an exciting one, especially for Bengalureans.

The event witnessed around 333 swimmers, out of which 114 swimmers – the largest contingent – were from Bengaluru. Most of them ended up as podium finishers and winners in different age categories.  

From youngest swimmer Harshini Chander (17), winning the 1km race, to the oldest swimmer Lalitha Vijayaraghavan  (71), winning the same race under the 60+ age category, the Bengaluru contingent had a lot to celebrate.

Interestingly, the podium finishers were honoured with traditional Goan art photo frames as a token of gesture and in order to promote the creations of local artisans.

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** Arka Motorsports’ Karna Kadur, co-driver Nikhil Pai wins 44th South India Rally

Meanwhile, three-time APRC champion Gaurav Gill (Musa Sherif), who had retired on Saturday with a mechanical failure but restarted on Sunday, eventually finished second behind Kadur.

 Bengaluru pair of Karna Kadur and co-driver Nikhil Pai (Arka Motorsports) kept their nerves to win the 44th South India Rally, which is a round of the FIA Asia-Pacific Rally Championship (Asia Cup) and the concluding round of the FMSCI Indian National Rally Championship 2021 here on Sunday.

Even as Kadur and Pai celebrated their Asia Cup (India leg) victory on their APRC debut, Himachal’s Aditya Thakur and co-driver Virender Kashyap (Chettinad Sporting) clinched their maiden national championship title (overall), though provisionally, and subject to the outcome of an appeal pending before the Indian Motor Sports Appeal Court.

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** Medal-Winning Power-Lifters

The following power-lifters, trained at Apollo Gymnasium in Vidyaranyapuram, who represented Mysuru district at the State-level Power-lifting (RAW) Championship (selections for Nationals) held at Davanagere on Mar. 18, have won medals in various categories:

S. Abhishek (Class – 75 kgs) – Bronze in Bench Press (BP) and Bronze in Dead Lifting (DL) – Junior – 20 years category and Silver in BP – Senior (Challenged) category.

T. Jayaram (56 kgs) – Gold in BP and Gold in DL – Master ii – 52 years; M.D. Sreenivasa Prasad (75 kgs) – Gold in BP and Gold in DL – Grand Master – 60 years category.

T. Satish (68 kgs) – Gold in BP – Senior – 35 years category.

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** Wins Bronze At All India Inter-University Karate

City’s Deia S Urs, State No.1 ranked karate kata champ, who took part in the All India Inter-University Karate Championships (2021-2022) hosted by Kurukshethra University, Kurukshethra, Haryana, between Mar. 14 and 17 at the campus indoor stadium, has bagged Bronze Medal for University of Mysore (UoM) in the Women’s Individual Kata Category.

She faced a very stiff competition from 87 opponents in two pools and entered the quarterfinals. In quarterfinals, Deia topped her pool by securing 26.60 points as against her opponent Divya Gupta’s (Banaras Hindu University, Uttar Pradesh) 25.90 points. But, in semifinals, she lost to P. Farshana of University of Calicut by a narrow margin of 0.2 points. While Farshana secured 26.20 points, Deia managed to score 26.00 points. In reverse bronze medal bout, Deia secured 28.82 points and defeated R. Mahalakshmi of Avinashlingam University, Coimbatore, who secured 27.24 points, to win Bronze.

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** Shashwat Rao wins Snow Marathon in Lahaul, Dolma Tenzin first among women

: Shashwat Rao of Karnataka won the Snow Marathon with a timing of 4:41:07, here on Saturday. Meanwhile, in the women’s category, local girl Dolma Tenzin was the fastest and she completed her race in five hours and five minutes, thirty seconds.

Snow Marathon Lahaul, conceptualised by Event Founder Guarav Schimar and organised by Reach India and supported by the District Administration of Lahaul and Spiti district (Himachal Pradesh) saw the participation of over 100 sportsmen and women.

“This was the first time that a snow marathon was organised in the country. Till now, snow marathons were conducted in countries of the cold icy regions such as the polar circles, Antarctica, Russia and northern Europe. With Snow Marathon Lahaul, India not only stepped into the elite club of countries where Snow Marathons are organised but by organising it at an elevation of above 10,000 feet, it now holds the distinction of organising a snow marathon at the highest altitude,” said Gaurav.

In the 21 kilometres – Half Marathon category, Rohan stood first in the men’s section with two hours 53 minutes while amongst the women, the title went to Diksha, who clocked two hours 59 minutes.

The ten-kilometre run was won by Daulat Ram who took one hour and four minutes while Hemlata placed first in her category who covered the distance in one hour and twenty minutes. Navneet emerged as winner in the five-kilometer category while Shrishti grabbed the title in women’s category.

In view of creating enthusiasm among locals for running, a one-kilometer race was also organised wherein a massive participation from children and women was seen. The brand ambassador of the marathon – Kieren D’Souza also graced the occasion and ran 10 kms along with the participants.

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** Dubai: Udupi’s Gulshan Banu Kazi sets world record in national Push-Pull Championship 2022 

 Powerlifter Gulshan Banu Kazi has not only made her native Udupi, India  proud but also Dubai proud by securing a world record among the master category athletes in the Professional Raw Organisations Push-Pull Championship 2022, a national level event held in Bengaluru recently. 

This sporting event held at Onyx Fitness was one of the most popular internationally sanctioned national powerlifting championships, consisting of three main events -Bench Press, Deadlifts and Push-Pull.

Record holder Gulshan Banu Kazi is a 43-year-old mother of three, working six days a week at a corporate office in Dubai.

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**Wins Medal In Biathlon

Bhavani Thekkada Nanjunda from Kodagu district has won two silver medals in 10-km and 5-km race in the National Winter Biathlon Championships-2022 being held at Gulmarg, Jammu and Kashmir.

For the first time in the history, an athlete from South India has won a national medal in winter biathlon competition.

Bhavani is seen receiving the prize from one of the dignitaries during the presentation ceremony. (Biathlon is a combination of shooting and cross country skiing.)

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** Mangaluru: Tanmay Kottari bags two silver medals in 59th national roller skating championship

Tanmay M Kottari, who represented Karnataka in the 59th national level roller skating championship organized by Roller Skating Federation of India in New Delhi, has bagged two silver medals.

Tanmay is the son of Mohan Kottari and Sunita Mohan, residents of Prashant Nagar in Derebail here. He is studying in the eighth grade at Canara CBSE school in the city.

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** Mangaluru: Skater Anagha Rajesh honoured with Keladi Chennamma award

Anagha Rajesh, a well known skating talent from city was awarded with the Hoysala and Keladi Chennamma award for her outstanding achievement in skating on the occasion of International Women’s Day – 2022.

The programme was jointly organized by the District Stree Shakthi Federation, zilla panchayat, Karnataka State Women’s Commission, Dakshina Kannada district administration and Bengaluru Women and Child Welfare department at the zilla panchayat auditorium in the city.

** F.K. Irani Memorial Open Golf Championship

Following are the prize winners of 32nd edition of F.K. Irani Memorial Open Golf Championship-2022 held on Mar. 5 and 6 at J.W. Golf Club, Mysuru:

Strokeplay Gross: M.G. Chengappa (73 Gross) – Winner; Ramesh Kumar Jain (76 Gross) – Runner; Strokeplay Net (H/C 0 to 12): Deepak Kumar Jain (71 Net) – Winner; Sandeep Badida (71 Net) – Runner (Better Back 9 Over H.S. Arun Kumar & B.S. Krishna); Strokeplay Net (H/C 13 to 18): J. Gautam Pal (66 Net) – Winner; N. Parameshwar (69 Net) – Runner; Stableford Net (H/C 0 to 18): B.G. Uthaiah (38 Points) – Winner; K.A. Prabhakar (36 Points) – Runner (Better Back 9 Over Dr. H.C. Lokesh Chandra R. Madhusudan).

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