‘Stadiums, arenas in state buzzing due to govt's sports-friendly policies'
The Sports Authority Chairman participated as the chief guest in the 'Fit Formula Swimming Championship – 2025' held at the Gachibowli Indoor Stadium on Sunday and presented awards to the winners. Speaking on this occasion, Shivsena Reddy said that the Telangana state government led by Revanth Reddy was giving high priority to sports and all sports fields in the state are buzzing with sports events. 'Telangana Sports Authority fully cooperates with various sports associations and private organisations in conducting sports events, which will create a good sports atmosphere in Telangana with various sports competitions,' he said.
Organisers Kumar Vinod Paswan and others participated in the swimming competition.
Freestyle, backstroke, butterfly, and breaststroke events were held in this competition, in which around 200 swimmers participated. Avya was declared the Player of the Match in the under-8 girls category, while Kolla Tarak won in the boys category. In the under-10 girls category, Bansiwal, and in the boys category, Siddharth, won the Player of the Match award. In the under-12 girls category, Krisha, and in the boys category, Kethan Nischithan, won the award. In the under-14 girls category, Kongara Sindhu, and in the boys category, Arjun Kaswan, won the award. In the under-16 girls category, Ritika, and in the boys category, Sohan, won the award. Sohan won the under-18 boys category. Sports Authority Chairman Shivsena Reddy presented awards to all of them.
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