Nagpur's Janhavi Wins 1500m Khelo India Youth Games Gold
Nagpur: City's prodigious middle and short-distance runners,
Janhavi Hirudkar
and
Kashish Bhagat
, made their mark in the 7th
Khelo India Youth Games
currently in progress at the Patliputra Sports Complex, Patna, on Tuesday. While Janhavi once again proved her mettle at the national level competition by winning a gold medal in the 1500m race, Kashish brought home a bronze medal in the 400m event.In the wrestling competition at the Gyan Bhavan Cultural Hall in Patna, Akola's Smriti Srinath secured a bronze medal.
The trio of Vidarbha sportspersons helped Maharashtra score a ton of medals, including 41 gold, in the Khelo India Youth Games.In the 1500m race for U-18 girls, 17-year-old Janhavi raced away to glory by finishing the race in 4 minutes, 35.69 seconds for a dominant performance. Delhi's Mahi finished behind Janhavi with a timing of 4:42.89 seconds, while Karnataka's Pranathi clocked 4:45.08 to win bronze.In the girls' 400m race, Nagpur's Kashish Bhagat won a bronze medal for Maharashtra with a timing of 56.83 seconds. Tamil Nadu's Idevina Jason clocked 55.90 seconds to clinch the gold medal, and Haryana's Deepika (56.66s) secured silver.Janhavi trains under the guidance of Ashfaq Sheikh, while Kashish practises with Ram Vani. In the girls' 62 kg freestyle category in the wrestling competition, Smriti Srinath from Akola secured a bronze medal by defeating Rajasthan's Chanchal Mali 10-0.Earlier Maharashtra athletes set seven competition record to maintain their lead in the medals tally.
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