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South China Morning Post
2 days ago
- General
- South China Morning Post
Hong Kong teen targets 2028 LA Olympics after helping city quartet take relay bronze
A teenage sprinter said he had plenty of room for improvement after helping Hong Kong take bronze in the 4x100 metre relay at the Asian Athletic Championships. Advertisement Magnus Johannsson, who became the first city athlete to reach the finals of the 200m at the World Under-20 Athletics Championships last summer, ran the anchor leg as the team produced a personal best in South Korea. The Hong Kong team – Johannsson, Chan Yat-lok, Lee Hong-kit and Kwok Chun-tingc – posted a time of 39.10 seconds on Saturday, finishing behind South Korea, who took gold in a competition record 38.49, and Thailand, who claimed silver in 38.78. A day earlier, Johannsson clocked a time of 21.70 in finishing last in the 200m semi-finals. Compatriot Yip King-wai finished seventh in the final in a time of 21.16. Still, the individual setback fuelled Johannsson, who was making his debut at the senior regional tournament. Magnus Johannsson ran the anchor leg in Hong Kong's bronze-medal win. Photo: HKAAA 'I'm glad I was able to anchor the relay team into a good result,' the 18-year-old said. 'The training we have done over the past six months has paid off and I'm proud of all our athletes.'
The Hindu
3 days ago
- Politics
- The Hindu
Praveen Kumar alleges discrimination of students in gurukuls
HYDERABAD BRS leader and former IPS officer R.S. Praveen Kumar has accused the Congress Government of discriminating Dalit (Scheduled Caste) students of social welfare residential schools, and alleged that with the government support, IAS officer in-charge of those institutions Alugu Varshini had made disparaging remarks that there was nothing wrong if students cleaned their toilets. Speaking to newspersons, along with a few parents whose wards are studying in the gurukuls, on Saturday, he recollected Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy's comments that he was the 'pedda madiga and pedda mala' in the State (first Mala and Madiga, the sub-castes of SCs), Mr. Praveen Kumar, who functioned as the Secretary of residential educational institutions when in service, sought to know if Mr. Reddy was cleaning toilets in his home or his Cabinet colleagues were doing the same. The officer reportedly said there was nothing wrong if students cleaned their toilets. If that is the government's policy, a GO should be issued, he said. He criticised the government for posting an officer who was reluctant to talk to the parents as the in-charge of gurukuls. He alleged that the Inter second-year students of Gowlidoddi residential school were being told to pursue education outside, and the government had also closed the Sainik School for girls. He also sought to know why the Chief Minister had not announced a cash reward to Agasara Nandini for winning a medal in the Asian Athletic Championships.
