Local lad bags silver in national athletics meet

Local athlete Govind Kumar won a silver medal in the recently concluded Indian Open U-23 Athletics Championship held in Patna. Kumar, a student of GGDSD College, Sector 32, claimed second position by clocking 10.61 seconds. He trailed Animesh Kujur of Odisha, who clocked 10.40 seconds to bag the gold medal. Tamil Arasu S of Tamil Nadu bagged the bronze medal in 10.66 seconds.

Kumar trains under UT Sports Department athletics coach Maninder Singh Hira at the Sector 7 Sports Complex and had earlier won medals in the inter-university and inter-college meets. “He is a brilliant athlete and returned to the track after a gap of almost a year. This is a major achievement considering the high competition. He will be featuring in some major upcoming events in the city,” said Hira.