[ad_1]
HYDERABAD: Three promising athletes – J Deepthi, G Maheshwari and A Nandini – have been presented electric scooters and a cash award of Rs 10,000 by sports minister V Srinivas Goud at a function held at Ravindra Bharathi in the city on Tuesday.
Of the three, Deepthi, who hails from Kalleda village in Warangal district, had won silver and bronze medals in medley and 200m respectively at the Youth Asian Games held in Hong Kong last year.
Maheshwari, who belongs to Velkicherla village in Mahbubnagar district, had secured gold medal in the 3000m steeplechase in the 35h National junior athletics championship in Guntur last year. She had also set a national record in the process.
While A Nandini, who hails from Kapra village in Medchal district, had scored a double as she bagged 100m hurdles and long jump gold medals at the Khelo India Games earlier this year. These athletes are being trained by Dronacharya award winner N Ramesh under the SAI-Gopichand Mytrah Athletics Project in the city. Speaking to TOI, N Ramesh thanked former Andhra Ranji captain and vice-president of the Hyderabad Badminton Association V Chamuneswaranath for sponsoring the scooters.
“It’s the first time that athletes were presented with scooters in the state. I really thank Chamuneswaranath, director of the MLR Motors, for sponsoring scooters to them. All the three athletes hail from very poor families. Both Deepthi and Maheshwari’s parents are daily wage workers while Nandini’s father is a tea seller. It serves as a big motivation for them to achieve more laurels for the country and the state,” he said.
Indian badminton team coach P Gopichand, SATS chairman A Venkateshwar Reddy, V Chamuneswaranath, national boxer Nikath Zareen and others were present.
Of the three, Deepthi, who hails from Kalleda village in Warangal district, had won silver and bronze medals in medley and 200m respectively at the Youth Asian Games held in Hong Kong last year.
Maheshwari, who belongs to Velkicherla village in Mahbubnagar district, had secured gold medal in the 3000m steeplechase in the 35h National junior athletics championship in Guntur last year. She had also set a national record in the process.
While A Nandini, who hails from Kapra village in Medchal district, had scored a double as she bagged 100m hurdles and long jump gold medals at the Khelo India Games earlier this year. These athletes are being trained by Dronacharya award winner N Ramesh under the SAI-Gopichand Mytrah Athletics Project in the city. Speaking to TOI, N Ramesh thanked former Andhra Ranji captain and vice-president of the Hyderabad Badminton Association V Chamuneswaranath for sponsoring the scooters.
“It’s the first time that athletes were presented with scooters in the state. I really thank Chamuneswaranath, director of the MLR Motors, for sponsoring scooters to them. All the three athletes hail from very poor families. Both Deepthi and Maheshwari’s parents are daily wage workers while Nandini’s father is a tea seller. It serves as a big motivation for them to achieve more laurels for the country and the state,” he said.
Indian badminton team coach P Gopichand, SATS chairman A Venkateshwar Reddy, V Chamuneswaranath, national boxer Nikath Zareen and others were present.
[ad_2]
Source link