As many as five new meet records were created on the second day of the inter-college level sports meet held at Swaraj Maidan on Wednesday.
Category: Sports, Karnataka State
* Smashing barriers with martial arts
Meet Pooja Harsha, a Mysuru-based kickboxing national medalist and coach who with many firsts in her kitty is striving hard to bring more children and youngsters to the sport.
* World is a golf course now for this girl prodigy from city
India’s leading amateur female golfer, 15-year-old Bengalurean Avani Prashanth, has been selected for the Global Child Prodigy Award 2022.
* World Senior Badminton Tournament At Spain: Government School Maths Teacher Wins Bronze Medal
Sunil Gladson Varadaraj, who works as an Assistant Teacher at Hosamalangi Government High School in Kollegal taluk of Chamarajanagar, is the one who had excelled at track & field events during school days and then was part of State Kho Kho team before switching to shuttle badminton.
Now, adding feather to his cap is the Bronze Medal he won at the Badminton World Federation (BWF) World Senior Badminton Championship held at Carolina Marin Stadium in Huelva of Spain between Nov. 28 and Dec. 4, 2021.
* Mysuru Golfer Aryan Roopa Anand Retains All-India Amateur Title
Mysuru boy Aryan Roopa Anand retained his IGU All-India Amateur Golf Championship title defeating Yuvaraj Singh, at the Poona Golf Course in Pune.
After moving out of Mysuru and shifting to Bengaluru, he started playing at KGA, Bengaluru.
* Mysuru Golfer Aryan Roopa Anand Retains All-India Amateur Title
Mysuru boy Aryan Roopa Anand retained his IGU All-India Amateur Golf Championship title defeating Yuvaraj Singh, at the Poona Golf Course in Pune.
* Winners Of National-Level Karate Championship
The Karatekas of IKA Karate Academy, Mysuru and Kali Warriors Academy, Karnataka, under Pekiti Tirsia Kali India in city, have bagged various prizes in the 3rd National-level Karate Championship organised by Shotokan Karate Do Sports Association and Sensei Durganada on Nov. 27 and Nov. 28 in Hubballi.
Keerthan (Bronze medal in kata – 7 years), Abdul Malik (Gold in Kata and 2nd prize in Kumite – 8 years), Tharun Kumar (Gold in Kata – 9 years), M. Abhimaan (Gold in Kata – 11 years and 1st prize in Kumite); (
Mohammed Daniyal (Gold in Kata and 1st prize in Kumite – 11 years), Sensei Abdul Waseem (Senior Instructor of IKA), Kyoshi Sivdas (Chief Instructor of IMSKA and Representative of India), Mohamed Saqeeb Ur Rahman (Senior Instructor of IKA), Chayadevi (Silver in Kata and 1st prize in Kumite – 15 years).
* ‘The Best Cyclist Men’ Awardee
Charith Gowda, a first PUC student of Sapient College, Vijayanagar II Stage in city, has bagged ‘The Best Cyclist Men’ award by securing three Gold Medals — Time Trial, Mass Start and Relay Categories — in the 18th National Mountain Bike Cycling Championships held at Alandi in Pune, Maharashtra, between Oct. 29 and Oct. 31
M B Bojanna, Winner – Gold Medallist of Kempegowda National MMA and Striking MMA Championship-2021
Mandetira Bhuvan Bojanna (aka) M B Bojanna won the Gold Medal in the Light Weight Category of the Kempegowda National MMA and Striking MMA Championship-2021.
The competition was organised by the AIl India Mixed Martial Arts Federation in Bengaluru from Oct. 28 to 31.
Bhuvan will be the first person from Kodagu to represent India in the upcoming World Championship – GAMMA (Global Association of Mixed Martial Arts) that is going to be held in Germany.