Phadeppa (Pavananjey) Dareppa Chaugule was India’s first Olympic marathon runner. He represented India in the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium and finished 19th with a timing of 2 hours 50 minutes 45.2 seconds. He hails from the town of Belgaum (Now Belagavi) in Karnataka. The Karnataka state government has no record of this feat […]
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Cycling changed my life – Rajkumar Khot
Five years ago when Rajkumar Khot got himself a simple single gear bicycle to commute to office in Bengaluru never had he realized that this small shift to cycling will change his life and his lifestyle. Rajkumar recently completed the first edition of “ISAN2020″ 2024 km long-distance endurance LRM cycling event organized by Audax Club […]
19th Free Swimming Coaching Camp for Differently Abled and Underprivileged Inaugurated
A mega Project of Swimmers Club Belgaum and Aquarius Swim Club Belgaum 19th Free Swimming Coaching Camp for Differently Abled and Underprivileged was inaugurated on Friday the 7th February at the auspicious hands of Shri Jagadeesh K. H. Commissioner, Corporation of the City of Belagavi. The coaching camp is conducted at Rotary Corporation Sports Academy’s […]
Three girls from Belagavi selected for Indian women’s league Football
In a Historic achievement by girls from Belagavi as its the first time in the history of Belagavi football 3 Girls have been selected for Indian women’s league 1)Anjali Hindalgekar – Team – Kickstart FC Karnataka 2)Aditi Jadhav – Team- Bangalore United FC 3)Priyanka Kangralkar – Team- Bangalore United FC Girls were felicitated by […]
Jyoti and Arati from Belagavi to represent India women wheelchair basketball team at Thailand
Two specially-abled players have been selected to represent the nation in the Indian wheelchair basketball teams at the Asia Oceania Championship to be held in Thailand from November 29 to December 7. Jyoti Toralkar(21), Resident of Bailur village of Khanapur taluk and Arati Suresh Pawar (31), resident of Angol, Belagavi. Jyoti Toralakar started playing wheelchair […]