The girls from Belagavi have shown their mettle as they have won 2 Gold Medals at the Khelo India Games being held at Pune.
Akshata Kamati, the daughter of a farmer, won gold in Girls U-21 71 kg event in weightlifting. Kamati representing Karnataka trains at the SAI Bengaluru Centre. “Akshita’s technique is special & will take her to high levels,”says her coach Virpal Kaur.
Daneshwari Eti of Ingalagavi Village, Athani taluka won Gold in 100 meter Running at 11.99 seconds.
The Khelo India programme has been introduced to revive the sports culture in India at the grass-root level by building a strong framework for all sports played in our country and establish India as a great sporting nation.
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