Inter District School Athletics begins

Our Sports Reporter

GUWAHATI: Inter District School Athletic Championship got under way at the SAI Sports complex here today. Altogether 560 players and officials from 31 districts are taking part in the championship. The inaugural function was held in the evening which was attended by Queen Oja, the vice chairperson of Sports Authority of Assam, as the chief guest. The other dignitaries present in the function were Director of SAI (NE) Region Subhash Basumatary, Director in charge of Sports and Youth Welfare Partha Pegu, the president of the Sports Journalists Federation of India Subodh Malla Barua and former Deputy Director of Sports and Youth Welfare Pradip Hazarika.

Meanwhile Trishna Barua of Kokrajhar bagged gold medal in the girls U-17 category. In the boys section the gold medal was collected by Akshay Boro of Kamrup (R). The other gold medal winners on Tuesday: U-17 girls category-Binki Chamuah (Kamrup Metro, 1500m), Jahanara Khatun (Barpeta, High jump), Mayukhi Deka (Kamrup Metro), Shot put. U-17 boys category-Birpung Narzary (Kokrajhar, 1500m), Aoikheek Gogoi (Sivasagar, Shot put), Bidyut Mazumdar (Kamrup Metro, High jump).

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