Olympian gymnast Arjun Dipa Karmakar to attend Abhiruchi Sports Day function

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GUWAHATI: Olympian gymnast Arjun Dipa Karmakar will be the Chief Guest in the central function of the Abhiruchi Sports Day which will be held in Guwahati on September 3. The president of the Organizing Committee Balendra Mohan Chakravarty informed the media that Dronacharya Bisweswar Nandi, the coach of Dipa, will also attend the central function as the Guest of Honour.

Meanwhile the preparation for the 39th Abhiruchi Sports Day, which is organized every year to celebrate the birthday of the first Arjuna Awardee from Assam Bhogeswar Barua, is going on full swing. The day's programme will start with mass jogging from Chandmari flyover and it will be followed by various competitions and felicitation of sportspersons and sports organizers.

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