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  BAA felicitates international athletes
20 Jul 2008
 

Bhubaneswar Athletic Association (BAA) today felicitated junior international athletes Amiya Kumar Mallick, Shrabani Nanda and Renubala Mahanta at a function at the Kishore Club premises in Bhubaneswar. Officials of BAA presented bouquets, citations and mementos to the trio and wished them greater success in future. Local boy Mallick cornered glory by winning the 100 metre gold and 200 meter silver in the under-18 age category of the Children of Asia Games at Yakutia, Russia earlier this month.

 

Bhubaneswar-based Government Sports Hostel trainee Nanda emerged as talented sprinter by bagging a silver in under-20 girls 4x100 metre relay and bronzes in 100 and 200 metre sprint events of the SAAF Junior Athletic Championship at Colombo earlier this year. Nanda``s hostelmate Mahanta tasted her maiden international success by securing the girls`` long jump silver in the SAAF Junior Meet. The three athletes said they were aiming to win medals in the Commonwealth Athletic Championship to be held at Pune in October.

 
   

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