Samba : Thrilling athletic block level competitions for girls were Friday witnessed in the ongoing sports event for Block Purmandal & Bari-Brahmana here at the sports stadium Samba.
The sports event is being held as part of ‘Sports for peace and development,’ an initiative of union government under Khelo-India Scheme.
Around 49 girl athletes took part in various events as informed by the venue in-charge Vijay Singh Salathia.
He said in under-17 category, Long Jump event was won by Shazia Begum, while Discuss and Shot-put were won by Ritika. Laxmi Dogra clinched Discuss and Shot-put competitions in above-20 category .
Similarly 100m and 200m race (Under 17 category) was won by Devyani Charak and Kajal Changotra respectively.
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