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Two new meet records set

BANGALORE: Eight year old Sushmitha Tiwari leapt to a distance of 3.06 metres in the girls’ under-8 long jump event for her second gold in the 8th KPMG Cadet Bangalore City inter-school athletics meet, here on Friday. Sushmitha had won the 200 metres in a new record time of 33.9 seconds on Thursday.

Two new meet records were established, both coming in the girls under-14 section. K. Sanjana of Vidyashilp set a new mark in the 400 metres while Reshma broke the high jump record of Malavika Saranya.

The results (winners): Boys: Under-8: Long jump: Ashwin Rajan (Vidyaniketan, 3.26m); 4x50m shuttle relay: Mother Mary (34.1s); Under-10: 80m: Joshua Gomes (Bethany, 8.8s); Under-12: 4 00m: Sajjad (Jain Vidyaniketan, 1:05.7s); Shot put: B. Hitesh (Sri Ramakrishna, 8.84m); Under-14: 400m: H.V. Kushal (Cathedral, 59.1s); High jump: S. Harshith (Vidyaniketan, 1.60m); Under-16: 400m: S.M. Roshan (BNMS) 53.7s.

Girls: Under-8: Long jump: Sushmitha Tiwari (The New St. Joseph, 3.06m); 4x50m shuttle relay: Vidyashilp (35.8s); Under-10: 60m: Doshna Vinay (Vidyashilp, 9.1s); Under-12: 400m: K. Sanjana (Vidyashilp, 1:01.7s, NMR, Old: 1:05.6s, R. Pooja); High jump: Reshma (Holy Angels, 1.32m, NMR: Old: 1.31m, Malavika Saranya); Shot put: Taya Malik (Vidyashilp) 7.20m; Under-14: 400m: Ni tya (Jain Vidyalaya) 1:04.4s; Long jump: Amulya Arun (5.00m); Under-16: 400m: Bharani Gowda (Jyothi KV) 1:01.1s; High jump: P.J. Sneha (The New Cambridge, 1.46m); Long jump: N. A nvitha (Vidyaniketan, Ullal 4.76m).
Technology in sports

SPORTIS, an international congress on technological advancement and social innovation brought various sports experts, coaches, enthusiasts, engineers and sports doctors together from around the world at Bangalore on Wednesday.

Speakers from India and abroad spoke on various topics like doping in sports, technological advancements and the future of sports, experience of hosting Olympics and the various technological transfer models in the sports sector.

Incorporation of state of the art technology for Indian sport can definitely give the edge that requires wining the gold medal, felt the panellists.

The conference host Surbhi Sharma introduced the Indian Platform — INDIASPORTECH, a platform that will allow sharing, partnership between various sports entities.
ISC blanks East India

Ideal Sports Club beat East India 6-0 in the State ‘C’ division league hockey tournament here on Friday.

Shivamani (22nd, 33rd & 50th) notched up a treble and Richard Raj (6th), Velu (27th) and Kaali scored one goal each in the final tally. Earlier, Madras Engineering Group (boys) and Synergy Sports Club played out a goalless draw.

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