Yeshwant Kumar bags individual championship

November 20, 2014 12:44 am | Updated 12:44 am IST - GUNTUR:

A.P State Junior Inter District Athletics meet winner Agaramsetty Yeshwant Kumar. Photo: T. Vijaya Kumar

A.P State Junior Inter District Athletics meet winner Agaramsetty Yeshwant Kumar. Photo: T. Vijaya Kumar

Agaramsetty Yeshwant Kumar has bagged the individual championship title at the A.P State Junior Inter District Athletics meet held in Vijayawada recently. Yeshwant bagged the title in under-18 group.

Athletics Association of Guntur district secretary G. Seshaiah congratulated Yeshwant and his coach Rama Sundari and gave away Rs.1,000 and a memento. G, Usha Rani and Siva Prasad, executive council members of the association were present.

A promising athlete, Yeshwant had earlier bagged gold medal at Pentathlon event at the 23rd Nationals held at Hyderabad in 2011 and bronze in high-jump event. His impressive tally of 10 gold and an equal number of silver and bronze medals tells some thing about his abilities.

The boy being coached by veteran athlete, Rama Sundari, is blossoming into a fine prospect. “I have identified him as a good prospect five years ago and since then he has not disappointed us. He is a fine talent and would scale greater heights, if given proper support,” said Rama Sundari.

Yeshwant Kumar’s mother sells flowers to make a living and is finding it hard to make both ends meet.

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