Veteran wins medals

Veteran B. Syamasundara Rao won four medals at the 32nd Indian masters athletic championships.

June 11, 2012 01:10 pm | Updated 01:15 pm IST - VISAKHAPATNAM:

B. Syamsundara Rao of Visakhapatnam won four medals at the 32nd Indian masters athletic championships held in Bangalore recently.

He won the 100 M sprint in a meet record time of 14.05 seconds in the 60 years plus category.

His second gold came in the 4x100 M relay when Andhra Pradesh finished first in the race.

Syamasundar claimed bronze medals in the 200 M and high jump events.

Syamasundar, a retired employee of Visakhapatnam Port Trust, won many medals in the senior Nationals and later veterans nationals in the past and participated in the international meets in West Germany, the US, New Zealand, Singapore and Malaysia.

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