City girl and Intermediate student D. Jyothika Sri has been selected for the 400m event at the World Youth Athletic Championship, which will be held in Kenya from July 12 to 18. Earlier, she participated in the Asian Youth Athletic Championship held in Thailand in which she finished a credible fourth.
The budding athlete is training at the Sports Authority of India’s (SAI) National Sports Talent Center (NSTC) at the Siddhartha Public School under the watchful eyes of SAI coach D.N.V. Vinayak Prasad.
Jyothika Sri will be leaving for Sonypath in New Delhi, where she will be attending the Indian camp from June 10. “She belongs to a poor family and she is much interested in athletics. She has the promise to make it big in the world of track and field. We are eagerly waiting for sponsorship which will help her prepare for bigger challenges in a proper way,” says Vinayak Prasad. CBR Academy chairman CBR Prasad has increased scholarship to Jyothika Sri from ₹3, 000 to ₹10, 000 per month. Siddhartha Mahila Kalasala convener Lalith Prasad presented spikes to her.
The Sports Authority of Andhra Pradesh, which identified her, has announced that it will support her. Jyothika Sri said that she aimed for an Olympic medal and exuded confidence of performing well at the Kenya meet.
