KASHISH Bhagat and Manoj Chavan of  Nagpur claimed a gold medal each during the 37th Western Zonal Junior Group Athletics Championship held in Goa. Manoj, an athlete of Mission Lakshvedh, won the gold medal in the javelin throw. In the men’s Under20 throw event, Manoj won the yellow metal by throwing the spear a whopping 63.06 metres. The silver medal went to Abhishek Sharma of Madhya Pradesh with 51.35 metres and bronze went to Kuldeepsinh Parmar of Gujarat (46.89m). Kashish of Khel Foundation won the gold medal in the 400m in the Under-20 girls’ category. Kashish clocked 57.45 seconds to win the top spot. Chhattisgarh’s Tania Kewat won the silver medal (58.84s) while Goa’s Sherin Varghese won the bronze (1.08.90s) Kashish also won a gold medal for Maharashtra in 4x100m relay. They crossed the line in 54.06s.

 

The other members of the side were Darshan Tiwade, Shreshta Shetty and Shreyas Jadhav. Kashish also helped Maharashtra a silver in 4x100 mixed relay race with a timing of 47.57 seconds. The team consisted of Kashish, Priya Nagaraj, Janvi Waghmare and Shreshtha Shetty, informed Dr Sharad Suryawanshi, Secretary, Nagpur District Athletics Association. Kashish won her third medal, a bronze, in the 200m race with a time of 26.23s. In the shot put, Abhimanyu Kushwaha won a silver medal with a throw of 16.99 metres. Manoj received training from NIS trainer Ishita Roy while Kashish trains under Gajanan Thakre. NDAA President Gurudev Nagarale, Nagesh Sahare, Shekhar Suryawanshi, Ramchandra Wani, Archana Kottewar, Dr Vibekanand Singh, Jitendra Ghordadekar, Harendra Thakre, Sunil Kapgate, Mangesh Paunikar, Amit Thakur, Chandrabhan Kolte, Vandev Thakre, Dr Brijmohan Singh Rawat, Kamlesh Hinge, Rajesh Bhute, Harendra Thakre, Ganesh Wani and others congratulated both the athletes.