BHAVYASHREE Mahalle improved her performance of Guwahati nationals to clinch a gold medal in the 32nd West Zone Athletics Championship. The competition is being held at Kota Stadium in Chhattisgarh, Raipur. Bhavyashree, a student of JP English Medium School, won gold medal in the 2000 metres run clocking a timing of 6 minutes and 43 seconds. At the Guwahati nationals, Bhavyashree, an athlete of Nav Maharashtra Krida Mandal, had finished fourth. She was determined to better her performance in the West Zone meet.

 

The 16-year-old athlete is trained by NIS coach Jitendra Ghordadekar at Ishwar Deshmukh College of Physical Education. Her club-mate Mitali Bhoyar will be participating in the 1500 metres run on Friday. A good show is also expected from her. Nagpur District Athletics Association President Gurudev Nagrale, Secretary Dr Sharad Suryawanshi, Dadoji Konddeo Award winner Bhau Kane, senior coach Dhananjay Kane, Dr Sharda Naidu, Manoj Balpande, Nagesh Sahare, Pramod Tabhane, SJ Anthony, Umesh Naidu, Dr Sanjay Chaudhary, Dr Aditya Soni, Shekhar Suryawanshi, Ramchandra Wani, Archana Kottewar, Prof Buntyprasad Yadav, Dr Vibekanand Singh, Ravindra Tong, Vaishali Chatare, Rajesh Bhute, Harendra Thakre, Mangesh Paunikar, Amit Thakur, Chandrabhan Kolte, Vandev Thakre, Brijmohan Singh Rawat, Swapnil Gawali, Kamlesh Singh, Sachin Hulke and others congratulated Bhavyashree and coach Ghordadekar.