Good show by AP athletes

Visakhapatnam: Andhra Pradesh athletes performed well to take fourth position among women and overall 10th in the National athletics championships in Bhubaneswar recently. Yarraji Jyothi put in a splendid show, winning two gold medals and being part of the silver medal winning 4x100M quartet. “This was indeed a splendid show. Apart from the medals they picked up, two golds, one silver and fourth bronze, AP athletes stood fourth to 10th in several other events.” chairman of AP Athletics Association’s selection committee M Narayana Rao said here on Wednesday. Apart from Jyothi’s two gold, in 100M and 100M hurdles, and the team’s 4x100 M relay, other medal winners were Bhavani Yadav Bhagavathi (long jump bronze), Malla Anusha (triple jump bronze), Sowmiya Murugan (heptathlon bronze) and Rashmi K (javelin bronze).Olympic day celebrationsThe Olympic Association of Visakhapatnam will conduct the Olympic day run from the GVMC aqua sports complex to the children’s park on the beach road, from 6 am on June 23 to mark the Olympic day. International medallists would be honoured and two male and two female sportspersons who have won medals in the National championships during this year and two individuals who have rendered service for the promotion of sports in the district, would be honoured. Sportspersons who have participated in the Olympics, Asian, Commonwealth Games, National and international events, Dronacharya, Arjuna award winners would participate in the Run along with students and employees, informed general secretary of the Olympic Association of Visakhapatnam K Suryanarayana.