Mahreen Bhatia of India rose to the top of the leaderboard in Girls 14 with another fine performance in the second round of the US Kids World Teens Championships in Pinehurst. In the Boys 13, Kartik Singh stayed on road to a fine finish as he added 1-under 71 to his first round and moved to
Mahreen Bhatia, who finished second at the US Kids European Championships, two months ago, once again opened her campaign with a round of 3-under 69 at the Pinehurst No. 6 course. Kartik Singh, who recently won the FCG Callaway World Junior 2023 Championships, also had a fine stretch run on
Diksha Dagar and Aditi Ashok were lying 50th after they shot even par 71 in their first round of The Amundi Evian Championship, which is one of the Majors for women. Both Indians are at the Top-5 of the Merit for the Ladies European Tour.
The international event will see the participation of more than 30 Indian weightlifters, including many Khelo India Athletes who in the past month alone gave India its best-ever performance at the Weightlifting Commonwealth Championships by winning 61 medals in total.
Two of the big names include former Bengaluru FC duo Udanta Singh and Sandesh Jhingan, who recently were in action for the national team in the recently-concluded, Intercontinental Cup and SAFF Championships, where the Blue Tigers emerged as champions.
At the world championships, India's medal total included one gold, one silver, and one bronze, making it the best-ever performance for the nation. The previous high for India was two silvers in Dubai last year.
Indian athletes Annu Rani and Kishore Jena bagged gold medals in the men’s and women’s javelin throw events, respectively, at the Lebanon Athletics Championships 2023 in Beirut on Friday.
In the U16 event, India were placed in Group A alongside Nepal and Bangladesh. Hosts Bhutan, Maldives and Pakistan were drawn in Group B. The SAFF U16 Championship will take place at the Changlimithang Stadium in Thimphu from September 1-10, 2023
Chithravel holds the triple jump national record at 17.37m attained in Cuba in May, meeting the qualifying standard for the World Athletics Championships to be held in August in Budapest, Hungary.