Anu Kumar from Uttarakhand and Abhishek Singh from Uttar Pradesh impressed at the opening day of Khelo India School games which fetched them gold medals. Kumar started off in a great fashion and became the first gold medalist of Khelo India School Games.
Anu Kumar who is the silver medalist from World School games,France in 800m, competed in 1500m here at Khelo India School Games. The boy from Uttarakhand finished with a time of 4.04.77 seconds to take the gold. Tamil Nadu’s Mithlesh, finished second to take the silver and bronze went in favour of Uttar Pradesh, represented by Sandeep Kumar. Read: All you need to know about Khelo India School Games
On the opening day of the revolutionary event, Tamil Nadu clinched two golds out of the six at stake. Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Kerala and Haryana were the other four to take the gold at the 1st day. However, Anu Kumar created history, when he become the first gold medalist of Khelo India School Games.
“I didn’t got enough competition in the race,” said Anu after winning the gold medal. This eventually speaks the confidence of the boy, who trains at the sports college Raipur.
Anu didn’t stop from here and made the celebration even grand by winning his second gold in 800m, an event where he is a recognized commodity. N. Sree Kiran of Tamil Nadu finished at second position followed by Vaseem Tomar of U.P at third.
“Our next target is winning a gold at Youth Olympics games by setting a new world record. If everything goes the right way, Anu will definitely bring laurels to the country by winning the Olympic gold medal,” said Anu’s coach.
The youngster looks in the right spirits to be a future prospect for India. As India’s quest to find its own Usain Bolt continues.
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