Bihar's javelin thrower Anjani wins silver in youth athletics

Patna, April 21, 2017: Anjani Kumari of Bihar won silver medal in javelin throw event of the 14th National Youth Athletic Championships in Hyderabad on Friday. 

Anjani threw the spear to a distance of 39.19 metres to bag the silver medal. N Hemamalini of Tamil Nadu got the gold medal with a throw of 44.03 metres while Gayteri Panwar of Punjab claimed the bronze medal with a throw of 38.28 metres.

Bihar youth athletics team leaves for Hyderabad

Patna, April 18, 2017: Bihar team for the 14th National Youth Athletics Championships left for Hyderabad on Tuesday to participate in the championships to be held there from April 21 to 23.

Team (girls) Antima Kumari, Sweety Kumari, Nikita Kumari, Anjani Kumari, Anita Kumari.

Boys: Ankit Mishra, Pruoshottam, Suadama Kumar Yadav, Abhishek Kumar, Aahuti Ranjan, Krishna Kumar, Sanjeet Kumar, Mohit Kumar, Ravi Prakash, Abhinay Kumar, Rajesh Kumar, Anand Singh, Shibu Shahi, Prince Verma, Kundan Kumar Singh, Md Murshid Khan, Upendra Kumar Yadav.

Dilip Kumar , Sanjay Rai (coaches) and Mukesh Kumar Singh (manager).

Prince captures 100m gold

Patna, December 4, 2015: Prince sprinted to gold medal finish in the 100m senior boys’ final of the 13th Sardar Patel Inter-School Athletic Championships at the Patliputra Sports Complex here on Friday.

Sumit claimed silver while Shiv Shankar bagged bronze in the event.

Results

100m (cadet boys): Aayush Singh (gold), Saurabh Kumar (silver) and Sahil Kumar (bronze).

100m (mini boys): Shubham (gold), Rahul (silver) and Rahul II (bronze).

100m (sub-junior boys): Zafar Alam (gold), Sohan (silver) and Abhishek (bronze).

100m (junior boys): Virat Singh (gold), Kundar Kumar (silver) and Saurabh Kumar (bronze).

100m (senior boys): Prince (gold), Sumit (silver) and Shiv Shankar (bronze).

Discus throw (sub-junior boys): Ranveer Singh (gold), Saurabh Kumar (silver) and Chandan Kumar (bronze).

Discus throw (junior boys): Aayush Ranjan (gold), Wasim Akram (silver) and Badal Singh (bronze).

Discus throw (senior boys): Abhishek Singh (gold), Saurabh Rai (silver) and Md Osama (bronze).

Discus throw (sub-junior girls): Akriti (gold), Shakshi Suman (silver) and Riya Kumari (bronze).

Discus throw (junior girls): Shreya Singh (gold), Jitra Chauhan (silver) and Akanksha (bronze)

Discus throw (senior girls): Aparna Kumari (gold), Lamia Iqbal (silver) and Vaishya (bronze).

Riya emerges sprint queen in Sardar Patel Inter-School Athletics

Patna, December 3, 2015: Kumari Riya emerged as sprint queen racing to gold medal finish in the senior girls’ 100 final of the 13th Sardar Patel Inter-School Athletic Championships at the Patliputra Sports Complex here on Thursday.

Vijaya Singh and Anshusha bagged the silver and bronze medals respectively.

Organised by Sardar Patel Sports and Cultural Foundation, the meet was inaugurated by former MLC Upendra Kumar Singh in a colourful function. KC Mahajan welcomed the guests.

Results:

Junior boys’ 800-m: Rakesh Kumar (gold), Kanishk Chouhan (silver), Dhheraj Kumar (bronze). Shot put: Siddhant (gold), Ritik Raj (silver), Shreyansh (bronze).

Senior boys: 800-m: Sumit Kumar (gold), Chandan Kumar (silver) and Vikas Kumar (bronze). Shot put: Abhishek Singh (gold), Saurabh Rai (silver) and Shubham Kumar (bronze).

Sub-junior boys: 800-m-Roshan Kumar (gold), Md Shahbaz Ahmad (silver) and Sumit Sethi (bronze).Shot put: Saurabh Kumar (gold), Mehul (silver), Ranbir Singh (bronze).

Junior girls: 600-m- Aayushi (gold), Sanskriti (silver) and Pratima (bronze). High jump: Saloni (gold), Kirti Kumari (silver) and Tanya Singh (bronze). Shotput: Shreya Singh (gold), Akanksha (silver) and Khushbu (bronze).

Senior girls:  800-m-Antara Amrit (gold), Deepanjali Singh (silver) and Aayushi Singh (bronze). Shot put: Vaishali (gold), Janhavi (silver) and Saumya (bronze). High jump: Anshumita (gold), Yashri (silver) and Tanya Singh and Shakshi Kumari (both bronze). 

Sub-junior girls: 600-m-Ankita (gold), Akanksha (silver) and Radhika (bronze). High jump: Muskan (gold), Samridhi (silver) and Sukriti (bronze).  Shot put: Shakshi Suman (gold), Riya Kumari (silver) and Sonali (bronze).

Mini girls: 600-m-Sania Raza (gold), Zoha Rahman (silver) and Aditi Priya (bronze).

100-m girls: Cadet- Raj Laxmi (gold), Aditi (silver) and Madhubala (bronze). Mini: Karuna (gold), Shalini (silver) and Satakshi (bronze). Sub-junior: S Fatima (gold), Deepa (silver) and Laxmi (bronze). Junior: Ridhima Singh (gold), Prakriti Shankar (silver) and Achala Sinha (bronze). Senior: Kumari Riya (gold), Vijaya Singh (silver) and Anshusha (bronze).

Bihar team for National Junior Athletics announced

Patna, October 23, 2012: A 42-member Bihar team will participate in the 28th National junior athletic championships to be held in Lucknow from October 27 to 31, according to A Press release of the Bihar Athletic Association

Team: Boys Under-14: Umang Kumar, Rupam Kumar and Abhishek Kumar

Boys – Under-16: Amzad Ansari, Ritu Raj, Sundram, Praphul Singh, Arun Kumar, Vijay Bandra and Shyam Sunder Kumar Yadav

Boys – Under-18: Prem Kumar Gupta, Mukesh Kumar Singh, Raviranjan Kumar, Shiv Bhardwaj, Chandan Kumar Mehta, Ravi Kumar

Boys – Under-20: Dilip Kumar Tiwari, Sanjeev Mandal, Mukesh Kumar, Amarnath Ojha, Santosh Kumar, Pawan Kumar Dube, Pawan Kumar Sharma, Vishwajeet Kumar

 Girls – Under-14: Galoria Tuddu, Anshu Kumari, Bharti Kumar,

Girls – Under-16: Usha Kumari, Reena Patel, Reema Patel, Khushbu Kumari,

Girls – Under-18 to 20: Sugandha Kumari, Khushbu Kumari, Soni Kumari, Sunanda Sarkar, Komal Kumari, Sandhya Patel, Veena Kumari and Priti Bharti. Manager: Binay Krishna. Coach: Kunal Kumar Singh

Munger to host Bihar cross-country race on January 8

Patna, December 27, 2011: The 22nd Open Bihar cross-country race will be held in Munger on January 8, according to Liaquit Ali khan, secretary, Bihar Athletic Association.
The race will be held in eight age groups. Bihar teams for the 46th National cross-country championships to be held in Pune on January 22 will be selected on the basis of the above meet.

Purnia's Jyoti is sprint queen of Bihar

Patna, November 22, 2011: Jyoti Kumari of Purnia won the women’s 100-m gold in the 81st Bihar State Open athletic championships at the Moinul Haq Stadium, here on Tuesday.

Jyoti timed 16:11 seconds. Nigam Kumari and Nitu Kumari (both Madhubani) claimed silver and bronze medals by clocking 20:97 and 22:65 seconds respectively.

Earlier, Kumud Ranjan Jha, president, Bihar Athletic Association (BAA) inaugurated the three-day meet. He also took the salute of the march past and released balloons.

KC Mahajan, secretary, Bihar Kho-Kho Association, KM Ghosh, former manager, Moinul Haq Stadium, Mirtunjay Tiwari, president, Bihar Players Association, Krishna Mohan Singh, president, Bihar Veterans’ Athletic Association, Shams Tauheed, treasurer, BAA, Rajendra Choudhary, Abhishek Kumar, Pankaj Kumar Jyoti and Md Arshad were present in the function.

BAA secretary Liaquit Ali Khan welcomed the guests while vice-president Sanjay Rai proposed a vote of thanks.

Results: Boys (U-14): 600 m 1: Aakash Singh (Rohtas). 2: Anuj Kumar Yadav (Kaimur). 3: Krishan Kumar (Bhagalpur). Girls (U-14): 600 m 1: Parwati Soren (Bhagalpur). 2: Anshu Kumari (Saran). 3: Sapna Kumari (Purnia).

Boys (U-16) 800 m 1: Baruddin (Kaimur). 2: Durgesh Manipal (Kaimur). 3: Ranjeet Kumar (Shekhpura). Girls (U-16): 800 m 1: Kiran Chauhan (Jehanabad). 2: Marry Murmur (Bhagalpur). 3: Sapna Kumari (Bhagalpur). Long jump (boys under-14): 1: Sandip Yadav (Jehanabad). 2: Parmanand Gupta (Kaimur). 3: Boys (U-20): 800 m 1: Riyazuddin Ali (Jehanabad). 2: Md Shahid Ali (Samastipur). 3: Govind Kumar (Patna). Girls (U-20): 800 m 1: Rekha Sinha (Patna). 2: Rohani Nagar (Bhagalpur). 3: Neha Kumari (Bhagalpur). Men: 800 m 1: Sumit Kumar (Muzaffarpur). 2: Ravi Singh (Shekhpura). 3: Mukesh Kumar (Kaimur).

Photo: Aftab Alam Siddiqui

15 Bihar athletes to represent East Zone

Patna, August 22, 2010: Fifteen athletes from Bihar will represent East Zone in the 22nd National inter-zonal athletic championships to be held at Guntur from September 3, according to a Press release of the Bihar Athletic Association.

Athlets are; Ashutosh Kumar, Anjani Kumar, Kundan Kumar, Prem Prakash Gupta, Santosh Kumar Yadav, Pramila Bag, Shilpa Kumari, Sarista Mandal, Putul Sarkar, Veena Kumari, Anand Kishore, mantosh Kumar, Raushan Kumar, Shintu Kumar and Monu Kumar. Sanjay Kumar Singh (coach, Bihar Police) and Vinay Krishna (manager, Rohtas).

Bihar team for East Zone Junior Athletics named

Patna, July 24, 2010: Bihar Athletic Association announced on Saturday state team for the 22nd East Zone junior athletic championships to be held in Ranchi from August 1 to 3.

Bihar Athletic Association secretary Liaquit Ali Khan said Ashutosh Kumar Singh of Jamui would lead the team.

Team:
Boys (under-14): Amjad Ali, Arun Kumar, Uttam Kumar and Vikram Kumar.

Under-16: Prem Praksh Gupta, Sanjeev Kumar, Mukesh Kumar Singh, Pappu Kumar, Chandra Prakash Yadav, Arjun Kumar Yadav, Ranjit Ranjan Ojha, Imran Hasmi, Nitesh Kumar, Abhishek Kumar, Shyam Sunder, Sonu Kumar, Pintoo Kumar Singh, Rashid Akhtar and Ravi Ranjan.

Under-18: Yadunandan Rai, Niranjan Kumar Singh, Vinod Kumar, Shivraj Choudhary, Rahul Kumar Singh, Ben Jhonson Marandi, Rajiv Kumar Singh, Amit Kumar, Palas Das, Mantosh Kumar, Pradip Kumar, Anjani Kumar Singh, Sintu Kumar, Santosh Kumar and Dheeraj Kumar.

Under-20: Shankar Paswan, Md Azad, Anand Kishore, Mritunjay Pal, Sheikh Ali, Dashrath Kumar, Bhim Bahadur, Kundan Kumar, Monu Kumar, Vinod Kumar Sharma, Malkhan Singh Yadav, Kundan Kumar, Ashutosh Kuma Singh (captain), Pawan Kumar Yadav and Vikas Kumar Singh.

Girls (under-14): Banti Kumjai, Anshu Kumari, Sonam Kumari and Sapna Kumari.

Under-16: Monukant Sri, Khushboo Kumari, Rashmi Kumari, Shakila Khatoon, Arti Kumari and Soni Kumari.

Under-18: Deepali, Komal Kumari, Veena Kumari, Richa Raj, Putul Sarkar and Vandana Kumari.

Under-20: Sharmila Bag, Sarvista Mandal, Shilpa Kumari, Neha Kumari and Pratima Kumari.

Chef-de-mission: Nasar Alam.

Bihar junior athletics team named

Patna, May 14, 2010: Ashutosh Kumar will head Bihar team in the 10th Junior National Federation Cup athletic championships to be held at Vizag from May 27 to 29, according to a press release of Bihar Athletic Association.

Team: Ashutosh Kumar (cpatian), Sumit Kumar, Chandan Kumar, Pramod Kumar, Kundan Kumar, Kundan Kumar II, Palas Das, Anand Kishore, Richa Raj, Vina, Asha Kiran, Soni, Pushpanjali, Niraj Kumar (coach) and Vinay Kumar (manager).

Ashutosh to lead Bihar junior athletics team

Patna, November 8, 2009:
Ashutosh Kumar Singh of Jamaui will lead a 39-member Bihar team in the 25th junior National athletic championship to be held in Andhra Pradesh from November 17, according to Kumud Ranjan Jha, president, Bihar Athletic Association.

Team (boys): Ashutosh Kumar Singh (captain), Giridhari Kumar, Amjad Ansari, Prem Kunj, Kriti Ranjan, Imran Hasan, Mukesh Kumar, Sanjay Kumar, Raushan Kumar Singh, Pradeep Kumar, Kundan Kumar, Anand Kishore, Prashant Kumar Mishra, Narvind Kumar, Saurav Kumar, Janeshar Akhtar, Satish Kumar Satyam, Haresh Kumar, Subhakar Sharma, Prem Prakash Gupta, Pankaj Kumar, Vikas Kumar Singh, Chandan Kumar, Ejaz Ahmad, Rajesh Singh, Ajit Singh, Rakesh Kumar, Pawan Kumar Yadav and SanjayRai.
Girls: Neelam Kumari, Shilpa Kumari, Veena, Vandana, Shilpa Kumari, Reena and Sharvista Mandal.
Chief-de-mission: Sanjay Rai. Manager: Sanjay Singh. Coaches: Shams Tauheed and Subodh Kumar.

Archana Bara to lead Bihar athletics team

Patna, October 17, 2009:
Archana Bara will lead a 20-member Bihar team in the 49th senior National athletic championships to be held in Chennai from October 21, according to Liaquit Ali Khan, secretary, Bihar Athletic Association.

Team: Archana Bara (captain), Shambhunath Shukla, Mukesh Kumar Singh, Krishna Kumar Sharma, Amit Kumar, Nand Lal Singh, Veer Bahadur Singh, Dipendu Manjhi, Amit Mazumdar, Sunil Prasad, Pawan Kumar Yadav, Abhishek Rathore, Shakti Kumar Singh, Kaushal Kumar Singh, Kuldeep Ambedkar, Sadashiv Pandey, Jyoti S Nayar and. TC Ghosh Coach: Shams Tauheed and Md Arshad.

Bihar team for inter-zone athletics announced

Patna, August 27, 2009
A 15-member Bihar team will take part in the 21st inter-zone athletic championship to be held at Chandigarh, from September 1, according to Liaquit Ali Khan, secretary, Bihar Athletic Association.

Team: Amjad Ansari, Prem Kunj, Narvind Kumar, Sanjay Kumar, Prashant
Kumar Mishra, Santosh Kumar Yadav, Raushan Kumar Singh, Ashutosh Kumar, Sintu Kumar, Kundan Kumar, Vikas Kumar Singh, Krishnand, Richa Raj, Veena Kumari and Shilpa Kumari. Manager cum chief coach: Shams Tauheed. Coach: Md Arshad Ahmed

Bihar team for National cross-country named

Patna, January 17
Jitendra Kumar will lead a 13-member Bihar team in the 43rd National cross-country championships to be held in Bhilai from January 21.
Team: Men, 12-km: Ramesh Prasad, Vinay Kumar, Amit Kumar, Satish Kumar, Ganesh Kumar and Jitendra Kumar.
Men, 4-km: Zamir H, Awadesh Kumar, Premkunj, Shashi Kumar, Chandan Kumar, and Kundan Kumar. Manager-cum-coach: Neeraj Kumar.

Abhishek claims silver in triple jump

Patna, December 26, 2008
Abhishek Kumar Rathore of Veer Kuer Singh University won a silver medal in the triple jump event of the All-India Inter-University athletic championships in Kochi recently.

According to information received here, Abhishek leaped to 15.44 metres to claim the silver.

Sardar Patel athletics: St Karen's School boys, Notre Dame Academy girls emerge champions

Patna, December 15
St Karen’s High School, Gola Road (Danapur) proved their supremacy once again at the 7th edition of the Sardar Patel inter-school athletic championships retaining the overall championships title with 187 points to their kitty on the third and final day at the outer ground of the Moinul Haq Stadium here on Sunday.

It was their sixth successive championships title in seven appearences. Notre Dame Academy with 150 points won the overall champions in girls' section while St Karen’s High School, Patna with 92 points won the overall champions title in boys' section.

Komal Kumari with 15 points and Sunny Kumar with 13 points were adjudged as individual champions in the senior girls and boys groups respectively. Ashish Singh of Gyan Niketan with 10 points and Shraddha Choudhary of Notre Dame Academy claimed the individual crowns in the junior boys and girls categories.

Abdul Bari Siddiqui, MLA gave away the prizes in gala closing function. He also released a souvenir. Upendra Kumar Singh, president, Sardar Patel Sports and Cultural Foundation welcomed the guests while KC Mahajan, general secretary of the foundation proposed a vote of thanks. Krishna Choudhary, DIG, Tirhut Range, Sanjay Rai, vice-president, Bihar Athletics Association (BAA), Md Shamim, former MLC, Arun Keshri, technical director, 2010 Commonwealth Games and Liaquat Ali, secretary, BAA were present at the function.

Results
Mini girls (400 m): Deborupa Roy (first), Sweta (second) and Suman Kumari (third).
Senior boys (400 m): Sunny Raj (first), Lav Kumar (second) and Prakash Prabhakar (third).
Junior boys (400 m): Abhishek Ranjan (first), Nitish Kumar (second) and Bal Krishna Kumar (third).
Mini boys (400 m): Suryamani Singh (first), Pintu (second) and Rupam (third).
Sub-junior boys (400 m): Ravi Ranjan (first) and Ritesh Kumar (second).
4x100 m relay (mini girls): St Karen’s School (champion).
4x100 m relay (sub-junior girls): Raj Hans School, Barh (champion).
4x100 m (cadet girls): St Karen’s High School (champion).
4x100 m relay (cadet boys): KPSR Public School (champion).
4x100 m relay (senior girls): Notre Dame Academy (champion).
4x100 m relay (junior girls): Notre Dame Academy (champion).
Shot put (junior girls): Shmbhari (first), Kavya Dutta (second) and Saina Mahmood (third).
Shot put (senior girls): Arpana Laneet (first), Rupa Rani (second) and Neda Ashraf (third).
Shot put (junior boys): Amal Krishna (first), Rakesh Kumar (second) and Rahul Kumar & Suraj Kumar (third jointly).
Shot put (senior boys): Anish (first), Dheeraj Kumar (second) and Atish (third).
1,500 m race (senior boys): Dashrath Kumar (first), Mohit Kumar (second) and Mukesh Kumar third).
High jump (junior boys): Suraj Kumar (first), Mohit Kumar (second) and Bal Krishna Kumar (third).
High jump (sub-junior boys): Md Afzal (first) and Gaurav Kumar Tiwary (second).

Photo Caption: Medal winners of Sardar Patel inter-school athletic championships in Patna on Sunday. Photo: Aftab Alam

Patel athletics: Ayush is track king

Patna December 14, 2008
The champion of 100m is crowned as track king and on Saturday Ayush Kumar of Patna Central School got the title winning the blue ribbon event in 12.7 seconds on the second day of the Sardar Patel inter-school athletic championships at the outer ground of the Moinul Haq Stadium.

Notre Dame Academy’s Abha Suman emerged track queen covering the distance in 15 seconds.

Sunny Kumar and Navin Kumar (both Hansraj School) followed Ayush for silver and bronze medals respectively.

An intense battle for supremacy over 100m senior girls was the highlight of day’s events. Nikki Kumari tried her best to finish second with 15.1 seconds while Sonal Singh of St Karen’s School finished third with 15.59 seconds.

Technical committee director of 2010 Commonwealth Games Arun Kumar Keshri and Bihar Athletic Association secretary Liaquat Ali Khan were the chief guests at second day events and gave away the medals and prizes to the winners.

Results

Sub-junior boys (shot put): Md. Ali Khan (first), Abhijit Pankaj (second) and Rahul Raman (third). Sub-junior boys (800 m): Jitendra Kumar (first), Ashish Anupam (second) and Vibhuti Kumar (third).
Junior boys (800 m): Abhishek Ranjan (first), Ram Basu Kumar (second) and Raj Kumar (third).
Senior boys (800 m): Manish Kumar (first), Mohit Kumar (second) and Jitendra Kumar (third).
Junior girls (Javelin throw): Saima Mahmood (first), Neha Sinha (second) and Kabya Dutta (third).
Senior boys (Javelin throw): Akash Anand (first), Shashi Kant Singh (second) and Santosh Kr Mukhiya (third).
Cadet boys (100 m): Brajesh Kumar (first), Anand Krishan (second) and Ankit Kumar Sinha (third) Junior boys (100 m): Ashish Singh (first), Karan Raj (second) and Saubham Arjun (third).
Mini boys (100 m): Suryam Singh (first), Rupesh (second) and Sushil Kumar (third).
Sub-junior boys (100 m): Rustam Ali (first), Rajesh Kumar (second) and Ankit Raj (third).
Junior girls (100 m): Shardha Chaudhary (first), Priyanka Rani (second) and Meha Sananeria (third).
Senior girls (100 m.): Abha Suman (first), Nikki Kumari (second) and Sonal Singh (third).
Sub-junior girls (100 m): Monu Kunt (first), Deepika (second) and Irasharma (third).
Senior boys (100 m): Ayush Kumar (first), Sunny Raj (second) and Navin Kumar (third).
Cadet girls (100 m): Tanaya (first), Kashpi Jamal (second) and Aishamaya Manish (third).
Mini girls (100 m): Deborupa Ray (first), Nedhi (second) and Aparna Nandan (third).
Cadet boys ((300 m): Ravi Prakash (first), Rajan (second) and Rohit Kumar (third).
Cadet girls (300 m): Alisha (first), Kashfi Jamal (second) and Surbhi (third).
Sub-junior boys (Discus throw): Rahul Gupta (first), Bipul Raj (second) and R Ali (third).
Junior boys (Discus throw): Shiv Kumar (first), Piyush Ratan (second) and Amit Kumar (third).
Senior girls (Long jump): Ignatia (first), Abha Suman (second) and Ayushi Suman (third).
Junior girls (Long jump): Shraddha Choudhary (first), Sumita (second) and Abhilash Jaidev (third).
Sub-junior girls (Long jump): Monu Kant Shree (first), Anjali Kumari (second) and Chetna (third). Sub-junior girls (400 m): Chetna (first), Manita Kumari (second) and Binita Das (third).
Senior boys (Discus throw): Atish (first), Shashi Shekhar Raj (second) and Alok Kumar Singh (third).
Junior girls (400 m): Rekha Sinha (first), Neha Singh (second) and Gloria Anthony (third).
Senior girls (400 m): Komal Kumai (first), Nikki Kumari (second) and Aishwarya Sinha (third).
Sub-junior girls (Discus throw): Sneha (first), Rishabha Mehta (second) and Rachita (third).
Mini boys (Long jump): Rupam (first), Piyush Kumar (second) and Vishwajeet (third).
Junior girls (Discus throw): Ankita (first), Saima Mabmood (second) and Sambabi (third).
Junior boys (Long jump): Amal Krishna (first), Sujeet Kumar (second) and Rajat Kumar (third).
Senior girls (Discus throw): Chitrangada (first), Nikita Sinha (second) and Jagriti (third).
Sub-junior boys (Long jump): Ravi Ranjan (first), Sahit Verma (second) and Vibhuti Kumar (third).

Photo Caption: Top: Athletes leaping for glory in long jump. Bottom: Athletes participating in mini girls 300m events during Patel inter-school athletic championships in Patna on Saturday. Photo: Aftab Alam

Patel athletics: Rakesh, Khushbu shine on Day One

Patna, December 13
Sardar Patel Sports and Cultural Foundation did all possible it could to make the opening of the 7th Inter-School athletic championships at the outer ground of the Moinul Haq Stadium a grand function here on Friday. Students drawn from various schools of Patna presented attractive march past, gala cultural shows and won applauds from spectators.

Rural Works Department minister Brishen Patel declared the meet open. Former Bihar minister and present MLA Shyam Rajak, general secretary of Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD, Bihar) Dr Nihora Prasad Yadav and Director Indian Institute of Health Education Anil Sulabh graced the opening ceremony. Former MLC and president of the Sardar Patel Sports and Cultural Foundation Upendra Kumar Singh welcomed the guests while federation’s general secretary KC Mahajan proposed a vote of thanks.

Suranjana of Notre Dame Academy and Sonal of St Karen's High School took joint oath on behalf of the participants. St Karen's High School clinched the best march past trophy for the second year in a row.

In the on-field action Rakesh Kumar of St Karen's High School and Khushbu Kumari of Notre Dame Academy hogged the limelight on the first day of the meet. Rakesh won the gold medal in mini boys 600m race while Khushbu cornered glory over the same distance in mini girls’ section.

Results:
Girls’ (600 m): Kushbu Kumari (first), Soumya (second), Suman Kumari (third).

Mini boys’ (600 m): Rakesh Kumar (first), Md. Navshad (second), Abhay Kumar (third).

Senior girls (800 m): Komal Kumari (first), Renu Kumari (second), Aishwarya Sinha (third).

Sub-junior girls’ (600 m): Marita Kumari (first), Binita Das (second), Priti Kumari (third).

Junior girls’ (600 m): Rekha Sinha (first), Neha Singh (second), Gloria (third).

Sub-junior girls’ (shot put): Rishav Mehta (first), Sneha (second), Suchita Sinha (third).
Mini girls’ (long jump): Aditi (first), Sweta (second), Alisha Lakra (third).Cadet Girls’ (long jump): Tanya (first), Khushboo Kumari (second), Alisha (third).Cadet Boys’ (long jump): Ravi (first), Mukesh Kumar (second), Saurav (third).

Photo Captions: Students presenting a clutural show (top) and Mini girls racing for glory (bottom) during the Sardar Patel athletic championships in Patna on Friday.