Excelsior Sports Correspondent
JAMMU, June 26: 9th Yuvrani Athletic Smiti Open National Championship began at Hargobind Bhatnagar Stadium BSF Paloura, here today.
The Championship was inaugurated by Ram Avtar, IG BSF Frontier Jammu.
The Championship is being organized by J&K Veteran Athletic Association in collaboration with BSF Paloura.
About 450 veteran players from different States participated in the tournament.
The Chief organizer of the Championship, Mr Tasrem extended thanks to BSF for cooperation and coordination.
The dignitaries who were present during the opening ceremony included Jeet Kour, General Secretary, Yuvrani Athletic Smiti Alwar (Rajasthan), RK Sharma, Commandant BSF Jammu, Ajit Singh, DC Sports, BSF Paloura, SS Gill, retired Deputy Commandant, Rajan Sharma, General Secretary Boxing Association, Sharat Chander Singh, General Secretary J&K Athletic Association, Romesh Sharma, Sr. Athletic Coach, Gurcharan Singh, Athletic Coach, Ram Pal, Riaz Ahmed, Ankush Basotra, Vikas Basotra and Vinod Bhatia.
Walk 5 kms: 45+ Saroj Rani (Pun), Ravinder Sachdev (J&K), Dipa Manjhi; 55+: Sudesh Basotra (J&K), See, Ragini; 40+ Sharadha (Mah), Neelam (Chd) Amarbati (Chhattisgarh); 60+ :Amarjeet Kour, Bhatt Kailash; Long Jump (Women): + 35 : Lila Ben (Gujarat), Seema Devi (Raj); 40+: Usha (Mah), Kamla Ben (Gujarat), Kamala Kashya (Chhattisgarh); 45+: Anita Yadav (UP), Snehal Rajput (Mah), JagjitKour (Pun); 60+: Shashikala (Mah), AmarjeetKour (Pun); Shot Put women: +45: Ravinder Kour (Guj), Jagjit Kour (Pun), Balvinder Kour; +50: Sharda (Guj), Ratna, Asha Singh; +55: Shanta, Veervati; +60: Helin (Mah), Bhatt Kailash (Guj); +65: Shakuntla, Usha Goswami, Pushpa Choudhary; Long Jump Men; 35+: Amrish Sharma, Nar Singh, Amit Kumar; +40: Chandan Singh, Santosh Kumar, Ram Raj; 50+: Devi Singh, Ashok Kumar, Mathur Ghai.
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