On the occasion of National Sports Day, a running competition was organised by Lions Club of Bokaro Thermal on Sunday for boys and girls of the city.
A two km running competition was organised for boys in the age bracket of 16 years to 20 years and a one km running competition was organised for girls in the same age bracket.
Vivek Pal stood first in the boys group, while Mukesh Kumar Mahato and Sonu Singh were placed first and second respectively. Khushboo Baraik got the first place among girls, while Phool Kumari came second and Priya Kumari bagged the third place in the said category.
Among participants below the age of 16 years, Deepak Toppo came first in boys’ group, while Bishnu Kumar Mahto and Upendra Oraon were placed second and third. Among girls in this age bracket, Anisha Kumari stood first, Aditi Kumari second and Nisha Kumari third.
The winners were felicitated by the Lions Club President Prakash Thakkar, Secretary Inderjit Singh, Lions Jogendra Giri, UK Nair, B. Laxmai, Bhuneshwar Prasad Saw, NP Sinha, Vinod Bhatia, SD Singh, Sunil Yadav, Sushil Singh and Manoj Kumar etc.
On Sunday, August 29, the nation remembered legendary Olympian and arguably the greatest Hockey players of all time, Major Dhyan Chand and celebrated the day as National Sports Day as a mark of respect to the great sportsperson on his 116 birth anniversary.
To conduct the competition peacefully and in discipline, Lions club members Gautam Chandra Paul, Zainul Qureshi, Ashu Bhatia, Reena Kumari, Monika Karmakar, Mukesh Kumar, Bipin Kumar, Akash Kumar, Ghanshyam Mahato, Aman Kumar, Amit Kumar, Naushad Ali, Deepak. Kumar, Ravi Hemrom and Florence Barla etc. played a commendable role.