Archer’s body brought to Assam
Guwahati: The body of international archer Pratima Boro, who committed suicide during the ongoing national team selection camp in Pune, was brought to Assam on Saturday. Boro’s body arrived at the lokopriyo Gopinath Borodoloi International Airport this afternoon and was received by senior officials of the North East Frontier Railway, where she was currently employed, and sports department. Her body was taken to NF Railway headquarters at Maligaon here where senior officials and her colleagues paid rich tributes to her. Boro’s body was later taken to Kokrajhar where her father demanded a second postmortem and the district administration was considering to conduct it, official sources said. The 22-year old archer, a bright hopeful for 2016 Olympics at Rio de Janerio, was found hanging by fellow archer and roommate Himani Boro in the hostel room of Army Sports Training Centre in Pune. Boro hailed from Malouguri village in Fakiragram area of Kokrajhar. She had represented the Indian team in several international championships and had won gold medal in Asian Grand Prix Championships at Seoul in 2008.
Indians win 12 medals in asian GP athletics
Bangkok: Indian athletes produced an impressive performance by bagging 12 medals, including four gold, in the first leg of the Asian Grand Prix series here on Saturday. M R Poovamma (women’s 400m), Sahana Kumari (women’s high jump), Jithin Thomas (men’s high jump) and Nitin Rawat (men’s 5000m) bagged a gold each while Siddhanth Thingalaya (men’s 110m hurdles), Rajiv Arokai (men’s 400m), Kheta Ram (men’s 5000m), Renjith Maheswary (men’s triple jump) and Nikhil Chitarasu (men’s high jump) won a silver apiece. Anu Mariam Jose (women’s 400m), Arpinder Singh (men’s triple jump) and Mukesh Kumari (women’s javelin) won a bronze each. National record holder Maheswary missed the World Championships qualification standard by just two centimetres.
HI recommends Sardar for Khel Ratna
New Delhi: India captain Sardar Singh has been nominated by the Hockey India for the prestigious Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award. According to a statement issued by the national federation, Sardar’s name was recommended by the Hockey Award Recommendations Committee. Sardar has been the captain of national men’s hockey team since November 2012 and under his leadership, India reached the semi-finals of last year’s FIH Champions Trophy in Melbourne after a period of 30 years. PNS/Agencies