Gond bags silver in junior national athletics

Umred's Sandip Gond while representing Maharashtra bagged silver medal in Under-16 boys section in 36th Junior National Athletics Championship at Indira Gandhi Stadium in Guwahati on Monday.

Gond, a member of Om Sai Sporting Club clocked 10.81 seconds to win silver. Tamil Nadu athlete Hariharan bagged gold with a timing 10.80 seconds whereas Odisha's Rajendra Sindhu won bronze. Gond has been trained under the guidance of Praful Bele.

NDAA secretary Dr Sharad Suryavanshi, president Gurudeo Nagrale, corporator Nageshh Sahare, SJ Anthony Umesh Naidu, Ramchandra Wan, i Shekhar Suryavanshi, Archana Kottewar, Prof Bunty Prasad Yadav, Ravindra Tong, Jitendra Ghordadekar, Harendra Thakre, Sunil Kapgate and others have congratulated Gond and wished him best luck for future events.