19th National Sports Meet for the Blind [USC-JNU].pdf JNU wins 11 medals at the 19th National Sports Meet for the Blind The 19th National Sports Meet for the Blind concluded at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi on 16 December, 2014. It was inaugurated by the Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Youth Affairs and Sports Sarbananda Sonowal. Over 60 teams of blind sports persons with nearly 600 participants from 14 states participated in the 4 day event. The competitions were based on three sight classifications - B1 (totally blind), B2 (very limited sight), B3 (partially blind) - separately for Boys & Girls and Men & Women. The Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) team comprising of 5 men and 4 women team won 11 medals in different categories. The medal winners: Reena (CPS/SSS)-Gold in 100 m, Gold in Long Jump, Silver in 200 m (2 Gold and one Silver medal), Nidhi Mishra (CHS/SSS)- Gold in Discus Throw, Silver in Shot Put, Silver in 100m, (1Gold, 2 Silver medals), Guddi Jha (CIS/SIS)- Bronze in Shot Put and Bronze in Discus throw (Total=2 Bronze medals), Jyoti Singh (CIPOD)-1 Bronze in Long Jump, Shaikh Mohammad Kaish (CPS/SSS)- 1 Silver in Long Jump. JNU women's team comprising Guddi Jha, Nidhi Mishra, Reena and Jyoti Singh won Bronze Medal in 4 x 100 m relay, clocking a new national record of 1:12.93s. Dr Vikram Singh, Assistant Director [PE] was Coach and team Manager.
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