A national sports meet for the blind concluded at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Delhi here on Wednesday. There was distance running, long jump, shot put and discus throw among others in the four-day event in which five male students and four female students from JNU won a total of 11 medals in different categories. http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-newdelhi/sports-meet-for-visually-challenged-ends/article6706526.ece "There were 60 teams of blind sports persons with nearly 600 participants from 14 States who participated," said JNU spokesperson Poonam Kudesia.
The medal winners were Reena who won the gold in 100 metres and in long jump. She also won the silver in 200 metres. Nidhi Mishra won the gold in discus throw and silver in shot put and 100 meters. Guddi Jha won the bronze in shot put and discus throw. Jyoti Singh (CIPOD) won a bronze in long jump and Shaikh Mohammad Kaish won the silver in long jump. JNU women's team comprising Guddi Jha, Nidhi Mishra, Reena and Jyoti Singh won the bronze medal in the 400 metre relay. -- Avinash Shahi Doctoral student at Centre for Law and Governance JNU Clean India Campaign: Let us also chip in! Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list..
