Mysore :

The Mysore District Masters Athletic Association felicitated the Master Athletes from Mysore city — M. Yogendra (Superindent of Central Excise & Customs), B.K. Somashekar (SWR Workshop, Mysore) and Lingaraju (Mysore Police) — who will be representing India in the Asian Masters Athletic Meet 2014 to be held at Japan from Sept. 19, 2014, at a function held at Lions Hall, Mysore, on Saturday.

Raju, Works Manager, SWR Workshop, Ravi Kumar, Vice-President, MDJA, L. Manjunath, Dasara Sports Sub-Committee, Chairman and Benaka Prasad, SAI Athletic Coach, University of Mysore, Sumana Narashima Murthy, President, MDMAA, Sathyanarayana, Hon. Secretary, MDMAA and other office-bearers of the MDMAA were also present on the occasion.

M. Yogendra will compete inthe 50 plus men’s 3000m Steeple-Chase event while B.K. Somashekar will compete in the 50 plus men’s 100m and Long-Jump event. Lingaraju will compete in the 45 plus men’s discus-throw event. The three athletes will be leaving for Japan from Bangalore on Sept. 17 along with the other members of the Indian team

source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> Sports News / September 15th,  2014