Athletics is the mother of all sporting activities and is a global sport. An athlete needs good stamina and will power to excel in the top level. Mysore has been from time to time producing top class athletes who have gone to represent the country and the State in different levels. One such upcoming talent is Reena George from Mysore who has been doing well in the women’s section in the State and National level. Reena, taking part in the Dasara Games 2014 at the Chamundi Vihar Stadium in Mysore, has so far won 2 gold and one silver medal in the women’s section and was part of the Mysore division 4x400m relay team which created a new meet record on the inaugural day of the meet on Friday. She is our ‘Star This Week.’
Reena is a student of the Teresian College for Women in Mysore. She is a product of the DYES, Mysore and is presently coached by Vasanth, National athletic coach at DYES, Mysore. She was earlier trained with international athlete and SAK athletic coach, Damodara Gowda.
Reena, a sprinter who excels in the 100m and 200m events, has represented Karnataka in the National-level. She is an All-India inter-University medalist representing Mysore University.
Reena won 100m event in the Dasara Games-2014 on the inaugural day of the meet with a timing of 11.09s. She was also part of the 4x400m Mysore division relay team which won the gold with a new meet record of 3:50.00s, erasing the previous mark of 3:59.57s set by Mysore in 2013. F.K. Afsana, K.R. Meghana and H.R. Navami were the other three runners.
On the second day of the athletic event on Saturday, Reena George won silver medal in the women’s 200m event. M. Arpitha of Bangalore City won the gold with a new meet record timing of 24.01s, erasing Reena’s previous mark of 24.5s set in 2013. Reena also bettered her old mark and secured silver with a timing of 24.03s.
She has been practicing hard and will be representing Karnataka in the Open nationals to be held next month.
source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> Sports News / Sunday, September 28th, 2014