Athletics is a very popular sport in the World sporting scene. Running, jumping and throwing are the natural inherited skills of man. These skills in a modified coded form are termed athletics. Mysore District’s athlete Bebi Sumya has done everyone proud with her performance in the National level.
She won the silver medal in the 100m event representing Mysore University in the All-India Inter-University Athletic Championships held at Kalyani University, Nadia, Kolkata.
She will be honoured by the Mysore University for her performances in the Annual Awards function to be held at the Sports Pavilion tomorrow. She is our ‘Star This Week’.
Bebi Sumya, a product of the Sports Hostel, Mysore and a student of Teresian College for Women, Mysore.
She has represented the Karnataka state in the National level and has performed creditably.
She has won the gold in the 100m event in the Women’s Youth Nationals and also in the South Zone meet.
Bebi Sumya representing the Mysore University in the All-India Inter-University Athletic Championships held at Kalyani University, Nadia, Kolkata won the silver medal in the 100m event for women with a timing of 12.39s. She was also part of the Mysore University 4x100m relay team quartet which won the bronze medal with a timing of 3:59.09s.
Bebi Sumya is being trained under former International and SAK athletic coach Damodara Gowda at the Sports Hostel, Mysore.
She had also created a new meet record in the University Inter-Collegiate Athletic Meet in the 200m and was part of the record breaking team of Teresian College for women in the 4x100m relay event.
Bebi Sumya will be felicitated by the Department of Physical Education, University of Mysore for her feats in the All-India level and also for her record breaking performances in the University Inter-collegiate athletic meet with total cash prize of Rs.35,000/ and a blazer in the annual award function to be held tomorrow in the city.
Encouraged by her College and DYSS, Mysore, and the University of Mysore, Bebi Sumya intends to work hard and perform well in the National level and also represent the country in the days to come.
source: http://www.StarofMysore.com / Home> Sports / March 24th, 2013