Archer Amita Rathva underlined the success of the Gujarat government's talent identification scheme in rural and tribal belts after she bagged the individual silver and contributed to the teams bronze winning show in the Indian Round .
Uttar Pradesh's Ram Baboo set a National Record in Race Walk even as nine Games Records were broken in athletics and swimming in the 36th National Games here on Tuesday.Home swimmer Maana Patel and Assam sprinter Amlan Borgohain were the stars .
GANDHINAGAR, Oct 4: Uttar Pradesh’s Ram Baboo shattered the national record in the men’s 35km race walk event en route winning the gold medal on the concluding day of athletics competition at the National Games here on Tuesday. Baboo, an unemployed physical education graduate, won the event in 2 hours 36 minutes 34 seconds, bettering the earlier national record of 2:40.16, which was in the name of Haryana’s Juned Khan who finished second on Tuesday with a time of 2:40.51. […]