Telangana girl Sriteja clinches second gold at junior athletics meet

Telangana athlete Sriteja Tholem won her second gold at the 41st Junior National Athletics Championship in Chennai, claiming the women’s under-20 heptathlon with 2,033 points. She had earlier won the 100m hurdles and recently broke a 32-year-old heptathlon record.

Hyderabad: Sriteja Tholem of Telangana clinched her second gold when she won the women’s under-20 heptathlon event with 2,033 points at the 41st Junior National Athletics Championship at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Chennai on Monday.

Alfaz Kaur Grewal of Punjab (1,832) and Jaskiran of Uttarakhand (1,840) finished second and third, respectively.

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Sriteja, a native of Kothagudem, was first spotted and mentored by coach Nagender. She was later mentored by former SAI athletics coach N Ramesh and Saaji under the Eenadu Lakshya scheme to promote young sporting talent. She currently stays at Gopi Chand Academy. She had earlier won the 100m hurdles event.

It may be mentioned here that Sriteja had recently eclipsed a 32-year-old heptathlon record at the South Zone Championship.