Telangana’s Maheshwari selected for National athletics camp

Maheshwari showed good promise from the junior level and won laurels in the National junior championship, all India inter-universities and Khelo India meets

Hyderabad: Telangana State’s G Maheshwari, who hails from a non-descript village of Unikicherala in Mahabubnagar district, has been named in the women’s 3000 metres steeplechase National athletics camp in Bengaluru.

Maheshwari is the daughter of a poor farmer and for the first time she has been included in the National camp.

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Maheshwari, who is trained by N Ramesh, showed good promise from the junior level and won laurels in the National junior championship, all India inter-universities and Khelo India meets.

As appreciation for her fine achievement, Pullela Subbaravamma presented a cheque of Rs 10,000 to Maheshwari for pocket expenses on Monday.

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