Venkatram Reddy wins golden double at Junior National Athletics Championship

M Venkatram Reddy from Kurnool (Andhra Pradesh) won gold in both the 800m and 1500m events at the Junior National Athletics Championship in Bhubaneswar. Another athlete from Andhra, D. Sheshu, earned a bronze medal in the 200m

Hyderabad: M Venkatram Reddy of Kurnool (Andhra Pradesh) completed a ‘golden’ double, winning the 800m event with a timing of 1:59.99 at the Junior National Athletics Championship in Bhubaneswar on Monday.

Earlier, Venkatram, mentored by K Vaikunta Rao, V Subba Rao, and M Narayana Rao (Chairman of Selection Committee of AP Athletics Association), clinched the honors in the 1500m event with a timing of 3:49.07.

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Another Andhra athlete, D Sheshu of Visakhapatnam, settled for a bronze in the 200m.