Uttara Kannada boy among 5 Indian athletes who won Medals at Special Olympics World Games in UAE
Karwar: A 19-year old boy from Uttara Kannada District’s coastal town Kumta, brought laurel to the country by winning two gold medals at the Special Olympics World Games 2019, held in Abu Dhabi, UAE.
Sandesh Krishna Harikantra, a student of Dayanilaya Special School in Kumta, amazed everyone with his performances in the table tennis event of the Special Olympics 2019 as he bagged two gold medals in as many categories of the event.
Sandesh bagged his first gold in the Men’s single category in the age group of 16-21 years while he also bagged gold in the doubles category along with his fellow Indian teammate Tukaram.
Sandesh’s coach Cyril Salu, who is coaching him for five years said he was proud of the way the young lad performed and won the medal at the highest level with his hard work and dedication. Cyril added that Sandesh had been spending six hours of his day for practice and preparations for last five years.
Sandesh first participated in the Taluka level event from where he was qualified for the district level and subsequently for interstate, state and national level. Sandesh was then shortlisted among 1000 students from across the country for pre-preparatory camps from where players were reduced to 500 and then 300 before selecting five best players from the lot.
In the Special Olympics in Abu Dhabi, Sandesh was up against players from Switzerland and Egypt in Quarter final and Semi final respectively before clashing with a participant representing Siberia.
Other Indians who won gold medals in the event include Anu Chennekota from Andhra Pradesh in Women Table Tennis Division -3 under age group of 16-21 years, Sabita Yadava in Division-4 under age group of 16-21 years, Akash Tukaram from Maharashtra in men’s single under age group of 18-21 years, while Reshma Shaikh bagged Silver Medal in the Women's category.
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KKR defeat LSG via Super Over
Lucknow (PTI): Kolkata Knight Riders edged Lucknow Super Giants via Super Overs in a battle between two bottom-placed teams in the IPL, here on Sunday.
Chasing a modest 156, LSG suffered a batting collapse and managed to tie the contest and take it to Super Over with No. 9 Mohammed Shami striking a last-ball six against a wayward Kartik Tyagi, who leaked 16 runs in the final over.
But Sunil Narine bowled a stunning Super Over conceding just one run and taking two wickets to give KKR an easy target.
Rinku Singh then finished the chase with a boundary off first ball from Prince Yadav.
Earlier the KKR were in deep trouble with 93/7 in 15 overs but Rinku smashed a sensational 83 not out from 51 balls including four sixes in a row in the final over to lift them to 155/7.
Cameron Green (34) was the only other batter to reach double-digit scores as KKR suffered a familiar batting meltdown with Mohsin taking his maiden fifer.
In reply, LSG continued their dismal show with the bat to succumb to their fifth loss in a row.
Brief Scores:
Kolkata Knight Riders 155/7; 20 overs (Rinku Singh 83 not out, Cameron Green 34; Mohsin Khan 5/23). Lucknow Super Giants 155/8; 20 overs (Rishabh Pant 42). KKR won via Super Over.
