Ministry of Railways
SOUTH WESTERN RAILWAY (SWR) CYCLING TEAM WINS ALL INDIA RAILWAY ROAD CYCLING CHAMPIONSHIP
Posted On:
28 MAR 2022 11:11AM by PIB Delhi
South Western Railway (SWR) Cycling Team has won the 58th All India Railway Road Cycling Championship held at Bikaner from 21.03.2022 to 23.03.2022. The Championship was organized by North Western Railway Sports Association. South Western Railway Team has won the Championship clinching One Gold and Four Silver medals.
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The details of achievements of the South Western Railway Athletes in this tournament:
Shri Venkappa K (Ticket Examiner – Hubballi Division) clinched the Gold medal, Shri Anil Manglaw (Ticket Examiner – Hubballi Division) bagged the Silver and Shri Sachin Desai (Ticket Examiner – Hubballi Division) secured 4th place in 100 km Road race.
In the 50 km Criterium race category, Shri Sachin Desai (Ticket Examiner – Hubballi Division) bagged Silver medal and Shri Aswin Patil (Ticket Examiner – Hubballi Division) secured 5th place.
Shri Venkappa K (Ticket Examiner - Hubballi Division) bagged Silver and Shri Anil Manglaw (Ticket Examiner – Hubballi Division) secured 4th place in 40 km Individual Time Trials.
The team comprising of Shri Anil Manglaw (Ticket Examiner – Hubballi Division), Shri Venkappa K and (Ticket Examiner - Hubballi Division), Shri Raju Bati (Ticket Examiner – Hubballi Division) and Shri Vishwanath G (Probationary Commercial Clerk- Zonal Training Centre, Dharwad) won the Silver Medal in 60 km Team Time Trials. All the above athletes participated in this championship led by coach Shri Nanjappa Yentad, Chief Ticketing Inspector, Hubballi Division.
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