Two Athletes from Udupi win silver in 17th Asia Masters Athletics Championships held in Taipei

By Snehalatha, Udupi
Bellevision Media Network

Manipal, 01 Feb 2013: Two athletes Ms Ujwal Kiran and Ms Latha Kumari did Dr TMA Pai Hospital and Kasturba Hospital and the entire country proud by winning silver medals in Javelin throw in the 35 years category and five Kilometers Walk in the 40 years category respectively at the 17th Asia Masters Athletics Championships were held in Taipei, Taiwan recently.

 

 

The athletes were felicitated by the management and staff of Kasturba  Hospital. Speaking on the occasion, Dr M Dayananda, Medical Superintendent said, “It is a proud moment for Manipal that two of our staff members have won silver at Asian  meet.

 

Dr Dayananda congratulated them for their never-say-die attitude, hard work and will power and the will to win. “It was because of these qualities in them that they could defeat competitors from other countries.” He encouraged them to make more efforts and produce better results in the coming years.