Moodbidri: Jadhav Sanjeevini breaks 5000 and 10000-meter Record

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Moodbidri: The whole Swaraj ground was looking forward for the winners of the 75th All India Inter University Athletics Championship 2014-15 held in Association with Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Karnataka and Alva’s Education Foundation. The athletes were very enthusiastic for the results.

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19 year old girl Jadhav Sanjivini won the first place in the inter university athletics championship. She broke the record set by Navjoban Kaur, Punjabi Patila (17:00 sec), with a record time of 16.36 sec in the Women’s 5000 meters. She also broke the record in the Women’s 10000 meters set by Varade Pooja, MD University Rotak (36:04.4 sec), by setting a time of 34:58.27 sec. Alva’s Education Foundation, as a part of Athletics championship 2014-15 announced Rs 25000.00 for each record.

Jadhav Sanjivini hails from Vadolibai. Coach Vijendra Singh inspired her a lot in every step, says Sanjeevini. She has a great sports background. Currently, she is pursuing 1st year B.A. in Bosla Military School, Nasik. She spends 5 hours a day for practice. She has many great achievements like World School Olympiad in Brazil, Silver medal in 1500m, 3000m in Asian School, Gold medal in 4×400 relay and bronze in the Junior Asian Championship.


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