Karnataka athletes win medals in national athletics championships

Shashank Patil of Karnataka won a gold medal in the men's javelin throw event at the 6th Indian Open Athletics Championship, held in Jaipur. Priyambaka Madivalappa of Karnataka won the women's 400m hurdles with a time of 1 minute 0.25 seconds. Karnataka's Apoorva Nayak won a bronze medal (1 min 0.92 sec) in the same event. Varshitha C. of Karnataka won a bronze medal (distance: 12.50m) in the women's triple jump. Pradeep Kumar, training at the National Centre of Excellence (NCOE) in Bengaluru, won the silver medal in the men's triple jump (distance: 15.51m).