Gumla : Asha Kiran barla18 year old athlete from Navatoli village workman block of Gumla The district qualified on Friday for the U20 World Athletics Championships, which will take place in Cali, Colombia, from August 1 to 6 this year.
Barla is the second athlete from Gumla to have qualified for the global event after Supriti Kachhap.
Bokaro based coach of Barla ashu bhatia Said: “She qualified for the competition after finishing first in the 800m race at the National Federation Cup Athletics Championships, which is being held at Nandyal in Gujarat on Friday, after 2:7.91 minutes. To put up her best performance, she entered the final with a timing of 2:6.78 minutes on Saturday afternoon.
Barla, however, did not respond to TOI’s calls when contacted. Earlier this year, Barla won a gold medal in the 56th U20 girls’ cross country race in Kohima in March, organized by the Athletics Federation of India. Barla’s elder sister Florence Barla There are also international athletes.
Barla is the second athlete from Gumla to have qualified for the global event after Supriti Kachhap.
Bokaro based coach of Barla ashu bhatia Said: “She qualified for the competition after finishing first in the 800m race at the National Federation Cup Athletics Championships, which is being held at Nandyal in Gujarat on Friday, after 2:7.91 minutes. To put up her best performance, she entered the final with a timing of 2:6.78 minutes on Saturday afternoon.
Barla, however, did not respond to TOI’s calls when contacted. Earlier this year, Barla won a gold medal in the 56th U20 girls’ cross country race in Kohima in March, organized by the Athletics Federation of India. Barla’s elder sister Florence Barla There are also international athletes.