Karnataka excelled on opening day of National Mountain Biking

Puducherry, Jan 26 (UNI) Karnataka excelled in both the boys and girls events on the opening day of the eighth National Mountain Biking Championship here today.

In the cross country mass start event, Karnataka riders bagged the gold with Bashira Vakarad and Vishal Malaji winning gold in the girls and boys categories, respectively.

Earlier, Puducherry education minister M O H F Shajahan flaggeed off the championships.

Result:- Cross country mass start (Girls under-13) Bashira Vakarad (Ktk) 18 min 56 sec (Gold), Ligimol (Ker) 21 min 09 sec (Silver), Anila (Ker) 21 min 11 sec (Bronze) Cross country mass start (Boys under-13) Vishal Malaji (Ktk) 13 min 04 sec (Gold), Shgabaz Khan (MP) 14 min 16 sec (Silver), Jyothis (Ker) 16 min 26 sec (Bronze) Time trial (Girls under-15) K Gowthami (AP) 15 min 13 sec (Gold), Chinju Jayan (Ker) 15 min 54 sec (Silver), Sahhera Akthar (Ktk) 16 min 03 sec (Bronze) Time trial (Boys under-15) Sidhant Chopra (Chand) 13 min 27 sec (Gold), K Shivakumar (AP) 13 min 28 sec (Silver) and Ravishankar (Del) 13 min 34 sec (Bronze).

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