Sharvari leads the field

MUMBAI, October 27: Sharvari Kulkarni of Aurangabad logged 33.60 points to lead the under-17 girls category at the conclusion of four eve...

MUMBAI, October 27: Sharvari Kulkarni of Aurangabad logged 33.60 points to lead the under-17 girls category at the conclusion of four events in the State Inter-School Gymnastics Championship organised by the Maharashtra Amateur Gymnastics Association at the Shahaji Raje Krida Sankul (Andheri Sports Complex ) today.

Puneiite Anupama Bhinde, who had tallied 29.02 points was placed second behind Sharvari. Anupama’s city-mates Mansi Gondhikekar (28.80) and Deepali Pandey (26.12), ended up third and fourth repsectively.

The remaining two events will be held tomorrow and which will decide the eventual winner.

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In the under-14 girls, Shruti Sarvare was leading at the end of first day events. Closely following her were three gymnasts — Gauri Jog (Pune), Priyanka Suratkar (Mumbai) and Apurva Gadmink (Thane).

The championship which began on Monday features 325 gymnasts from seven districts.

Meanwhile, the boys State team for the Sub-Junior Nationals to be held at Hyderabad from November 5th was announcedtoday.

The team: Akshay Khande (Thane), Saurabh Dashrathe, Umesh Shete, Vishal Kadam (all three from Aurangabad) Akhil Kabra, Tushar Suwarna, Gaurav Ratnaparkhi (all three from Mumbai).

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Mahendra Babulkar of Nagpur has been appointed as the coach while Chandrasekhar Ranbhor of Pune will be the manager.