Excelsior Sports Correspondent
Leh, Apr 25: The Chief Executive Councilor, LAHDC, Leh Rigzin Spalbar in presence of Sanjive Sharma Regional Director Sports Authority of India, officers of Sports Authority of India and many sports lovers today flagged off the Long Distance Running from main Leh gate in various categories both boys and girls early in the morning.
Organized by the Department of Youth Services and Sports, LAHDC, Leh in collaboration with Sports Authority of India, a total of 150 students in Archery and 450 students in Long Distance Running participated in the Intra-Tribe & Inter Tribe Schools Archery and Long Distance Running Contest.
The main objective of organizing this tournament was to hunt talent from Leh district in the disciplines of Archery and Athletics for further grooming of selected athletes at various centres of Sports Authority of India.
Later, at the award ceremony function organized at Indoor Stadium, Leh, the CEC, Rigzin Spalbar as a chief guest along with Executive Councilor for Tourism Sahfi Lasu and other dignitaries witnessed the inter school boys and girls Archery tournament.
Addressing the closing function, CEC appreciated Sports Authority of India and Department of Youth Services and Sports, Leh for organizing the event.
Talking about the dominance of China in world sports, Spalbar said that China is using high altitude areas to train their athletes and Ladakh is an ideal place to train coming Olympians of India by building sports training centres in Ladakh and to start with, a centre of Sports Authority of India is the fundamental necessity of Leh district.
The Regional Director Sports Authority of India, Sanjive Sharma spoke high about the talent and enthusiasm of Ladkahi students in sports.
Later, CEC Rigzin Spalbar, EC Lasu Shafi, Sanjive Sharma Regional Director Sports Authority of India, Additional SP, Leh T. Gyalpo and Vice President Zonal Head J&K Bank Ladakh V.K Shani distributed certificates and medals to the positions holders.
In the Under-19 boys long distance running, Tsering Stobgais of Lamdon Senior Secondary School, Leh bagged first position by finishing 12 km distance in 51:33 time followed by Nawang Tsering of of Lamdon Senior Secondary School, Leh (52:05) and Stanzin Gurmet of Govt Boys Hither Secondary School, Leh with the timing of 54:00.
In the Under-19 girls long distance running (10 km), Jigmet Dolma of Govt Girls Higher Secondary School bagged first position by finishing the line in 47:37 timing and Tsering Angmo of Lamdon Senior Secondary School, Leh (49:14) and Diskit Dolma of Govt. Girls Higher Secondary School ( 50:01) bagged second and third position respectively.
In the Under-17 boys (10 km), Khadim Hussain and in Under-17 girls (8 km), Stanzin Yangchen of Moravian Mission School, Leh bagged first positions.
In Under-14 boys (8 km), Madhv Sudan of M/S Sankar stood first and in Under-14 girls (5 km), Rinchen Dolma of MS Spituk claimed first place.
In the Archery, Mohd Arif of Govt Boys Higher Seconday School Leh was declared best archer in Under-18 boys category, while as Tashi Dolker of Higher Secondary School Khaltsi was declared best archer in Under-18 girls.
In Under-14 boys, Stanzin Wangdus of Lamdon Senior Secondary School, Leh and in Under-14 girls, Stanzin Ladol of High School Housing Colony were declares best archers.
J&K Bank, Leh provided refreshment to the participating players/athletes.
A cultural programme by students was also presented on the occasion.
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