It is the rainy season, the ground and track were wet. of Yuva Bharati Kriangan, Salt Lake. It is once again active to conduct the 58th Stat Athletic Championship. The district, club and Police teams were lined up at the eastern side of the stadium. The pipe and brass bands of Police were playing tunes for marching. The boys and girls were marching in front of the dais. They were displaying their names of the contingent. The first contingent was from the North 24 Parganas district, they were the champion of last state meet. A good number of athletics from East Bengal Club was there, they were in their club jersey. Only a few athletics were theirs from Mohan Bagan club. The only impressive parade was from West Bengal Police.
About 1200 athletics have joined this meet, they are under 15, to 20 age groups and 120 events will be held during this meet. It has started on 2nd August and will continue till 5th August.
The flag hoisting ceremony was done. The Chief Guest of the function was Arup Roy, Minister in charge of Sports and Youth Welfare of the Government of West Bengal. He congratulated West Bengal Athletic Association for their performance in National and International events.
It was announced that West Bengal bagged about 50 Gold, 59 Silver and 59 Bronze in last competitions in National meet. This is the highest medals West Bengal earned only from athletic.
At present only one event record is holding by West Bengal
Event New record time Name of the athlete Record created on at loc
200M 22.82 0.8 Saraswati
Saha West Bengal 28-Aug-2002 Ludhiana
Javelined throw by Girls under 20 from the district of North 24 Parganas
Javelined throw by Girls under 20 from the district of North 24 Parganas
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