University of Mysore (UoM) athlete M.R. Dhanusha has been selected to participate in the World University Games to be held in Italy from July 3 to 14. She has the distinction of being selected as the first athlete from UoM (in its more than hundred-year history) to participate in the World University Games. Trained at…
M.R. Dhanusha, the 19-year-old Heptathlete from University of Mysore (UoM), is the only girl who is qualified to represent India at the 30th Summer Universiade World Athletic Championships-2019 scheduled to be held in Napoli, Italy, between July 3 and 14. For her participation in the Meet, Dhanusha had to remit Rs.2.26 lakh and under the…
This is K.R. Nagar girl’s second international event in a span of one year Mysuru: The only athlete from Mysuru representing India in the World University Games scheduled to be held in Napoli, Italy, this year, is heptathlete M.R. Dhanusha. Daughter of autorickshaw driver Manju and Rukmini from K.R. Nagar of Mysuru, Dhanusha is among…
M.R. Dhanusha, representing University of Mysore, yesterday won the women’s Heptathlon gold in the ongoing 79th All India Inter-University Athletics Championship (2018-19), conducted by Mangalore University and Alva’s College, Moodabidri. She secured first place in 100m Hurdles, 200m and 800m event, second in High-Jump, Long-Jump and Javelin-Throw and third in Shot-Put to log a total…
City girl M.R. Dhanusha’s outstanding performance in Heptathlon, a contest made up of seven track and field combined events, has helped her shine in the Junior Division as National-level sportsperson. The women’s heptathlon event consists of 100-metre hurdles, high-jump, shot-put and 200-metre run on the first day; and the running long (broad) jump, javelin-throw, and…
Mysuru girl M.R. Dhanusha, representing Karnataka in the South Zone Junior Athletic Championships-2018 being held at Acharaya Nagarjuna University campus at Guntur in Andhra Pradesh, yesterday won two golds in the Girls U-20 Heptathlon and 4x100m Relay events respectively. Dhanusha secured 4,324 points in the U-20 Girls Heptathlon event to win the gold. Anjaly Thomas…
Athletics is the mother of all sporting events. Our city’s athlete M.R. Dhanusha did everyone proud by winning the Heptathlon gold in the Federation Cup Junior National Athletic Championships-2018 held at Coimbatore last week. She secured 4,596 points to clinch the gold and has been selected to the Indian Junior U-20 Athletic Camp to be…
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