Pune’s Kelkar wins three medals at gymnastics sub-junior nationals
July 4, 2019, Pune, Vadodara Gymnastics
City girl Riyaa Kelkar delivered a top performance at the sub-junior artistic national gymnastic championships, as she returned home with three medals from Vadodara.
Kelkar won gold in the team championship, silver and bronze on the balancing beam and for the individual championship, respectively. The event was organised by the Gymnastic Federation of India on June 30-31.
Kelkar is a Class 8 student of Abhinava English medium school and trains under the Shiv Chhatrapati awardee, coach Savita Marathe, at the Maharashtriya Mandal.
Eighty gymnasts from 16 states participated in the event.
