Out of 10 sportspersons from Karnataka, seven are from Kodagu… Yet…!

Mysuru, Aug. 6- The 31st Summer Olympics Games, which began at Rio de Janerio this morning (IST), will have Kodava pride at stake with seven sportspersons from Kodagu out of the total 10 sportspersons from State participating in the Rio Games.

Having known as the smallest district in Karantaka, Kodagu has contributed immensely to the field of sports, be it field hockey, badminton or cricket.

A home for hockey, Kodagu will see its ace hockey players V.R. Raghunath, S.V. Sunil, Nikkin Thimmaiah and S.K. Uthappa representing the country in the Field Hockey. This Olympics will be special for Kodagu as S.V. Sunil also named as the vice-captain of the team. Till date, including Rio Olympics, a total of 10 hockey players from Kodagu have represented the country in Olympics. This is also the first that four hockey players from Kodagu will a part of the hockey team competing in Olympics. Meanwhile, ace shuttler Ashwini Ponnappa will compete in women’s doubles badminton along with her partner Jwala Gutta. M.R. Poovamma, who rose to fame in athletics, will compete in 4×400 mts relay along with her follow athletes. But, all eyes will be on Lawn Tennis player Rohan Bopanna, who will be partnering legendary Leander Paes in the men’s doubles event.

All of the seven sportspersons from Kodagu have the ability to win gold medals for our country.

With India sending its highest contingent to Olympics this year, we hope the sportspersons from Kodagu bring laurels to the country and Kodava land.

source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> Sports News / August 06th, 2016