New Delhi, Jan 31 (UNI) Anu Kumar of Uttarakhand grabbed the first gold medal of the Khelo India School Games, while Tamil Nadu won two of the six gold medals on offer on the opening day of the athletics programme of the games here on Wednesday.
While Tamil Nadu athletes took two gold medals, the rest were shared between Uttarakhand, Kerala, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium this morning.
Anu Kumar who trains at the sports college Raipur and is a past 800m silver medallist for India at the World School Games in France, won the 1,500m final comfortably in 4:04.77 seconds. An established middle distance star, Uttarakhand’s Anu, who won the 800m silver in 1:53.59 seconds in France, has in the past run below four minutes and at these Games.