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’Age is conscionable a number’ for 8 seasoned athletes from undivided Chittoor district, who are each acceptable to enactment successful the Asian Master Athletic Meet to beryllium held successful Chennai, from November 5 to 9. Called arsenic ‘Master athletes’, successful presumption of their property category, these athletes had earlier cleared the 45th National Masters Athletics Championship 2025 held astatine Kanteerava Stadium successful Bengaluru, backmost successful March.
The senior-most, M. Pushpa Kumari, comes nether the 85+ years property group. She is followed by M. Bharathi and B. Neeraja successful the 75+ years segment, K. Dhananjaya (70+ years), L. Suseela (65+ years), M. Deepika (60+ years), T. Ramesh Kumar Reddy (50+ years) and P. Kumari (40+ years) respectively.
Notwithstanding their age, the seasoned athletes marque it a constituent to stitchery astatine SVU Tarakarama Stadium astatine 5 a.m., wherever they commencement the time with a walk, warm-up and travel it up with rigorous practice.
The Masters Athletic Association of Chittoor District honorary president Nainar Srinivasulu recalled the grit and determination exhibited by the veterans and wished them luck up of the large event.
