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The 4-day State-level Republic Day inter-school swimming competitions commenced astatine the Sports Development Authority of Tamil Nadu’s aquatic analyzable connected Seevalaperi Road present connected Thursday.
Chief Educational Officer, Tirunelveli, M. Sivakumar inaugurated the competitions and honoured the winners with prizes and medals. The winners of this lawsuit volition correspond Tamil Nadu successful the national-level inter-school swimming competitions.
The apical 2 swimmers of the district-level swimming competitions are participating successful the State-level conscionable to showcase their skills successful 47 categories. While the competitions for the girls would beryllium conducted connected Thursday and Friday (January 22 and 23), the boys’ class events volition beryllium organised connected Saturday and Sunday (January 24 and 25).
International swimmer M. S. Nitish and nationalist swimmer Benton Rohit, some hailing from Tirunelveli volition enactment successful this event.
District Sports Officer Krishna Chakravarthi and elder officials from Department of School Education were present.
Meanwhile, successful a connection District Collector R. Sukumar said the Republic Day sports meet, christened ‘Ithu Namma Aattam 2026’, volition beryllium conducted successful each 9 panchayat unions of the territory connected January 25 and 26 for men and women. While kabaddi, carom and volleyball competitions volition beryllium held connected January 25, propulsion ball, tug-of-war, 100-meter sprint and shot-put volition beryllium conducted connected January 26.
Participants should beryllium betwixt the property of 16 and 35 and bring copies of their Aadhaar paper and ration card. Winners volition beryllium fixed currency award, Dr. Sukumar said.
