Athletes, sports journos feted

The Mysore Athletics Club, Mysuru, felicitated sports journalists and upcoming athletes of Mysuru district at a programme organised at the University Lions Hall in city on Saturday evening. Those honoured — Sitting (from left): Nagesh Panathale of Vijaya Karnataka, S. Uday Shankar of The New Indian Express, Mysuru, B.K. Somashekar (Master Athlete), N. Jinesh (Janatha Agencies, specialist in making sports mementos), Meghana B. Devang (Best Athlete of the Year 2015-17), M. Bharath Sharma (Para-Athlete), Avinash Jainhalli of Vijayavani and K. Onkar Murthy of Prajavani, Mysuru; Top row (standing from left): S.R. Poorvika, R. Chaitra, W.R. Harshitha, K.A. Rohan Devaiah, P. Asuthosh, B. Manush, S.N. Sreedhara, S.R. Sharvik, Sharon Sthuthi, V. Ambika and R. Sagar — are seen with (middle row - from left) C.K. Muralidharan, H.R. Ramaswamy, K. Gopinath, K. Harish Gowda (Youth Leader), M. Yogendra (Secretary, Mysore Athletics Club), Vasu (MLA), Dr. P. Krishniah (in-Charge Director, Dept. of Physical Education, UoM), Ravindra Bhat (News Editor, Prajavani), Amshi Prasannakumar (Asst. Editor, Kannada Prabha) Somashekar (International Athlete), Mahadevaiah, N.K. Sundar, Srikanth and Gangadhar.