Hamirpur, Oct 28 (PTI) A 24-year-old athlete, Manisha Kumari, has won a gold medal in the 4x400 metres relay at the South Asian Athletics Championship held recently in Jharkhand, becoming the first athlete from Himachal’s Hamirpur to win gold in an international event.

The South Asian Athletics Championship was held at the Birsa Munda Stadium in Ranchi.

Hailing from Utpur village, Manisha is the daughter of Ramesh Chand, a truck driver, and Sheela Devi, a homemaker.

Congratulating her, District Athletics Association President Pankaj Bhartiya said she has brought great honour to the state and is the first athlete trained at the Government PG College, Hamirpur’s synthetic sports ground to achieve such a distinction.

"Over the past two years, Manisha has shown consistent performance at th

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