Vishwambhar Kolekar, a travelling ticket examiner (TTE) in South Western Railway of Bengaluru Division, and a native of Khanapur in the district, has made waves at the World Railways Athletics Championship, at Trutnov in Czech Republic, with two gold medals and a silver in middle distance events.
In the meet, organised by International Railways Sports Association, clinched gold medal in 1,500 metres while managing to win a silver in 800 metres. On the concluding day of the two-day meet on Sept 12, Vishwambhar plucked his second gold medals in 4X400 metres relay.
Kolekar trained under the watchful eyes of Ayyappa Muralidhar and Laxman Kolekar.
Published 16 September 2019, 17:15 IST