Puttur: Public Education Department and Literacy Department, Dakshina Kannada, Zilla Panchayat, Deputy Director’s Office, Mangaluru, Block Education Officer’s Office Puttur and Vivekananda English Medium School Tenkila jointly organised a district-level swimming competition for primary and high school students at Dr. Shivaram Karanth Swimming Pool, Parladka here.
Likith Ramachandra, 6th standard student of St. Philomena English Medium Higher Primary School, one of the mass educational institutions of Mai De Deus Church, has been selected for the State level with 2 gold and 1 silver medal in the district-level swimming competition. He has also been selected for the under-14 boys’ freestyle relay team.
Likith Ramachandra won the silver medal in the 100 metre medley relay at the state-level swimming competition organised by the Department of Sports and Youth Empowerment in Hassan on July 17.
He is the son of Puttur MESCOM Assistant Executive Engineers Ramachandra A and Deepa Rani. Je is undergoing swimming training at Dr. Shivaram Karanth Balavana and is being coached by Partha Varanasi, Nirup, Dixit Rao and Rohit at Puttur Aquatic Club, Puttur.