After a historic bronze, Kavita aims for Asian Games gold
By IANSFriday, October 8, 2010
NEW DELHI - All keyed up after her historic bronze-winning feat at the Commonwealth Games here, India’s Kavita Raut Friday said she would now aim for the gold in next month’s Asian Games at Guangzhou in China.
“I will now aim for the gold in the Asian Games. I will also try to cut down on my timing,” Kavita told mediapersons at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, soon after finishing third in the gruelling women’s 10,000 metres.
Kavita, a tribal girl from Harsul near Nashik in Maharashtra, became the first Indian woman to win an individual medal from the track event in the Commonwealth Games.
In the last edition in Melbourne, the women’s 4X400 metres relay team had won a silver while long jumper Anju Bobby George and discus thrower Seema Antil had won the silver and bronze.
Kavita said she had expected a medal here after the rigorous training in the lead-up to the Games.
“I was 90 percent hopeful of a medal. So I am not surprised. We trained for six months at Ooty and also had a camp in Bangalore,” she said.
Kavita thanked her family and personal coach Vijender Singh for her success.
