94-year-old Bhagwani Devi of India won the gold medal in the World Masters Athletics

94-year-old Bhagwani Devi of India won the gold medal in the World Masters Athletics

94-year-old Bhagwani Devi Dagar has won 01 Gold and 02 Bronze medals for India at the World Masters Athletics Championships 2022 in Tampere, Finland on 10 July 2022. Bhagwani Devi created history by winning the gold medal in the World Masters Athletics Championships 2022 in the 100m sprint event with a timing of 24.74 sec.

She also won a bronze medal in shot-put. 94-year-old Bhagwani Devi won three gold medals at the National Masters Athletics Championships which was earlier held in Chennai, after which she qualified to represent India at the 2022 World Masters Athletics Championships in Finland. Bhagwani Devi had earlier won three gold medals in the 100 meters race, shot-put and javelin throw at the Delhi State Athletics Championships.

World Masters Athletics Championship 2022

The World Masters Athletics Championships 2022 is the 24th.series of the World Masters Athletics Outdoor Championships. The championship was held in Tampere, Finland from 29 June to 10 July, 2022. The World Masters Athletics Championships was earlier scheduled to be held in Toronto, Canada from 20 July to 1 August, 2020, but was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The World Masters Athletics Championships 2022 is organized by the World Masters Athletics (WMA) along with the Local Organizing Committee (LOC). The WMA is the.body of the sport of athletics for the athletes 35 years of age or older. The World Masters Athletics Championships includes a full schedule of track and field events.

Haryana Governor Bandaru Dattatreya and Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar congratulated 94-year-old Bhagwani Devi for winning three medals, including gold, at the 2022 World Masters Athletics Championships held in Finland