New Delhi: Kambala racer Srinivas Gowda, whose running exploits during a traditional buffalo race in Karnataka has evoked a social media frenzy, will be assessed by expert coaches at SAI Center, Bangalore on the instruction of Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju.
Rijiju on Saturday asked the top SAI coaches to conduct a trial of the Kambala jockey Gowda, 28, after video clips of him running a distance of 100 metres in just 9.55 seconds have surfaced. Gowda took just 13.62 seconds to run a distance of 145m, covering the first 100m in 9.55 seconds, at the Kambala at Aikala village near Mangaluru, promting some on social media to compare him with multiple Olympic gold medallist Usain Bolt, whose 100m world record is 9.58 seconds. u201c Iu2019ll call Karnatakau2019s Srinivasa Gowda for trials by top SAI coaches.
Thereu2019s lack of knowledge in masses about the standards of Olympics especially in athletics,u201d Rijiju tweeted. SAI said that Gowdau2019s train tickets have been booked and will be assessed on Monday.
