Sahebjeet Singh Rance of Arya Vidya Mandir (Bandra) won two gold medals &mdash; both setting new meet records &mdash; in the 800m and 1500m event besides a silver medal in the 400m at the AISM Western Region inter-school athletics meet at Priyadarshini Park yesterday.
<img title="Sahebjeet Singh" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/2014/dec/Sahebjeet0410.jpg" alt="Sahebjeet Singh" /> Sahebjeet with his three medals
In the boys&rsquo; U-16 1500m event, Sahebjeet clinched gold clocking 4:23.4s, ahead of Bhushan Bist (5:06.5) and Vedant Shanbhag (5:08.3). He broke the existing record of 4:51:9s set by Tej Bid in 2012. In the 800m run, he clocked 2:05.0s to win gold, ahead of Deep Kishor Thajur (2:20.0) and Dhruv Khanduja (2:24:2s). Here too he broke one of Tej's records &mdash; 2:12.6s &mdash; set in the same year, 2012.
In the 400m run, the 15-year-old won a silver clocking 55.2 seconds, behind Sahib Singh of Jasudben ML School who clocked 54.8 seconds for gold.
Sahebjeet&rsquo;s feat is special considering the class IX student switched from football to athletics only last year. &ldquo;Till 2012, I played football. Last year, I took to athletics and won a bronze medal without any coaching at my very first DSO meet. That&rsquo;s where my current coach Ravi Bagdi spotted me and took me under his wings,&rdquo; said Sahebjeet, who won two gold medals (800m &amp; 1500m) in the DSO event last month.

Sahebjeet Singh Rance of Arya Vidya Mandir (Bandra) won two gold medals &mdash; both setting new meet records &mdash; in the 800m and 1500m event besides a silver medal in the 400m at the AISM Western Region inter-school athletics meet at Priyadarshini Park

Three cheers for Sahebjeet Rance

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Sahebjeet Singh Rance of Arya Vidya Mandir (Bandra) won two gold medals &mdash; both setting new meet records &mdash; in the 800m and 1500m event besides a silver medal in the 400m at the AISM Western Region inter-school athletics meet at Priyadarshini Park

Three cheers for Sahebjeet Rance

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