Hundreds of youngsters from Kantrika, Rajeev Nagar and Payakapuram areas are expected to participate and the run will conclude at Makineni Basavapunniah Stadium at Singhnagar at 10 a.m.

The Vijayawada Municipal Commissioner, Natarajan Gulzar, will be the chief guest. VMC Sports Committee Chairman, Buddha Jagannadam and Corporators, Ch. Babu Rao and Gokul Ramana, will attend the closing ceremony.

Vijayawada’s Lalith Babu and Guntur’s Meher Chinna Reddy were selected to participate in the National ‘A’ chess championship following their performances in the National ‘B’ championship, which concluded at Dindugal (TN) recently.

Both the players garnered nine points each from 13 rounds. The Krishna District Chess Association President, P.V. Nageswara Rao, and Secretary, P. Srihari, congratulated both the players.

Lalith is the fourth player to get selected for the National ‘A’ from Krishna District. The others are Koneru Humpy, Lanka Ravi and M. Srinivasa Rao.

Two Sports Authourity of India coaches — Anjani Kumari (gymnastics) and Kondala Rao (athletics) — were transferred to Vijayawada from Guntur and Medak respectively. Both coaches are attached to the National Sports Talent Contest Centre at the V.P. Siddhartha Public School.

Over 25 boys and girls from Krishna District took part in the two-day selection trials for admission into Andhra Pradesh Sports Schools (APSS) at Hakimpet, Karimnagar and Kadapa, under the supervision of APSS observer C. Srinivas, a gymnastic coach.

Youngsters from Nuzvid, Gudivada, Machilipatnam and Vijayawada participated in the trials. The trials will conclude on Friday.

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