'Traditional sports different from Olympics': Rijiju on another Kambala record breaker

Reacting to ar Kambala racer Nishant Shetty who broke Srinivas Gowda's 100m record, Union Minister Kiren Rijiju has said that parameters of traditional sports are different from Olympic sports and hence both cant be compared. Union Minister, however, asserted that athletes will get a fair chance to have trails.

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" level of traditional sport is different, it is different from Olympic sports measurement, it cant be compared and everybody is doing good in ir own level," Rijiju told ANI

"Any talent around corner in country, if it comes in my view n I will get m tested. I want to give a fair chance of trial and if it is fine n we will keep him in camp and if t we will keep looking for new such talents," he added.

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Rijiju dismissed rumors of Kambala jockey Srinivas Gowda saying to national trials. "He has t rejected trail. As competition for Kambala tournament is going on and after tournament, he will come for trial. He is 28 years old and he has his own limitations," said Rijiju denying reports of Gowda's refusal.

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Just days after Kambala buffalo racer Srinivasa Gowda was compared to Usain Bolt for his lightning-fast sprint in buffalo race, ar competitor Nishant Shetty is said to have broken former's record. Srinivasa Gowda, hailing from Moodabidri in Dakshina Kannada district covered 142.5 meters in just 13.62 seconds in traditional buffalo race of Karnataka. Nishant Shetty from Bajagoli Jogibettu bettered Srinivasa Gowda's record by completing 100m in 9.51 seconds, according to event organizers as per reports. Srinivasa Gowda had grabbed eyeballs of many and was even called upon by Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju to Delhi in order to get a fair trial from Sports Authority of India (SAI) and under top national coaches of country. 

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