Karnataka: Srinivas Gowda sets new record in Kambala racing

A year ago, Gowda had created a record by covering a 100 metre-track in 9.55 seconds. Later, Bajgoli Nishanth Shetty broke the record by covering 100 metres in 9.52 seconds at Venoor Kambala.

Mangaluru (Karnataka): Noted Kambala jockey Srinivas Gowda, who was termed Usain Bolt of Kambala last year by covering a 100-metre buffalo racing (Kambala) track in 9.55 seconds, has created a new record by completing 100 metres in just 8.78 seconds.

Gowda covered the 125 metre-long Kambala track in 11.21 seconds. On calculating the speed versus distance, he covered 100 metres in just 8.96 seconds and broke his own previous records, the organisers said.

He achieved the feat in ‘Maira Satya-Dharma Jodukere’ Kambala organised at kakyapadavu in Bantwal taluk on Sunday.

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Last week he had created a record by completing 100 metres in just 8.96 seconds the feat of ‘Soorya Chandra Jodukere’ Kambala organised at Venoor-Permuda in Belthangady taluk. But now he breaks his own record once again.

In the senior section, Srinivasa Gowda set a new record by running the 100m in 8.78 seconds with the buffalo of Mijar Prasad Nilaya Shakti Prasad Shetty.

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A year ago, he had created a record by covering a 100 metre-track in 9.55 seconds. Later, Bajgoli Nishanth Shetty broke the record by covering 100 metres in 9.52 seconds at Venoor Kambala.

Kambala is an annual race held in Karnataka where people sprint through paddy fields with buffaloes.

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