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Kambala buffalo race jockey Srinivas Gowda refuses to undergo SAI trials

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Updated: February 17th, 2020, 18:07 IST
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New Delhi: Kambala jockey Srinivas Gowda, who has created a social media storm after his record-setting performance in a traditional buffalo race, has refused to undergo trials to be conducted at the SAI Centre in Bangalore.

Gowda has drawn comparisons with Olympic sprint legend Usain Bolt after video clips of him running a distance of 100 metres in just 9.55 seconds evoked social media frenzy. It, prompted Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju to ask SAI top coaches to conduct trials. But, according to SAI sources, Gowda has declined to take part in the trials.

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“He (Gowda) has reached Bangalore today (Monday) to meet the Chief Minister. A team from SAI, Bangalore is in CM’s office to talk to him and take him to the SAI centre,” the source said. “But apparently, he is not interested. We have also learnt that he is suffering from an injury.”

Gowda, a construction worker from Moodabidri, 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, prompting some on social media to compare him with Bolt, whose 100m world record is 9.58 seconds.

Congress leader Shashi Tharoor and business tycoon Anand Mahindra tweeted to ask Sports Ministry and Athletics Federation of India to take Gowda under its wings while some athletics experts were not amused at the feat of Gowda.

Days after calling Gowda for trials, the Rijiju said Monday said one cannot compare performances in Olympic sports with traditional sports. He, however, said the government will give opportunities to any talent that is brought to its notice.

“Media can’t control things with people writing anything in social media these days. If any talent comes to our notice we will give him a platform, an opportunity,” Rijiju said after the launch of Khelo India University Games’ official anthem at his residence here.

Kambala is an annual race held in Karnataka where people sprint 142m through paddy fields with buffalo. During the race, the racers try to bring the buffaloes under control by holding their reins tight and beating them up, making it amply clear that the animal plays an equally important role in achieving the timing.

Traditionally, it is sponsored by local Tuluva landlords and households in the coastal districts of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi.

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