Eight 'Speedstars' will head to Australia for weeklong training

10 February,2014 09:29 AM IST |   |  MiDDAY Correspondent

Mumbai's Srushti Shetty will be among eight schoolkids who were selected for a weeklong intensive training clinic in Australia under the guidance of Sharon Hannan — the former coach of London Olympics gold medallist Sally Pearson


Mumbai's Srushti Shetty will be among eight schoolkids who were selected for a weeklong intensive training clinic in Australia under the guidance of Sharon Hannan - the former coach of London Olympics gold medallist Sally Pearson.


Action from the U-16 girls heats at the KJ Somaiya Sports Ground

Srushti, accompanied by Prudhvi Raj, Hare Krishna, Mansi Pendarkar, Gurinder Veer Singh, Priyanka Chenoy, Siddhi Hirray and Kshitij Bhoite, was picked after winning Speedstar 2 - a nationwide athletics talent hunt - at the KJ Somaiya Sports Ground yesterday.

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