Bengaluru, Aug. 16 -- Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar felicitated international athlete G.K. Vijayakumari of Mandya, who won gold medal in the 400 mts run at the recently held 1st Indian Open World Athletics Bronze Level Continental Tour at Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar with a timing of 53.40 sec.

Speaking on the occasion, Dy.CM. Shivakumar hailed Vijayakumari's achievements and promised to release a financial aid of Rs. 10 lakh for her training out of which Rs. 5 lakh would be released this year and Rs. 5 lakh next year.

Receiving the felicitation, Vijayakumari thanked Dy.CM. D.K. Shivakumar and MLC Dinesh Gooligowda for identifying her achievements and added that it would boost her confidence to scale much more heights in athle...