Write to us: with us on Facebook and Twitter. Like this story? Or have something to share? We congratulate the young woman on her extraordinary win and wish her luck in all her future endeavours. That’s why I want to make the most out of things before I turn 23,” she told Deccan Chronicle.Īruna is also part of the Indian gymnastics contingent for the 2018 Commonwealth Games which will be held in Gold Coast, Australia. “The sad thing about this sport is that once you cross the age of 23-24, it becomes difficult to perform because the body doesn’t remain as flexible. The young athlete is determined to give her finest performance in the upcoming international events. In 2014, Aruna had aroused some hope for Indian gymnasts when she secured the 14th position at the qualification round of Vault apparatus at the Commonwealth Games along with a ninth place finish at the Asian Games.Īruna came back to the fore when she had finished sixth in Vault during the 2017 Asian Championships. Then, coach Brij Kishore took Aruna under his wing, and it is under his guidance that the budding gymnast blossomed and went on to clinch many medals at three National Games she had participated in, with the first one being in 2005. You may also like: Meet Dipa Karmakar, the First Indian Gymnast to Qualify for the Olympic Final Later, Swarnalatha’s husband Giriraj took over as Aruna’s mentor after realising her immense potential and was her instructor until his untimely death in 2008. The Hyderabadi lass, who is a former black belt and Karate trainer, had initially trained under the guidance of coaches Swarnalatha and Ravinder. He was there in my days of struggle, but couldn’t watch me win,” said an emotional Aruna to The Indian Express. Badly need a podium to prove my knee is okay,” says the gymnast who, like many from the less glamorous sports, is still searching for a decent job.“I owe everything to him, and if he had been alive and seen me on the podium today, he would have been so happy. “There is a conscious effort to be mentally tough besides attaining peak fitness levels. TAFE) 7 Suneeta Reddy (MD, Apollo Hospitals) 7 Aruna Jayanthi (CEO, Capgemini India) 8 Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw (Chairman & MD, Biocon) 8 Mallika Srinivasan. See the complete profile on LinkedIn and discover Aruna’s. Aruna has 3 jobs listed on their profile. But, again, I am also desperate to test my fitness levels in a major event,” she said. View Aruna Reddy’s profile on LinkedIn, the world’s largest professional community. “I worked hard to come back from two knee surgeries and feel really good. Aruna Reddy, Hyderabad’s 26-year-old 2018 World Cup bronze medalist in women’s gymnastics, will resume her normal practice this week. Nityanand Reddy for the financial support being extended to her to continue her training on her own to realise her dream of winning medals at the highest level. The 25-year-old says she is grateful to Aurobindo Pharma’s K. ![]() “It is difficult to keep training without any targets, especially with the events getting cancelled because of the pandemic,” she said. “With lots of cancellations, it is certainly depressing at missing exposure but since we athletes have to be ready whenever the circuit begins, I am really working hard to be a quality all-round gymnast,” Aruna said. Break for a weekįor someone who was the first woman medallist from India in the World Cup women’s vault in Melbourne, Aruna is currently back home for a week’s break from personal training under the guidance of Rana in Ambala where she is preparing for the Slovenia international championship scheduled in September. “We will for sure have a base for world-class training in gymnastics at Gaudium,” she said. “Yes, well-known coach Manoj Rana will be the mentor of the gymnastics complex in Gaudium and I can tell you not many Indian gymnasts will even think of going abroad for training given the kind of facilities that are coming up there,” she explained. “This facility coming up thanks to the initiative of Gaudium Group on the outskirts of Hyderabad will put in place a system which every gymnast from India is looking forward to,” Aruna said in a chat with Aruna Reddy, believes that once the Gaudium Sportopia gymnastics centre for excellence becomes operational in July this year, it will be the hub of the sport in India. She currently practices at Palo Alto Medical Foundation. Reddy completed a residency at Nassau Co Med Center. ![]() ![]() The 2018 World Cup gymnastics bronze medallist, B. Aruna Reddy, MD is a family medicine specialist in Fremont, CA.
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