<p>Besides, others who will participate in the relay include cricketing legend GR Vishwanath, Olympian footballer T Shanmugham, Karnataka’s first Olympian Kenneth Powell, Dronacharya Award winning boxer Captain M Venu and tennis ace Mahesh Bhupathi.<br /><br />Asian Games hockey gold medalist Sabu Varkey and Arjuna Awardees Chetan Baboor (table tennis), Nisha Millet (swimming), Reeth Abraham (athletics) and Ashwini Nachappa (athletics) will also be among those participating.<br /><br />Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa will receive the baton along with the state Olympic Association President K Govindraj.<br /><br />The baton will travel to Hassan on September 4 and then to Mangalore before concluding its Karnataka journey at Karwar. It then reaches Panjim in Goa on September 7.<br /><br />The Bangalore leg would mark Day 69 of the 100-day QBR journey. The South India leg of the relay commenced mid-August in Hyderabad and has extensively covered Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep and Kerala before entering Karnataka through Mysore.</p>
<p>Besides, others who will participate in the relay include cricketing legend GR Vishwanath, Olympian footballer T Shanmugham, Karnataka’s first Olympian Kenneth Powell, Dronacharya Award winning boxer Captain M Venu and tennis ace Mahesh Bhupathi.<br /><br />Asian Games hockey gold medalist Sabu Varkey and Arjuna Awardees Chetan Baboor (table tennis), Nisha Millet (swimming), Reeth Abraham (athletics) and Ashwini Nachappa (athletics) will also be among those participating.<br /><br />Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa will receive the baton along with the state Olympic Association President K Govindraj.<br /><br />The baton will travel to Hassan on September 4 and then to Mangalore before concluding its Karnataka journey at Karwar. It then reaches Panjim in Goa on September 7.<br /><br />The Bangalore leg would mark Day 69 of the 100-day QBR journey. The South India leg of the relay commenced mid-August in Hyderabad and has extensively covered Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep and Kerala before entering Karnataka through Mysore.</p>