Srinivas Gowda is back with a new record in Kambala

Srinivas Gowda. Credit: DH Photo

Kambala jockey Srinivas Gowda, who had grabbed the national attention as Kambala’s Usain Bolt, scripted a new record by completing 100 metres in just 8.96 seconds, in ‘Soorya Chandra Jodukere’ Kambala organised at Venoor-Permuda in Belthangady taluk on Saturday.

Gowda had earlier covered 125 metre-long Kambala track in 11.21 seconds. On calculating the speed versus distance, he covered 100 metres in just 8.96 seconds and broke his own previous records. A year ago, he had created a record by covering a 100-metre track in 9.55 seconds. Later, Bajagoli Nishanth Shetty went on to break the record by covering 100 metres in 9.52 seconds at Venoor Kambala.