A 15-year-old girl, who works in the fields, has qualified for the national cross country athletic championship, to be organised by the School Games Federation of India, in Punjab next month. For Gayatri Sukhdev Gaikwad, who hails from Babulgaon Budruk village from Yavatmal District of Maharashtra, attending school and picking cotton in the fields is a routine. She won a State-level cross-country event held in Satara, Maharashtra and qualified for the tournament.
Girl picking cotton in fields qualifies for national cross-country athletic championship
