pune summy kaliravan 19 the first sportswoman enrolled as a soldier in the corps of military police cmp of the indian army won the silver in the 4x 400 metre relay and the bronze in the 400 metre race at the 37th junior national athletics championship which concluded at guwahati in assam recentlyshe was the first female athlete who competed for the services in the track competitions of the national games after being recruited under the new sports policy of the armykaliravan has been training under the armys mission olympic wing at the army sports institute asi in pune for the last few monthsshe has represented india in world athletics u20 championships in nairobi and cali and has a personal best of 5357 secondskalarivan d this time i could not clock my best hence i had to settle for bronze my timing was 5511 seconds in the 400meter race had i achieved my best i would have won the gold priya mohan from karnataka clinched the gold by completing the race in 5394 secondskaliravan said that she will have to work on her strength and endurance to improve her performance in the national and international competitions in the future i had prepared hard for this competition in the last few months but i could not deliver my best but i am confident that i will do better than what i did in this competition if i work hard on my strength and endurance i will clock better timing in the coming days she addedkaliravan idolises athlete hima das who holds the national record in the 400 meters with 5079 secondssarish paul her coach at the asi described her as a bright prospect for the country she is a naturallytalented player we will be focusing on how to distribute her energy right from the start of the race till the last phase we are focusing on this aspect paul said we are working on every aspect of physical fitness and competitions as well her progress is excellent so far he added