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MUMBAI: One has heard of quack science. India could soon be called a country that celebrates "quack sports records".
The latest in this dubious list is Srinivasa Gowda, a Kambala jockey from Moodabidri in Karnataka. Union Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju no less announced that his ministry was calling the "running sensation" for trials after he set a new "record" as the fastest runner in the history of the traditional sport of the coastal region.